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AI-generated Fallout: New York browser game full of utterly cursed faces slapped with Bethesda cease and desist, its slop prompter claims
Rock Paper Shotgun • • technology
Key Points:
- An AI-generated browser game called Fallout: New York, created using Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 technology by a developer known as CHRIS FIRST, has reportedly received a cease and desist notice from Bethesda's parent company, ZeniMax.
- The game featured a post-apocalyptic New York map with quests, companions, dialogue trees, V.A.T.S., and a Pip-Boy, but its visuals and design were criticized as underdeveloped and glitchy.
- CHRIS FIRST emphasized that the game was a free tech demo made out of love for Fallout and did not generate any revenue, expressing disappointment over the legal action.
- The cease and desist appears to focus on the use of the domain name "fallout.nyc," which ZeniMax likely sees as infringing on their copyrighted material.
- Bethesda has been contacted for comment, while CHRIS FIRST publicly urged Bethesda to develop a Fallout game themselves to prevent such fan projects.
