For a brief interval, Bethesda is making its on-line RPG Fallout 76 free on all platforms, simply in time for the ultimate Season 2 episodes of the Fallout tv collection on Prime Video.
Whereas Bethesda’s announcement of this promotion does not explicitly point out the present, the free trial began shortly after the penultimate episode of Season 2 streamed and lasts till after the season finale releases subsequent week. Bethesda’s X submit encourages gamers to “say howdy to the Ghoul,” referring to Walton Goggins’s character from the present, now an NPC in Fallout 76.
Obtain and play #Fallout76 without cost on all platforms till February 4!
☢️Say howdy to the Ghoul and tackle some bounties
🎣Go fishing in watering holes round Appalachia
🏠Construct a C.A.M.P. within the irradiated deserts of Ohio pic.twitter.com/Qq9pLT5qfm— Bethesda (@bethesda) January 28, 2026
The Ghoul arrived within the recreation by way of the Burning Springs replace in December, which added a complete area, new wildlife, and bounty missions. A patch for Fallout 76 additionally went reside this month, addressing some problematic technical bugs.
This is not the primary time that Bethesda has allowed individuals to check out Fallout 76 for free–the recreation, together with the Fallout 1st paid service, was accessible without cost final month for per week, however solely on PlayStation and Xbox. Conversely, the present free trial is for each consoles and PC.
Fallout 76 had a troubled launch in 2018, marred by technical points and receiving a blended reception from critics and gamers alike. That did not cease Bethesda from including to the online-focused recreation, nonetheless, and the Fallout Prime Video present particularly helped to spice up player-counts. With public curiosity within the Fallout universe at a excessive, now’s pretty much as good a time as any for this trial.