Prime Video’s new Fallout TV sequence has seen a renewed wave of curiosity within the Fallout sport sequence, together with the query of once we’ll see the following mainline Fallout sport. Whereas Fallout 5 has been confirmed to be in improvement, Todd Howard has mentioned in an interview that he is reluctant to place even a tough date on future releases.
Fallout 4 launched again in 2015, marking nearly a decade for the reason that sequence has seen a mainline sport, and whereas Bethesda has confirmed that Fallout 5 is within the works, we nonetheless don’t know when to truly count on it. Again in 2022, Todd Howard mentioned that Fallout 5 will arrive someday after Elder Scrolls 6, however when requested if that is nonetheless the case in a current interview with IGN, Howard was reluctant to substantiate any sort of timing.
“I will keep away from placing dates on something. I’ve discovered that the exhausting means,” Howard answered. “So clearly, our focus so far as new improvement proper now could be Elder Scrolls VI, however that does not imply that we’re not planning for different issues.”
Whereas Howard did not elaborate an excessive amount of on Bethesda’s plans for future video games, he did point out a number of the ongoing video games the developer is constant to help and replace. “We’re nonetheless doing a variety of work, clearly on Fallout 76, and we see the neighborhood, so many individuals going into that sport and sort of rediscovering it and simply so proud of the place that sport is at. It actually does, and I imply, this has the most effective communities in all of gaming. Surprisingly, it is a very, very good apocalypse.”
Fallout 76 has additionally seen a resurgence of curiosity for the reason that TV present launched, hitting a brand new concurrent participant report on Steam throughout the final week. Whereas Fallout 76 had a rocky launch, requiring heavy post-release updates from Bethesda, the net multiplayer sport has stabilized now and is at the moment as much as its sixteenth season.
Particulars on Fallout 5 are nonetheless scarce, as Bethesda hasn’t but revealed something about its plot or setting. We did get a small trace earlier this 12 months, when Todd Howard mentioned some plot components needed to be vetoed from the Fallout TV script, resulting from potential overlaps with Fallout 5.