We’ve already reported on how the PC and console Fallout video games have obtained a shot in the arm following the success of the Fallout TV present. Now it’s the flip of cellular recreation Fallout Shelter.
Fallout Shelter, a free-to-play base-building and other people administration sim set inside the post-apocalyptic Fallout world, has seen its each day income skyrocket from a mean of $20,000 to $80,000, cellular evaluation agency Sensor Tower stated, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. Downloads of the recreation have greater than doubled round the launch of the Prime Video present, the knowledge additionally revealed, from round 20,000 to over 60,000 inside three days.
Sensor Tower’s knowledge governs the cellular model of Fallout Shelter, however different variations of the recreation have seen a rise in gamers, too. SteamDB reveals a 24-hour concurrents peak of 5,713, when pre-TV present Fallout Shelter would common a determine in the mid 1,000s.
Maybe Fallout TV present followers have flocked to Fallout Shelter as a result of it accommodates official S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats for the foremost characters, together with Lucy (Fallout followers are attempting to work out what XP stage Lucy ends Season 1 with, given the occasions of the present.) Based mostly on Fallout Shelter, we all know Lucy’s character sheet:
- Power 4
- Notion 7
- Endurance 6
- Charisma 5
- Intelligence 6
- Agility 5
- Luck 7
In the event you’re questioning, listed here are how different characters look, courtesy of Fallout Shelter:
SteamDB reported that Bethesda’s Fallout video games had greater than doubled their concurrent gamers on Steam with the launch of the Fallout TV sequence. That’s for Fallout 4, launched in November 2015, Fallout New Vegas, launched in October 2010, and Fallout 76, launched in April 2020. The enhance was vital sufficient to propel Fallout 76 to a new peak concurrent gamers Steam report of 39,455 — 4 years after it got here out. Even the older, non-Bethesda developed Fallout video games are having fun with a resurgence.
In the event you’re in search of extra on the Fallout TV present, IGN has rounded up 111 particulars in the Fallout present which were pulled straight from the video games, resulting in a season finale that units up a new journey in a beloved setting. And since we’re speaking about Lucy right here, remember to take a look at How Lucy MacLean and Her “Okey Dokeys” Grew to become Fallout’s Secret Weapon.
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