Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, makes Obsidian collaboration official, and says Fallout 5 is in ‘pre-production’

Lower than two weeks out from huge Xbox layoffs that may put 3,200 folks out of labor, Bethesda Softworks has laid out its plans for the long run, together with affirmation of a brand new Fallout recreation from Obsidian and that remasters of each Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are occurring.

The total message covers just about all the pieces Bethesda does, together with a affirmation that Starfield, regardless of a middling reception and flagging participant numbers, will proceed to obtain updates. There’s additionally a nod to “extra deliberate for the long run” for The Elder Scrolls On-line, although the sport and the studio making it each look fairly rocky proper now.

However Fallout is the main focus, and there’s a lot happening. “Fallout is considered one of our largest priorities at the moment,” Bethesda wrote. “Fallout 5 stays our long-range vacation spot, and we have now a number of Fallout initiatives in lively improvement proper now.”

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Included amongst these initiatives is a Fallout 76 enlargement scheduled for 2027 referred to as Raven Rock, which can function a prequel to Fallout 3, and as talked about, the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters—no dates have been revealed, however easy affirmation that they are each in improvement is lengthy overdue.

The beforehand reported Obsidian collaboration can also be confirmed, and to my studying a minimum of, it appears like will probably be one other non-numbered entry to the sequence, as New Vegas was. Following the point out of Fallout 5, Bethesda appeared to reference the Obsidian recreation as a wholly separate factor: “The wasteland continues to broaden as we crew up as soon as once more with our longtime mates at Obsidian Leisure. We’re completely satisfied to substantiate they’re working with us on a brand new Fallout venture. We’ll have extra to share sooner or later.”

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It additionally appears like Fallout 5 is way additional out than the Obsidian joint: Bethesda stated that recreation is presently in pre-production, whereas nearly all of the studio is targeted on The Elder Scrolls 6. There’s nonetheless no date on that both, though Bethesda a minimum of acknowledged that “we all know it’s been a really lengthy await the sequel.”

All informed, it is fairly the infodump, regardless of being brief on specifics, and clearly aimed toward reassuring followers that the injuries suffered by Bethesda within the Xbox cuts should not mortal, and even critically damaging—past the a whole lot of people that discover themselves out of labor, that’s. The way it all truly works out, we’ll simply have to attend and see.