With Bethesda focusing on The Elder Scrolls 6 — and the project still years away from completion — fans weren’t expecting a new Fallout game anytime soon. According to a new report, however, that timeline is about to change: Obsidian Entertainment is reportedly working on a new entry in the post-apocalyptic RPG series.
Bethesda Game Studios may have brought Fallout to mainstream audiences, but as far as some fans are concerned, the apex of the franchise was Fallout: New Vegas, a spinoff made by Obsidian Entertainment. The 2010 game dug heavily into the series’ computer role-playing routes with choice-driven gameplay and a dialog-heavy story. Rather than relying solely on a few major routes for broad categories of players, New Vegas rewarded fans with niche builds with special dialogue and mission solutions. It’s not a perfect comparison, but think Baldur’s Gate 3 with a grittier sci-fi setting.
Despite critical acclaim, Obsidian Entertainment never got another chance to develop a new Fallout game. According to people who worked on the game, Bethesda was apparently unhappy with the game’s hardcore nature and its profits compared to the main franchise. Still, any time the franchise is mentioned, fans beg for more games in the vein of Fallout: New Vegas.
According to Bloomberg, those wishes may soon come true. A new Fallout game is reportedly being headed by Josh Sawyer, the lead director of New Vegas. Plans for the new game are still in the early stages and bound to change, Bloomberg’s report says.
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