It was released on October 28, 2008, in North America, on October 31, 2008, in Europe and Australia and on December 4, 2008, in Japan. It is the third major installment in the Fallout series (fifth overall) and a sequel to Interplay Entertainment's Fallout and Fallout 2. Fallout 3 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.