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You can suplex dudes in Fallout 4 now

Ever been pootling around The Commonwealth minding your own business and thought, "That raider that just bopped me needs taking down a peg"? Surely you have - Fallout 4 is positively littered with enemies waiting to ruin your day. Well, the good news is you now don't need to leave it to your rifles, bats, and power fists to deal out some sweet justice - one inspired fan has created a "human grab attacks" mod that lets you just suplex the bastards.

Elzee's mod adds "80+ kinds of grab attacks for fun", and from the description alone, it sure sounds it. The mod "changes all human killmoves to normal combat skills", the creator explains, including all weapon and hand-to-hand killmoves, and even those that aren't fatal, from the description. It also folds in new moves from the RPG game's DLC.

To dish these out at your foes, you just need to hit the power attack button. While the grab attacks deal normal amounts of melee damage rather than just instant fatalities - which is probably fair, if you want combat to stay balanced and fun - they sure will look ace. The only bad news is that enemies will also make use of them "randomly" in melee combat, so you'll need to watch out for incoming takedowns while you're working up to handing out your own.

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The Fallout tabletop RPG emerges from the vaults

The officially licensed Fallout tabletop roleplaying game is now out, bringing post-nuclear roleplaying to your tabletop from publisher Modiphius Entertainment. With the digital edition now available, Fallout: The Roleplaying Game becomes the latest property to get the tabletop RPG treatment, with a big colorful rulebook that'll probably be bought by just as many people who want to read a fat book of Fallout lore as want to actually play a TTRPG...
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Fallout: London modders tease Covent Garden for the huge Fallout 4 mod

Last month, we got a good look at an enormous and ambitious mod coming up for Fallout 4. Called Fallout: London, it's a project that promises a "DLC-sized" addition to Bethesda's RPG game with a post-apocalyptic take on the UK's capital. There's been little word since, but today the modders have posted a tease about a new location that'll feature in the mod.

In the original Fallout: London reveal trailer (below), we got a good peep at various recognisable, real-life locations given the Fallout treatment. There were shots of Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, and a handful of other famous spots, too - but now it's been confirmed that the iconic piazza Covent Garden will appear in the mod. We haven't got a massively clear look at the location, but the modders have posted a wee teaser snapshot on Instagram, which you can check out below.

We can see one of the entryways to the indoor shopping and entertainment hub set against a hazy sky, and covered in graffiti. From the teaser, it's easy to see it's Covent Garden (you can check out this picture for reference if you're unfamiliar), but it is only a hint about what's to come.

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Bethesda and Xbox donate $10,000 to the Humane Society in honor of Dogmeat

There are very few videogame animals as famous as Dogmeat. Introduced in the original Fallout, the canine companion was a massive pain in the ass but also a very good boy (as all dogs are), leading many players to go to extreme lengths to protect him from his own tendency toward self destruction...
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Fallout 4 modders and fans are paying tribute to Dogmeat's inspiration, River

If you're a Fallout 4 fan, you might have heard the very sad news that the real-life inspiration behind virtual pupper Dogmeat recently passed away. Called River, she was a big, gorgeous German Shepherd who not only helped bring Dogmeat's likeness, animation, and personality to life, but an important part of the dev team behind the post-apocalyptic RPG game. Now, fans and modders are showing their love for River with in-game tributes.

Modder Mangaclub has created a lovely memorial to River in the form of a statue that you can craft at a workbench and place where you'd like in your game. It's a weathered stone statue, with a German Shepherd - presumably based on Dogmeat's mesh - sat resting on top of a plinth, as a mourning figure in robes sits beside it. It's a really touching tribute to the real-world doggo, and you can find it at Nexus Mods here.

Elsewhere on the site, creator Sirucus has uploaded a simple name swap mod that lets you rename Dogmeat to River in case you'd like to honour her in another way. It is an excellent name, after all.

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