I recognise the body armour but that AR-15 looks new, as does the grey skinned supper mutant in the hockey pads

Fallout: New Vegas is like a sweet answer to my prayers. I was deeply in love with Fallout 3, I haven't even played the last Fallout 3 expansion, Mothership Zeta, in a pathetic effort to extend my time with the game. Sad I know. But now I've seen the screenshots for Fallout: New Vegas, I can happily play out Fallout 3 to its inevitable conclusion safe in the knowledge there's a whole lot more Fallout coming my way this year.

We knew Fallout: New Vegas was going to use the same game engine and have the same general look as Fallout 3, but I'm still surprised how similar the two are in comparison. I expect this will annoy a fair number of people who consider New Vegas to be nothing more than a really big expansion to Fallout 3. But frankly, I'm completely fine with that. More Fallout that looks and feels the same like the last Fallout is absolutely cool with me.

That's some new looking body armour and a new type of heavy weapon, looks pretty cool

Well that answers the question as to why Vegas still has power

Ink blot tests? Mayhaps part of your character creation?

Love it or hate it, VATS is back, basic gameplay looks unchanged between Fallout 3 and New Vegas

This is Easy Pete, he wants to do things for you... ewww

Oh, killer mexican walking fish people!

Here's something new, a control wheel for managing your companions

So some of the Super Mutants 'identify' as female, this is how they manage that... not quite hitting that feminine vibe