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Thursday10th Mar 2016
News Fallout 4's New PS4 Patch Preps the Game for DLC This Week
Atom bomb baby
Update 1.4 for Fallout 4 will arrive on PlayStation 4 this week, according to Bethesda. The patch doesn't do anything overly exciting - unless you're a fan of making Super Mutant settlements - but it at least paves the way for the game's upcoming downloadable content. The first add-on, titled Automatron, is still set to launch at some...
Monday29th Feb 2016
News Want Fallout 4's Season Pass? We Suggest Getting It Now
The price explodes tomorrow
Consider this a friendly reminder that the season pass for Fallout 4 will jump in price tomorrow. In other words, today is your last chance to grab it for the more reasonable cost of £24.99/$29.99. Bethesda announced that the pass would be increasing in price earlier this month, following the reveal of the title's first...
Wednesday24th Feb 2016
News Fallout 4's Survival Mode Takes Things Way More Seriously
It's a tough old world
If you haven't already heard, Fallout 4 is getting a survival mode in a free update relatively soon. Much like Fallout: New Vegas' hardcore mode, you'll need to eat, sleep, and keep yourself hydrated in order to survive - but we could have guessed that this would be the case anyway. Nevertheless, Reddit's data mined some more...
Tuesday23rd Feb 2016
News Todd Howard Says Fallout 4 DLC Is 'Pokémon-Esque'
Gotta scrap 'em all
Who doesn't love an easily exploitable quote, eh? Speaking to Game Informer, Bethesda creative director Todd Howard has spilled a little more information on Fallout 4's upcoming downloadable content. As you may already know, three add-ons have been announced so far: there's Automatron in March, the Wasteland Works
News Fallout 4 Mods on PS4 May Be Arriving This Summer
A rough estimate from Todd Howard
Mod support for Fallout 4 has been a big talking point - especially when it comes to us console players. How will they work? Will they be limited? How long will we have to wait? All of these questions and more have been spiralling for months, but sadly, we're still no closer to any definitive answers. However,...
News Upcoming Fallout 4 PS4 Patch Lets You Make Really Ugly Settlements
Meat bags, anyone?
Fallout 4's getting some new content courtesy of update 1.4, which has just entered the beta phase on PC. Alongside a slew of bug and quest fixes, the patch will add a bunch of new items that you can build at your settlements. These items aren't your average bits and pieces though - most of them take inspiration from the lairs of...
Friday19th Feb 2016
News Fallout 4 Has a Secret that No One Has Discovered Yet
According to Todd Howard
Fallout 4's back in the headlines recently following the game's downloadable content reveal, and Bethesda creative director Todd Howard seems adamant to keep people talking about the studio's latest release. During his DICE talk last night, Howard teased a "secret" in Fallout 4 that, as far as he's aware, no one has...
Tuesday16th Feb 2016
News Fallout 4 Finally Drops a Bomb with DLC Details
Custom robots, taming monsters, and big expansions
Bethesda's finally opened the vault door on its downloadable content plans for Fallout 4, and to be honest, they sound pretty interesting. The open world adventure will be getting three confirmed slices of DLC in the relatively near future, with more coming further down the road. However, we should...
News Fallout 4's Season Pass Is About to Get Pricier on PS4
Start counting your caps
Hmm. Either publisher Bethesda's doing us a brilliant favour, or it's trying to convince more people to buy Fallout 4's Season Pass before reviews for the content spill out. Either way, it's announced that starting from 1st March, the price of the pre-purchase will increase from $29.99 (£24.99) to $49.99 (£39.99). That's a...
Friday12th Feb 2016
News You'll Starve and Get Diseases in Fallout 4's Survival Mode
You asked for it
Fallout 4 is a funny game, isn't it? This author enjoyed his time with it enough to unlock the coveted Platinum Trophy, but looking back it's hard not to feel a little disappointed. For many people, that dissatisfaction set in right from the off, due to the sequel's watered down Survival Mode. Fortunately, developer Bethesda has...
Thursday11th Feb 2016
News Fallout 4's New Patch Makes the Game Look Better on PS4
Isn't that nice
There wasn't anything too exciting included in Fallout 4's latest PlayStation 4 patch, but we're pleasantly surprised to hear that the update seems to have improved the graphical quality of the title on Sony's console. According to our pals over at Digital Foundry, who have run multiple tests on the game, Bethesda's blockbuster now...
Tuesday9th Feb 2016
News The Latest Bug Busting Fallout 4 Patch Is Now Available on PS4
The fixer
How many fixes can you fit into a 506MB patch? We couldn't tell you the answer to that, but Fallout 4's going for a record with its latest PlayStation 4 update. The patch was expected on Sony's home console last week, but clearly it was delayed. Update 1.3, as mentioned, features an absolute ton of bug fixes, big and small. It also adds a...
Monday1st Feb 2016
News Fallout 4's Next Patch Goes Nuclear on PS4 This Week
Patch me up, doc
Fallout 4's patch 1.3 has emerged from its beta testing stage on PC, and will be available on PlayStation 4 later this week, Bethesda has revealed. In truth, the update doesn't really do anything overly exciting - it just fixes a ton of bugs, both general and quest-specific, and adds a "status menu" so that you can track your...
Monday25th Jan 2016
News Bethesda Promises Incoming Details on Fallout 4 Mods for PS4
About time
Yes, it would appear as though Bethesda still has plans for Fallout 4 mods on PlayStation 4. Although the developer confirmed last year that it was planning on bringing mods to the console versions of the game, we're still yet to hear any concrete details. That could all change in the near future, however. Replying to a tweet from...
Friday15th Jan 2016
News Fallout 4 Patch 1.3 Details Step Out into the Irradiated Air
Loads of fixes incoming
Fallout 4's next patch is entering its beta state on PC, which means that we've been given a glimpse of what's probably coming to the PlayStation 4 version of the game in the next few weeks. Needless to say, there are a ton of bug fixes included in this latest update, but that's not all. The patch notes - which you can read...
Tuesday8th Dec 2015
News Fallout 4's First Patch Is Here to Stabilise the Commonwealth on PS4
Update 1.02 available to download now
It's taken quite a while, but Fallout 4's first PlayStation 4 patch is here. As with Bethesda's previous game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the developer released the update on PC first, where users could beta test it before providing feedback. Weighing in at just over 500MB, the patch admittedly doesn't seem...
Wednesday25th Nov 2015
News The Witcher 3 Developer Shares the Love for Fallout 4
CD Projekt Red is inspired by Bethesda
Ah, CD Projekt Red. When you're not giving us free downloadable content and providing outrageously good expansions for low prices, you're praising other developers for their hard work - and it's quite heart-warming to see. What we often forget is that the people who make games tend to be a a lot like us -...
Friday20th Nov 2015
News Fallout 4 Patches Will Copy Skyrim's Approach on PS4
First update is coming soon
Before its launch, Bethesda promised plenty of free updates for Fallout 4, and now that the game's been out for over a week, we're starting to hear how this is all going to work. Needless to say, the developer's now building future content, and the title's first patch should be releasing soon. There's no word on what the...
Thursday19th Nov 2015
News Someone Made a Working Rubik's Cube in Fallout 4
What a square
Fallout 4's building system is just another mechanic slathered on top of what is already a pretty darn dense game, but we're beginning to see the fruits of the addition. One committed wasteland constructor has compiled 128 generators, 36 terminals, and thousands of wires to create an in-game Rubik's Cube. It took him/her 25 hours to...
Saturday14th Nov 2015
Weirdness Adult Site Sees Drop in Traffic on Fallout 4 Launch Day
High vaultage
Vault dwellers found a different kind of joystick to play with on Fallout 4's launch day, as adult site Pornhub – not linked for obvious reasons – reported a 10 per cent decline in traffic on the day of the role-playing game's release. Apparently page views dipped at 05:00AM on 10th November, around the time most people would have...
Friday13th Nov 2015
News Ridiculous Fallout 4 Numbers Point to Bethesda's Most Successful Launch Ever
It certainly didn't bomb
Bethesda seems to have really knocked it out with Fallout 4. The post-apocalyptic role-playing game has been headlining every major gaming website all week now, so it's safe to say that it's popular – but even its most optimistic fans wouldn't have thought that it'd be this popular. The studio has stated that the title...
Thursday12th Nov 2015
News Keep an Eye on Your Calendar in Fallout 4
Minor spoilers ahead
If the tagline didn't already warn you, yes, there are minor spoilers in this article - that's why we didn't want to ruin everything with a headline that gives it all away. Something that we happened to stumble across in Fallout 4 purely because we were in the neighbourhood, Diamond City will celebrate the holidays if you...
Tuesday10th Nov 2015
News What if Fallout 4 Featured Various Celebrities?
Character creator put to the test
Well, it didn't take long for a YouTuber to do some amazing things with Fallout 4's character creation suite, did it? The embedded video shows various famous faces recreated in Bethesda's colossal role-playing release, and while some are more successful than others, you could do worse things with your two minutes...
News Will Fallout 4's Robot Butler Say Your Name?
Hours of fun await
When Bethesda showed Fallout 4 off for the first time at E3 2015, studio lead Todd Howard mentioned that your robot butler, Codsworth, would actually say your character's name if it was in the title's database - he wasn't lying, either. When this particular author started the game and called his vault dweller 'Robert', for...
Monday9th Nov 2015
News Rocket League's Free Match Mutators Change the Game on PS4
Vault Boy joins the fun, too
Ever wanted to play Rocket League in slow-motion with a bouncing cube? Well, now you can, as the game's previously promised match mutators are available now as part of a free PlayStation 4 patch. You can mix and match these as you see fit in private or exhibition games, while a new Mutator Mashup option has been added to...
News Fallout 4 Has a 500MB Day One Patch on PS4
And it sounds important
You'll need to download a 500MB patch for Fallout 4 if you want your game to be optimised before beginning your adventure on the PlayStation 4. We reviewed the title with the update installed, as it was actually made available to download days ago. We can't tell you the specifics of what the patch does, though. The update...
News Want to Play Fallout 4 All Day Tuesday? Pete Hines Has Your Back
Butcher Pete
For those few that are unaware, the hotly anticipated Fallout 4 releases tomorrow. Unfortunately, many of you may have other obligations like work or school to take care of before diving into the wastes. Have no fear, Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing for Bethesda, has taken the liberty of writing you a doctor's note:...
Friday6th Nov 2015
News Uh Oh, GAME Is Cancelling Some Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition Pre-Orders
Good timing, guys
Well, isn't that just great? In a move that's exactly what you want from your store of choice just days before Fallout 4's release, there are reports that GAME is cancelling some pre-orders of the title's Pip-Boy Edition. The deluxe edition of the game has become something of a phenomenon, having completely sold out not too long...
Thursday5th Nov 2015
News Fallout 4's Launch Trailer Will Make Your Hype Go Nuclear
Not long now
Yep, you'll soon be hearing the sound of bombs dropping. Fallout 4 is mere days away, so evidently the time is right for Bethesda to deploy the game's rather intriguing launch trailer. If you want to go into the new-gen wasteland blind, however, you may want to look away now. The reasonably lengthy video shows locations and characters...
Wednesday4th Nov 2015
News Bethesda Reveals Graphical Changes in Fallout 4
Graphics, graphics always change
Bethesda has detailed the graphical technology that powers Fallout 4. For those unfamiliar, Bethesda will be using the Creation Engine to bring the title to life, which is the same engine that was used for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. That doesn't mean that the former will look like the 2011 fantasy RPG, however, as...
