Det kommer måske ikke som den store overraskelse, men nu er det planlagte Fallout 3 mod til Fallout 4 officielt blev opgivet af frygt for (ganske forventelige) sagsanlæg.

Mod-udvikler, som går under navnet Road to Liberty bekræftede at de har opgivet deres planer om at realisere Fallout 3 i Fallout 4 via Twitter:

Holdet blev, efter at have været i dialog med Bethesda klar over, at den altså ikke gik. Det er dog ganske imponerende at ingen af de involverede synes at have skænket det de store tanker på forhånd. Fallout er ejet af Bethesda og selvfølgelig kan man ikke bare gratis “kopiere” eller genskabe det, uden at skulle til lommerne – på den ene eller den anden måde.

“Recently we communicated with Bethesda regarding our planned method to implement the voice acting and other audio from Fallout 3 into the Capital Wasteland,” project leader Nathan ‘NafNaf95’ said on Twitter.

“During this conversation it became clear our planned approach would raise serious red flags that we had unfortunately not foreseen. This contact resulted in use changing our methods to attempt to continue working.”

However, after more thought, the decision was made to stop. NafNaf95, as the project lead, would be fully liable for any legal, well, fallout resulting from the creation of the mod. Since mods are passion projects, it only made sense to cut their losses.

Du kan læse mere på GamesIndustry.biz.