John Carpenter–best recognized for his legendary horror movies like The Factor and Halloween–is evidently large into gaming, and says one of many video games he is most wanting ahead to in the intervening time hasn’t even been formally revealed but.
“I’ve beloved the Fallout universe for years so something they do subsequent, I’m prepared for it,” Carpenter mentioned in a current interview (through IGN).
Carpenter listed the following Fallout game–which at the moment has no title and no launch date–as one in every of three video games he is most excited to play. Notably, the opposite two video games that made the list–Saber Interactive’s upcoming shooter John Carpenter’s Poisonous Commando and Illfonic’s upcoming Halloween–are each variations of Carpenter’s work, whereas Fallout 5 clearly is just not.
Bethesda has plans to launch a brand new Fallout sport as soon as it is completed with The Elder Scrolls 6, and introduced that Fallout 5 had been “absolutely greenlit” as of July 2025. Nonetheless, particulars are sparse, and the present state of the sport is unclear. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Microsoft might have scrapped a at the moment in-development Fallout title, and a former Fallout character artist not too long ago revealed that he thinks Bethesda might outsource the following Fallout sport to a distinct studio.
As for the video games John Carpenter is at the moment enjoying, Fallout as soon as once more makes the listing. Per Carpenter, he is an enormous fan of Fallout 76.
“I’m nonetheless spending plenty of time in Fallout 76 and actually having a good time with it,” he mentioned of Bethesda’s Fallout MMO. “The world is large, messy, sophisticated, and stuffed with unusual corners with issues that need you lifeless round each flip. It’s dense, there’s a ton to find, and I maintain discovering causes to return again.”
However Carpenter’s style in video games expands far past the Wasteland. Along with Fallout 76, the 78-year-old director additionally listed 1991’s Sonic the Hedgehog, the unique Murderer’s Creed, Horizon Zero Daybreak, Borderlands 2, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy as his most-beloved titles.
“Sonic is the place it began for me, quick and vivid and had that early gaming vitality the place you at all times felt like one thing may go incorrect at any second,” Carpenter mentioned. “I nonetheless return to it, it’s extremely nostalgic.”
In different Bethesda information, the studio’s space-faring RPG, Starfield, is scheduled to reach on PlayStation 5 on April 7. Starfield will launch on PS5 alongside its new Terran Armada DLC, which shall be accessible on all platforms, and Bethesda says it is not fairly accomplished with its latest IP simply but.
“There’s locations the [Starfield] crew nonetheless needs to discover,” a Bethesda rep mentioned in a current media name. “There’s issues and lore we’re enthusiastic about. So yeah, we’ve some plans, however nothing to announce right now.”