Archive EntryPreservation Record
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Shelf markLIB-0008
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2009Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
- Release
- December 17, 2009
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- RPG · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition — Game of the Year build
- Condition Report
- Licensed copy held on the archive Steam account. No optical disc or boxed materials accompany this filing.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- July 26, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- July 26, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 22370
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-22370- Provenance reconciled
- July 26, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 106 hours
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows PC via the archive Steam client
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam Game of the Year Edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Playback depends on Steam account custody and the continued availability of this edition on the storefront.
- Preservation Concerns
- Primary risks are account-bound license loss, client obsolescence, and storefront withdrawal. No offline installer is retained.
- Edition History
- Filed as Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (Steam). The archive holds this licensed digital build, not a separate retail SKU.
- Access Status
- Accessible through the archive Steam account while the title remains offered for that account.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0008Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (2009)this filing
- LIB-0005Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
- LIB-0006Fallout 4 (2015)
- LIB-0007Fallout 76 (2018)
- Series
- Fallout
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0008.
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
as part of the editorial issue "Fallout Digital Holdings."
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Fallout series lineage and peer accessions linked.
Editorial revision
Curatorial pass — catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for the Fallout Editorial Batch.
Preservation Notes entered
Connections revised
Peer relationship mesh removed; Archival Lineage retained via series.
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Part A refinement — diversified archival language for Fallout Digital Holdings.