The Amazon Fallout TV countdown that some had hoped would announce a Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas remaster turned out to be nothing greater than one other behind-the-scenes take a look at the present.
Earlier this month, a countdown appeared on the official Amazon website designed to seem like a Fallout map. On it are places within the Fallout map type which, when accessed, lead you to behind-the-scenes data on the present. For instance, The Vault 33 outer door, from which Lucy first steps foot into the wasteland, is on the south of the map. The Caswennan, the airship that serves as a hovering fortress for the Brotherhood of Metal, is to the east. And, forward of the debut of the Fallout Season 2 finale, within the high proper was a locked focal point alongside a timer pointing to February 4.
That acquired some followers’ hopes up that the countdown was main to the reveal of the closely rumored Fallout 3 Remastered, or the equally closely rumored Fallout: New Vegas Remastered. It turned out to be neither. As a substitute, it’s yet one more interactive node, this time for ‘The Penthouse’ on the high of the Fortunate 38 on line casino, the lair of antagonist Mr. Home.
“As soon as the personal area of Mr. Home, it overlooks the Strip with a commanding view of New Vegas, equal elements luxurious suite and management middle,” reads the official description. “Step again in time to this intersection of decadence and authority!”
Clicking by leads you to a 3D interactive illustration of the Penthouse, which features a brief video interview with Mr. Home actor Justin Theroux concerning the genuinely spectacular set, pictures of the Strip, and even a creature gallery. That is all nice should you’re after some additional Fallout data, however not the perfect should you’d hoped for a brand new Fallout sport. In fact, some had suspected this is able to be the case. At finest, some had stated, it could comprise a tease for Season 3 of the present.
Which leads us to the subsequent apparent query: what’s happening with these Fallout remasters? They’re nonetheless coming. The Fallout 3 remaster that leaked again in 2023 remains to be within the works, and is anticipated to be the same effort to final 12 months’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Then there’s Fallout: New Vegas Remastered, which can also be reportedly nonetheless on the way in which, though we don’t have any indication when both sport will launch.
In a current interview with IGN, we requested Bethesda improvement chief Todd Howard if the success of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which has seen over 4 million gamers because it shadowdropped final 12 months, was a repeatable trick for a Fallout 3 Remastered. Howard stored his playing cards shut to his chest, and reiterated some extent he’s been making rather a lot in interviews these days.
“I’ll simply say that the Oblivion Remaster, we’re actually, actually happy with how properly it did, it was a really lengthy challenge too, and never simply in the way it was obtained, the power to shadowdrop it, and the response to doing that,” he stated. “I like to do this with video games as a lot as attainable. I like the second that you simply discover out a few sport.”
The final mainline single-player Fallout sport was Fallout 4, which got here out in 2015 and just lately noticed the discharge of its Anniversary Version. The multiplayer centered Fallout 76 adopted in 2018, and whereas followers slowly flocked to the West Virginia-set open-world RPG, it wasn’t till the premiere of Prime Video’s Fallout TV present that the Bethesda collection leveled up when it comes to consideration.
In addition to remasters, we all know Bethesda desires to ultimately get to Fallout 5, albeit after The Elder Scrolls 6. Again in June 2024, Todd Howard stated he wasn’t keen on dashing Fallout 5 out the door. Then, in December final 12 months, Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 would certainly have in mind the canon occasions of the Fallout TV collection. “Briefly, sure,” Howard advised BBC Newsbeat. “Fallout 5 might be current in a world the place the tales and occasions of the present occurred or are occurring. We’re taking that under consideration.”
Whereas we wait to discover out about new Fallout video video games, take a look at IGN’s Fallout Season 2 finale evaluation.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You possibly can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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