Best Buy customers at select stores in the Washington, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas and Chicago metropolitan areas will be among the first to play one of the most anticipated videogames of the year.

"Fallout 3 has been a labor of love for the team at Bethesda and we can't wait to get the game into the hands of consumers," said Todd Howard, Game Director for Fallout 3. "We're looking forward to celebrating the launch of Fallout 3 with the fans."

The Fallout 3 team's hometown Best Buy in Rockville, MD will serve as the flagship location of the midnight events, with special festivities including game kiosks, giveaways, contests and a live broadcast from the event with DC 101 FM. Game director Todd Howard will be on-hand along with other key members of the development team to sign copies of the game and chat with fans. In addition to the Rockville event, 11 Best Buy stores across the country will be hosting special midnight sales events.

Midnight sales event lines will begin forming at 3 pm local time, October 27 at the following Best Buy locations:

Washington, DC area

Rockville, MD - 1200 Rockville Pike

Tysons Corner, VA – 8449 Leesburg Pike

New York Area

New York, NY – 44th And 5th

Westbury, NY – 1100 Old Country Rd.

Los Angeles area

Glendale, CA – 2909 Los Feliz Blvd.

Pasadena, CA – 3415 E. Foothill Blvd.

Chicago area

Chicago, IL. – 1000 W. North Ave.

Downers Grove, IL – 1432 Butterfield Rd

Dallas area

Plano, TX – 2800 N. Central Expy.

Fort Worth, TX – 6750 West Fwy.

Minneapolis area

Roseville, MN – 1643 Country Rd. B2

Richfield, MN – 1000 W. 78th St.

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