Fallout 5 is among the video games at the moment within the works at Bethesda Recreation Studios. It is nonetheless years away from launch, however now Bethesda boss Todd Howard has shared a small replace about it.
He informed the (*5*) that Fallout 5 might be influenced partly by the favored Prime Video Fallout TV present. “In brief, sure,” he stated. “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 into consideration.”
Fallout 76 has additionally been influenced by the TV collection, and it will get new content material based mostly on the present, together with Walton Goggins’ character, The Ghoul. That recreation is free to play now via December 22, presumably to money in on the debut of Fallout Season 2.
Bethesda first revealed Fallout 5 again in 2022, saying it will be launched after The Elder Scrolls VI. There isn’t a phrase but on when that recreation might be launched, so followers ought to get very comfy for Fallout 5. It is not popping out anytime quickly.
Earlier this month, Bethesda stated Fallout was the franchise that the developer was “doing probably the most in.”
“We have had a long-term plan for Fallout, and so I want I may speak about all these immediately,” Howard informed IGN. “I am going to simply say this: It is the franchise that we’re doing probably the most in proper now.”
Within the BBC interview, Howard additionally mentioned how he is pleased that the Fallout TV present on Prime Video might help introduce extra folks to the world of Fallout.
“There’s nonetheless so many individuals that will not play a game–I believe that is getting higher however there’s nonetheless people who find themselves intimidated,” he stated. “They nonetheless get to expertise Fallout and I believe that is actually essential as a result of they’re now equal followers of the world.”
Past Fallout 5, it is rumored that Bethesda is engaged on a remaster of Fallout 3.
For extra on the broader Fallout world, make sure to learn GameSpot’s breakdown of Fallout Season 2, Episode 1 and our rundown of all of the Easter eggs in Episode 1.