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Fallout (franchise)

Fallout is an American media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, at Interplay Entertainment. The series, set in the first half of the 3rd millennium, follows the descendants of survivors of a mutually destructive nuclear exchange between the United States and China that marked the culmination…

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Creators
Tim Cain · Leonard Boyarsky
Developers
Interplay Entertainment · Black Isle Studios · Micro Forté · Bethesda Game Studios · Obsidian Entertainment
First release
Fallout October 10, 1997
Genres
1997–2026: · Role-playing · since 2004: · Action role-playing First-person shooter Third-person shooter
Latest release
Fallout 76 November 14, 2018
Platforms
DOS · Windows · Mac OS · Mac OS X · Nintendo Switch

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Fallout (franchise)

Nodes248
Edges247
Triples58
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008065
Components1

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Fallout (franchise)

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Platforms · 16
Fallout (franchise) → Android, DOS, iOS, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Developers · 8
Fallout (franchise) → Bethesda Game Studios, Black Isle Studios, Fantasy Flight Games, Gaea Mobile, Interplay Entertainment, Micro Forté, Modiphius Entertainment, Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers · 6
Fallout (franchise) → (1997–2004), (2001), (since 2004), 14 Degrees East, Bethesda Softworks, Interplay Entertainment
Genres · 4
Fallout (franchise) → 1997–2026:, Action role-playing First-person shooter Third-person shooter, Role-playing, since 2004:
Creators · 2
Fallout (franchise) → Leonard Boyarsky, Tim Cain
First release · 1
Fallout (franchise) → Fallout October 10, 1997
Latest release · 1
Fallout (franchise) → Fallout 76 November 14, 2018

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fallout (franchise)CreatorsTim Cain1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)CreatorsLeonard Boyarsky1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersInterplay Entertainment1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersBlack Isle Studios1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersMicro Forté1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersBethesda Game Studios1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersObsidian Entertainment1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersFantasy Flight Games1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersModiphius Entertainment1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)DevelopersGaea Mobile1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)First releaseFallout October 10, 19971.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)Genres1997–2026:1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)GenresRole-playing1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)Genressince 2004:1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)GenresAction role-playing First-person shooter Third-person shooter1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)Latest releaseFallout 76 November 14, 20181.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsDOS1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsWindows1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsMac OS1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsMac OS X1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsNintendo Switch1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsNintendo Switch 21.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsPlayStation 21.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsPlayStation 31.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsPlayStation 41.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsPlayStation 51.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsXbox1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsXbox 3601.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsXbox One1.00infobox
Fallout (franchise)PlatformsXbox Series X/S1.00infobox

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