It seems that the eventual stop for all of our favorite games is the world of massive multiplayer. FOnline 2238 is a free Fallout 2 mod that turns everyone's favorite post-apocalyptic opus into a top-down-view MMO. Fallout's world seems ripe for the online transformation — bounty hunting, brahmin trading, crafting, exploring, and trading are all possible professions. Scavenging, as well as gathering resources and useful items, will also be a huge part of being a citizen.
Cvet and Rotators, developers of FOnline 2238, are not going backwards to create this new world. Although it resembles the earlier Fallout games it was inspired by, Cvet is painstakingly editing sprites to turn 2D into 2.5D. They are even using the 3D model converter from the canceled Interplay Fallout 3 title codenamed Van Buren. Assuming Bethesda doesn't serve its creators with a cease and desist order (the game skates the line of being a mod and becoming an entirely new game), beta testing for the game will take place in August. Read all about the mod here. More pics and a great video explaining the developer's thought process when creating what looks like will be a great multiplayer experience appear after the break.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BF-sB4E0AI 425×344]