There's a new Fallout 3 preview in the Polish magazine CD Action. They saw the same presentation by Pete in London as the Gry-Online people. Not much there is new.
It looks like Fallout 3 will actually hit the stores in autumn, and... it won't be a bad game. The question is whether it will be Fallout as I would like to see and remember it.
Some bits:
The game was quite complete and stable
It won't be "Oblivion with lasers" - Pete's knowledge of Black Isle games and respect towards them was astounding
The aim of Vault 101 was to house the best and brightest of the pre-war world. But now, 200 years after the holocaust, no one remembers it...
It's disappointing that you can only have one companion at a time
One new perk is mentioned - Exploding Pants, which allows you to plant grenades on your opponents (note - this was clarified by Gstaff as not a perk, but just one of the things the game keeps track of, like "Corpses Eaten")
Most of the weapons and armors (even power armor and turbo plasma) can be found by in early parts of the game, but they have their disadvantages
It will be able to finish the game with a character focused on hand to hand combat or stealth (they call Emil the "maker of the Thief series")
Fallout 3's world is smaller than the one in Oblivion, but less empty
Fast travel between known locations, no vehicles
Full day and night system
There will be more tales from the Vault in the next issue of the magazine.
