Summary
AnotherFalloutgame could be coming “sooner rather than later”, following the success of the TV adaptation.
This is according to Jez Corden from Windows Central, who says thatXboxis “currently formulating plans” on how to ship a new Fallout game sooner than expected. It’s unclear if this would take the form of Fallout 5 or a spin-off developed by another studio entirely, especially as Bethesda has bothStarfieldandThe Elder Scrolls 6to work on first.
These comments, initially spotted byInsider Gaming, were made on the most recent episode of the Xbox Two podcast.
The Next Fallout Could Launch “Sooner”
“[Xbox is] currently formulating plans on how to get the next Fallout here for us sooner rather than later,” says Corden.
He continues, giving his own thoughts on when we can expect the next Fallout game. “We constantly talk about will we even see Fallout this decade, and the answer is I think we will”.
While this is only a rumour at this stage, it’s believable that Xbox would want a new Fallout game to capitalise on the success of the show. Right now, the series has found itself in the odd place of only having an almost nine-year-old entry,Fallout 4, to offer new fans. Worse yet, we don’t appear to be close at all to Fallout 5’s launch, as Todd Howard has recentlyreaffirmed Bethesda’s commitment to ship The Elder Scrolls 6 before anything else.
Starfield isstill being supported with updatesand hasDLC on the way too. It’s hard to see us getting another Fallout game before 2030 if Xbox can’t find another studio to work on the series.
With this in mind, it’s likely that Xbox’s plans would involve getting another studio to develop a Fallout game prior to Fallout 5’s launch. The fan favourite choice of studio to take on this project would beObsidian, having previously shippedFallout: New Vegasback in 2010. Both Obsidian and Bethesda are owned by Xbox now, so it’s easy to see why fans are getting their hopes up. It’s just worth keeping in mind that Obsidian has its own RPGs to work on withAvowedand The Outer Worlds 2.
Whoever Xbox puts on a theoretical Fallout game, it’s unlikely that we’ll see it anytime soon. In the meantime,we’ve got the current-gen update for Fallout 4to keep us busy, as well as ongoing updates for the MMO,Fallout 76.
