Xbox wants more Fallout, and after a yearslong drought of new games, Bethesda Softworks is making it happen. Bethesda plans to release remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas for modern platforms, the company said in July in a massive roadmap of the developer’s future. Those remasters are part of a larger plan to reinvest in Fallout games — including Fallout 5, which is currently in pre-production — and a new untitled project at Obsidian Entertainment.
“We have multiple Fallout projects in active development right now,” Bethesda said in an official announcement this summer. That includes Fallout 5, which is described as the studio’s “long-range destination,” and “a major Fallout 76 expansion” planned for 2027 called Raven Rock, which will serve as a prequel story to Fallout 3.
Bethesda also confirmed two long-standing rumors, announcing remasters for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. The studio did not provide any further details or a release window, but the projects have reportedly been in the works for many years. The existence of a Fallout 3 remaster dates back to at least 2020, when the project’s existence was revealed through court documents related to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) litigation regarding Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard.
Classic Fallout games will return
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas‘ remasters follow last year’s release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, which was co-developed by Virtuos and Bethesda Game Studios. Bethesda also marked the 10-year anniversary of Fallout 4 in 2025, with the release of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition. That rerelease included the original game, all six of the previously released DLC add-ons, as well as over 150 items pulled from the Fallout 4 Creation Club.
Fallout 3 was originally released in 2008 for PlayStation 3, Windows PC, and Xbox 360. The game was the third major installment in the Fallout series, and the first to be developed by Bethesda after acquiring the rights to the franchise from Interplay Entertainment. Fallout 3 is set in and around Washington D.C. 200 years after a devastating nuclear war, and players control a 19-year-old Vault dweller in search of their missing father.
Fallout: New Vegas followed in 2010, and was developed by Obsidian Entertainment. It was set in the Mojave Desert and casts players as a courier who becomes embroiled in a conflict between various factions who are vying for control of the region.
In addition to new Fallout games, a third season of the Fallout TV series is in the works and recently wrapped filming. Bethesda Game Studios is also hard at work on the next game in its fantasy role-playing game series: The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel is now in development.
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