With Amazon’s new Fallout TV show slated to hit Prime subsequent month, longtime Fallout followers have already began questioning what the subsequent official entry within the iconic post-apocalyptic video game collection will appear like.
Although it’s nonetheless years away, Bethesda Game Studios has been very upfront about the truth that Fallout 5 is within the pipeline, going so far as to say it will likely be the studio’s subsequent main challenge after the release of The Elder Scrolls 6. With that in thoughts, we determined to spherical up all of the early particulars we’ve heard concerning the subsequent main installment within the Fallout game series so you will get caught up on every thing we all know to this point.
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Fallout 5 Won’t Release For A Long Time
The first and most important factor to notice is that Fallout 5 isn't going to be launched for a really very long time. As collection director Todd Howard told us in an interview back in 2022, “Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that.”
Bethesda has mentioned a number of occasions that The Elder Scrolls 6’s development would become the studio’s main focus after it wrapped up work on Starfield, which solely launched in late 2023. Considering Xbox Head Phil Spencer claimed throughout last year's Microsoft vs FTC Trial that The Elder Scrolls 6 itself isn’t anticipated for “five plus years,” it’s secure to imagine we’re not going to be listening to a lot about Fallout 5 or its release date for years to come back.
Bethesda Has Drafted Up Early Plans For Fallout 5
Although its nonetheless early days for the sequel, Todd Howard has admitted that he's taken a while laying out the groundwork for Fallout 5 and the place he desires to take the franchise subsequent. Speaking to us on the IGN Unfiltered Podcast in 2021, Howard revealed: “We have a one-pager on Fallout 5, what we want to do.”
In essence, it appears Howard has already spent a while determining the broad idea for the subsequent main entry within the Fallout collection and the concepts Bethesda hopes to deal with going ahead. That being mentioned, he did make it clear these concepts are nonetheless within the very early phases. Continuing his dialogue about Fallout 5 and Bethesda Game Studios' future initiatives basically, he claimed: “I'd like to find a way to accelerate what we do, but I can't really say today or commit to anything, [like] what's going to happen when.”
Ideas From The Fallout TV Show Were Held Back Because of Fallout 5
During latest press occasions for the upcoming Fallout TV show, Todd Howard and the present's crew talked extra concerning the adaptation's story and crafting a live-action journey set in such a lore-rich world. During these interviews, Jonathon Nolan claimed that making the present felt like engaged on "Fallout 5," telling Total Film that the present being an unique, canon story set within the game's world makes it really feel like a "non-interactive" new entry within the collection reasonably than an adaptation.
Todd Howard later expanded on these feedback whereas talking with Den of Geek, revealing that he had a number of conversations with the staff behind the present and requested them to keep away from together with sure story parts as a result of eventual release of Fallout 5.
“There were some things where I said, ‘don’t do this because we are going to do that in Fallout 5,” Howard revealed, with showrunner Graham Wagner including, “I think we made Fallout 6.” It seems the present and the subsequent game will discover completely different elements of Fallout's world, though issues had been shut sufficient that Howard wished them to circle round sure subjects to make sure they each lined new floor. With The Fallout present centering on a vault dweller exploring the remnants of Los Angeles, this could possibly be our first trace that Bethesda goals to go to the West Coast for its subsequent iteration of the collection.
What Platforms Will Fallout 5 Be On?
Regarding what platforms Fallout 5 will probably be on, it’s secure to imagine that it’ll be out there on Xbox consoles and PC contemplating Bethesda now falls underneath the Microsoft banner. However, whether or not that’s on present or next-gen consoles stays to be seen.
Seeing because the game's nonetheless a methods off and Phil Spencer didn't make clear whether or not Elder Scrolls 6 (which is launching previous to Fallout 5) was a present or next-gen release when speaking concerning the game throughout Microsoft's FTC trial, it appears seemingly that Fallout 5 will release on future Xbox platforms. We’ll simply have to attend and see the place the game ultimately falls.
What About PlayStation?
Currently, Bethesda Game Studios appears centered on releasing all of its upcoming video games solely on Xbox platforms and PC. With Starfield releasing as a full Xbox console unique and leaked Microsoft documents suggesting that The Elder Scrolls 6 could possibly be following go well with, there’s an excellent probability Fallout 5 will proceed the pattern.
That being mentioned, Xbox has been extra lenient with its library of exclusives in latest months, asserting that Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded, and Pentiment are all making their way to other consoles. Whether this new strategy to first-party releases ultimately leads to them launching flagship titles on rival consoles stays to be seen, however there’s all the time a risk Fallout could possibly be a multi-platform release. Right now, it's far too early to say. If it did release on PlayStation, it could seemingly be on the PS6.
Fallout 5 Will Use A More Advanced Engine Than Previous Fallout Games
In preparation for the release of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6, Bethesda's groups introduced (*5*), which was used to develop Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76. The most superior model of the Creation Engine but, Todd Howard referred to as it “the largest [overhaul] we've probably ever had, maybe larger than Morrowind to Oblivion,” throughout a Develop: Brighton Digital conference in 2020.
Regardless of whether or not this stays the engine the staff will use for Fallout 5 or they improve it additional in time for the long-awaited sequel, Fallout will make the most of a extra superior set of instruments than its predecessors, benefitting from higher graphics, pathing, lighting, NPC animations and extra.
Callum Williams is a freelance media author with years of expertise as a game critic, information reporter, guides author and options author.