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News Bethesda Will Keep the Same Fundamental Game Engine for The Elder Scrolls VI, Starfield
HOWAAAAAAAARD!
Fallout 76 is a technical embarrassment in 2018. Even Fallout 4 felt dated back when it released in 2015. And now Bethesda's Todd Howard has confirmed that the developer is using its same old creaky engine to power Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. God help us all. For those out of the loop, Bethesda's Creation Engine came into...
News Fallout 76's Gigantic Day One Patch Is Bigger Than the 45GB Game
Nuked
Fallout 76 is around 45GB in size -- big but not Red Dead Redemption 2 big. However, include its 54GB day one patch, and suddenly its total file size is closing in on a whopping 100GB. That's right, Fallout 76's day one patch is reportedly bigger than the actual game. God only knows how big the patch notes are gonna be, but we'll go ahead and...
News Fallout 76 Support Will Be 'Never-Ending', Says Bethesda
The apocalypse and beyond
Bethesda's prepared to support Fallout 76 for a long, long time, according to the ever talkative Pete Hines. The Bethesda boss has told GameSpot that the developer plans on sticking with the online only title "as long as people keep playing it and it shows no sign of slowing down". "How long is [Fallout 76] going to be up?...
Guide Fallout 76 PS4 Beta - Dates, Times, and How You Can Play
When does the Fallout 76 beta start?
When can you start playing the Fallout 76 beta test? Bethesda's B.E.T.A programme for its multiplayer only Fallout game begins today on PS4, but it's only available at certain points. So, what dates and times is the beta online? We've assembled a handy guide to let you know how you can play the beta and when it's...
Hands On Fallout 76 PS4 Beta Has Us Worried for the Full Game
Take me home
We've been playing the Fallout 76 beta on PlayStation 4, and to be frank, it's not looking particularly good. Being a multiplayer adaptation of Bethesda's beloved franchise, the game's no stranger to scrutiny even at this early stage, but after spending around eight or so hours with the beta, that scrutiny is, unfortunately, starting to...
Friends forever
Fallout 76 is taking the property in a very different direction, going all-in on online multiplayer. As such, it's apparently time for live action trailers that, well, aren't exactly what we've come to expect from Fallout. Cue a woman in a field spinning in a circle while firing automatic weapons and a deathclaw that belongs in a...
News You Can Pre-Load the Fallout 76 Beta Right Now on PS4
Break time
Put on your power armour and prepare for bugs: it's almost time for the Fallout 76 beta test on PS4. The Break It Early Test Application, to use Bethesda's vernacular, kicks off on Sony's platform from 30th October. However, those of you with access can now pre-load the application to ensure you're primed and ready for launch. As a...
News Custom Fallout 76 DualShock 4 Looks Ready for Reclamation Day
Power armour
It's fairly common these days to see some pretty excellent fan-made custom controllers. The Facebook page Shed of Dreams is responsible for some of the best around, including this one for Horizon: Zero Dawn. The DualShock 4 modder, Vulpe Andrei, has returned with his latest creation: a Fallout 76 themed pad that looks ready to take on...
News New Fallout 76 Details Paint a Perilous PvP Picture
Survival of the fittest?
Bethesda has gone into detail regarding how PvP works in its upcoming multiplayer shooter, Fallout 76. If you were hoping to get along with everyone in the post apocalyptic wastes of Virginia, you might be a little disappointed. The first multiplayer entry in the series sounds like it could be a hostile place, as it seems...
News Hunter/Hunted Is Fallout 76's Battle Royale Mode
Could go nuclear
The current hotness, Battle Royale, is thriving thanks to games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and it seems its reach now includes Bethesda's first online multiplayer game, Fallout 76. In a new post on the game's official website (which goes into detail about PvP options), a variation on the exceedingly popular mode...
News Bethesda Warns of 'Spectacular' Fallout 76 Issues, Promises to Fix Them
Pay full-price to give help and advice
Fallout 76 releases next month, and Bethesda’s already filled its pants. The publisher seems terrified of the reception to its online-based apocalyptic adventure, so much so that it’s written a letter to fans effectively telling them that it’s going to be broken beyond belief. In the honest and frank...
News Early Impressions of Fallout 76's Technical Performance Aren't Exactly Promising
Bethesda says it'll get better
Those eggheads over at Digital Foundry have put together an interesting analysis of Fallout 76. Based on an early preview build of the game, the publication goes over everything from general performance to engine upgrades. Unfortunately, things are looking rough overall. The Xbox One X version of the game -- running...
News Fallout 76 Player Versus Player Combat Can Be Switched Off in Settings
Don't shoot
After months of fan concern over Fallout 76 and its approach to player versus player combat, it seems as though Bethesda has failed to really get one important detail across: you can disable player versus player combat in the settings menu. A small detail in Eurogamer's preview of the game, the publication writes: "The game disables PvP...
News Fallout 76's Map Revealed, Four Times Larger Than Fallout 4's
Welcome to West Virginia
Bethesda has made some amazing open worlds in the past, with massive maps just begging to be explored, and hopefully Fallout 76 is no different. Its post-apocalyptic West Virginia may not have the towns and settlements of single player Fallout titles, but this is still the developer's biggest ever world. We suppose that it...
News There Are Still Concerns Over How Fallout 76 Deals with Players Who Murder Other Players
The Wild Wasteland
Fallout 76 got a ton of preview coverage yesterday, with both gaming sites and YouTube/Twitch content creators dishing out their thoughts on Bethesda's upcoming release. It's safe to say that some enjoyed their time with the game more than others, but one talking point that continues to pop up is how Fallout 76 deals with...
News You'll Be Waiting a Long Time for More on Starfield, The Elder Scrolls 6
Far afield
Bethesda took the opportunity at E3 2018 to announce two new titles: Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6. Both games, which are in production at its acclaimed Bethesda Game Studios team, are hotly anticipated releases, but when will we learn more about them? “A while from now and a really long while from now – respectively,”...
News Tons of Fallout 76 Gameplay Drops Online
And it looks a little rough
An embargo for a recent Fallout 76 event has lifted, and now, hours and hours of Xbox One X gameplay footage of Bethesda's online multiplayer offshoot are available to watch. We've embedded one such video above, but there's plenty more where that came from. We probably shouldn't be too surprised to learn that it looks an...
News Lots of Fallout 76 Gameplay Footage to Debut Very Soon, Says Pete Hines
Influencer influx
Fallout 76 is, for many, a very exciting game indeed, but considering how close it is to release, we've seen very little of the title in action. Fans have been calling out for new gameplay footage of Bethesda's first major foray into online multiplayer, and it seems the publisher knows it. Marketing boffin Pete Hines has clarified...
News Fallout 76's B.E.T.A. Begins on 30th October for PS4
Bethesda plans to break the game
Dwellers will begin to emerge from Vault 76 on 30th October, when Fallout 76’s B.E.T.A. is scheduled to get underway. You’ll need an eligible pre-order in order to secure a Break-It Early Test Application, but even then servers won’t be running 24/7 according to publisher Bethesda: “They’ll be online during...
News No Plans for Fallout 76 Cross-Play, Despite Todd Howard Blaming Sony
"Not on our radar right now"
There are no plans for cross-play in Fallout 76, despite Bethesda Game Studios boss Todd Howard blaming Sony for holding it back. The Japanese giant announced a new stance today, starting with a Fortnite beta which will allow PlayStation 4 owners to play with Nintendo Switch and Xbox One players. It indicated that
Rumour The Elder Scrolls VI: Redfall Could Be the Full Title of Bethesda's In-Development RPG
It has a ring to it
Here's an interesting little story for you. ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda, has filed a trademark for something called "Redfall". The official documentation doesn't give anything away, but it's entirely possible that this could be the name that Bethesda has gone with for The Elder Scrolls VI. Those familiar with the...
News Wolfenstein III in Development, Confirms Bethesda's Pete Hines
Sequel is in the works
This is probably not very surprising news, but Pete Hines, senior vice president of marketing at Bethesda, plainly stated that a sequel to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is on the way. He said so during an interview with Metro, responding to the question of whether the last game's purportedly underwhelming sales meant a...
News New Fallout 76 Video Drops the Bomb on Nuclear Weapons
This'll blow up
The latest in Fallout 76's series of educational cartoons is here, and this time, the focus is on nuclear weapons. It's a typically comical little trailer, but it also highlights an interesting aspect of Bethesda's first online multiplayer title. You'll be able to find parts of a launch code while roaming the sprawling map, and it...
Gamescom 2018 Fallout 76's Latest Educational Video Covers Crafting and Building
A new home
We're always happy to give these comical Fallout trailers a watch, and the latest video fresh from Gamescom 2018 is a good laugh. It goes over the importance of crafting and building a place that you can call home in Fallout 76. Fallout 4's emphasis on settlement building was divisive, so it'll be interesting to see how this next game...
Gamescom 2018 Uncut RAGE 2 Gameplay Shoots to Kill
Bang bang
IGN's nabbed 9 minutes of RAGE 2 gameplay at Gamescom 2018, and the whole thing's totally uncut. It's got hefty looking gunplay, a glimpse at some special abilities, and wingsticks. You know, that boomerang-style weapon from the first game. How do you think RAGE 2 is shaping up? Aim for the head in the comments section below.
News Fallout 76 Trailer Gives a Little More Insight into How Multiplayer Works
Friend or foe
Listen, we're still not quite sold on the idea of an always online, always multiplayer Fallout game, but we won't deny that there's potential in the concept. Whether Fallout 76 can deliver, however, is yet to be seen, but at least this latest Vault Tec infomercial presents a decent overview of what you can expect from the upcoming...
News Skyrim VR Is PlayStation VR's Most Played Game
You can always depend on the Dragonborn
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim tends to clean up whatever appliance it’s released on, as cheekily acknowledged by the Amazon Echo edition. So popular is the sprawling RPG that director Todd Howard has hinted that if people want Bethesda to stop re-releasing it, they should bloody well stop buying it
News RAGE 2's Open World Map Will Be Fully Explorable From the Start
Anywhere and everywhere
Many of you reading this will have played open world games that aren't really all that open. Huge maps that are segmented into zones, and in order to gain access to those zones, you need to either work through the story or fulfil some kind of level requirement. Sound familiar? Apparently, this isn't something that RAGE 2...
News Dishonored Currently on Ice as Dev Considers Multiplayer Aspects in Future Games
#SavePlayer1
Remember when Bethesda did that whole "Save Player 1" campaign, and then almost every single player game that it published barely made a dent in the sales charts? And then Fallout 76 was announced? And now Dishonored developer Arkane Studios is talking about potential multiplayer in its future games? Yeah... Our usual snark...
News Elder Scrolls Legends Cross-Play 'Absolutely Critical', Situation Could Be 'Dire' on PS4
Bethesda speaks again
And so this story about The Elder Scrolls Legends and cross-play rumbles on. Last week, Bethesda bigwig Pete Hines said in an interview that the virtual card game may not come to PlayStation 4 if Sony doesn't allow cross-play. And now, speaking to Eurogamer, Hines reiterates that cross-play is "absolutely critical" to The Elder...
News Bethesda Thinks Fallout 76 Bounties Will Stop Players Constantly Murdering Each Other
Good luck
Fallout 76 is going to be an interesting release later this year, if only to see how Bethesda handles the inevitable chaos. In case you're out of the loop, Fallout 76 will feature a persistent online world, where the only human characters you meet will actually be other players. At the time of writing, there'll be no way to play alone --...
News Fallout 76 Microtransactions Won't Impact New Perk System
Card packs in Fallout?
Thanks to QuakeCon 2018, there are now loads of smaller Fallout 76 details doing the rounds on the internet, but it's the mention of the game's overhauled perk system that has people wondering about micortransactions and how they'll feed into the experience. Microtransactions were confirmed for Fallout 76 a while ago,...
News Bethesda Backtracked on Its Controversial Review Policy
10/10 backtracking
Some time ago, you may remember reports coming out on Bethesda's overhauled review policy. The publisher essentially stopped dishing out review code early to gaming sites like Push Square, effectively eliminating any reviews of its games before they released. By many, this was viewed as an anti-consumer act, since people looking...
News Bethesda Defends Legal Action Against a Man Who Tried to Resell a Game
Used and abused
A strange story started circulating on Polygon overnight involving a man who attempted to resell a sealed copy of The Evil Within 2 as a “new” product on Amazon Marketplace. Bethesda’s law firm Vorys took issue with the listing, and threatened legal action against the individual. The company’s view is that there’s no way to...
News The Elder Scrolls Legends May Not Launch on PS4 if Sony Doesn't Allow Cross-Play
According to Bethesda
Hey it's been at least a couple of weeks since that whole cross-play thing was in the headlines, so it's about time someone sparked the conversation again. Cue Bethesda's Pete Hines talking to Game Informer about The Elder Scrolls Legends, and that the game may not actually launch on PlayStation 4 if Sony doesn't allow...
News DOOM Eternal's Multiplayer Will Be Developed In-House
"You're gonna really enjoy it"
DOOM was one of 2016’s most beloved releases, but you rarely hear anyone mention its disappointing multiplayer mode. There was an opportunity with the reboot to bring back the old-school arena-based combat of old, but developer id Software farmed out the competitive mode to Certain Affinity and it just didn’t come...
News RAGE 2 Blows Up with 7 Minutes of Explosive Gameplay
Ragin'
DOOM Eternal may have been the big draw of Bethesda's keynote at QuakeCon 2018, but RAGE 2 also took to the stage with a solid seven minute gameplay trailer. It's got some narration that gives a bit of context to proceedings, and naturally, there's a lot of action. The shooting still looks especially punchy and the vehicular combat seems...
News DOOM Eternal's Looking Hot As Hell in Huge Gameplay Reveal
Bloody hell
DOOM Eternal looks to be everything you could ever want in a sequel to 2016’s brutal reboot: bigger, better, and more bad ass. Developer id Software showed off a whole heap of gameplay during its QuakeCon 2018 keynote, with the demos emphasising the improved scale of the follow-up – and the host of brand new weaponry and enemies on...
Live Watch the QuakeCon 2018 Keynote Right Here
Tune in for DOOM Eternal's debut
Gamescom 2018 is right around the corner, but Bethesda’s getting in on the keynote act early by promising to rock up at the QuakeCon 2018 introductory address, where it will debut the first DOOM Eternal gameplay footage. Expect updates on other games like Fallout 76 during the presentation as well, so be sure to...
Reminder Doom Eternal Gameplay Footage to be Revealed Today at QuakeCon
When and where to see it
Bethesda unveiled Doom Eternal with a great teaser trailer, but we've yet to see the sequel in action. Today, the publisher will be showing off its hellish first person shooter for the first time, debuting gameplay at its annual convention, QuakeCon. Here's a quick rundown of the details. When is the Doom Eternal gameplay...
News The Elder Scrolls Online Is Free to Play for the Next Six Days on PS4
Tamriel open to all
Ever wanted to give The Elder Scrolls Online a try without spending a penny? Bethesda has your back. The publisher has announced that, as part of its QuakeCon celebrations, the MMO will be made available to all free of charge for the next six days. This starts today -- Thursday 9th August -- at 10am EST / 7am PDT / 3pm BST. The...
News US PlayStation Store Quake-Con Sale Discounts Big Bethesda Games
Well, shoot
As Quake-Con 2018 arrives this weekend, your mind may venture to Bethesda's games catalogue. Its output on PS4 has been pretty strong, and although not necessarily big sellers, the likes of Dishonored 2 and DOOM are of a very high quality. To celebrate ZeniMax Media's annual convention, the North American PlayStation Store has received...
News Fallout 76 Beta Is the Full Game, All Progress Will Carry Over to Launch
So it's a limited time demo?
The Fallout 76 beta can't be too far away on PlayStation 4, but even though we don't have a concrete date, Bethesda has answered a few key questions over on its official beta FAQ page. Said page has recently been updated with a new question which asks whether the beta will cover the whole game, and whether progress...
News Fallout 76's B.E.T.A. Breaks in October
Xbox One owners beta testing the B.E.T.A. first
Fallout 76’s promised B.E.T.A. will begin (and presumably break) in October, ahead of the title’s 14th November launch. The test will be available on Xbox One first, with the PlayStation 4 to follow after an unspecified period of exclusivity. Anyone who pre-orders the title at participating...
Soapbox The Elder Scrolls Online Is an Underappreciated RPG Experience on PS4
Ramsey's still loving Tamriel
The Elder Scrolls Online has come a long way since it first launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2015. The development team over at ZeniMax Online Studios has done a solid job in keeping the MMORPG relevant, with regular updates and huge expansions continually improving and expanding the overall experience. It's this...
News A Fallout: New Vegas Situation Is Unlikely to Happen Again, Says Bethesda
The studio's grown
Following on from the huge success of Fallout 3 back in 2008, Bethesda looked to capitalise on the series' rebirth with Fallout: New Vegas, which launched around two years later. However, Bethesda saw fit to give the spin-off project to legendary role-playing game studio Obsidian, so that it could concentrate on upcoming titles...
News Doom Eternal Gameplay to Be Live Streamed from QuakeCon Next Month
Hell on Earth
Doom Eternal, a direct sequel to 2016's well received reboot, got a brilliant trailer for its announcement at Bethesda's E3 2018 conference, but not much else. The publisher stated that the game would be shown off at QuakeCon 2018, but it won't just be for those in attendance. The news was recently shared via the official Doom Twitter...
Review The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (PS4)
Have you heard of the high elves?
Ah, Summerset. The picturesque island home of the high elves. Vibrant in colour and steeped in magic, it's a wondrous Elder Scrolls setting that's yet to be properly explored in video game form, and The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset does a great job of bringing it to life. Like last year's Morrowind...
News Fallout 76's Beta Will Brave the PS4 After the Xbox One
Staying in the Vault
Even the most optimistic among you will probably expect Fallout 76 to launch in a less than desirable state when it arrives on 14th November, so it’s probably not worth panicking over the title’s beta being delayed on the PlayStation 4. This seems like it’s down to some sort of marketing arrangement, as PC players will...
E3 2018 Bethesda Says Fallout 76 Won't Allow Players to Grief, Doesn't Explain How
Hmmm
There's currently a bit of a backlash surrounding Fallout 76. While we fully recommend waiting to see what finished game has in store before casting judgement, it's hard to ignore the fact that so many fans are expressing distaste over the title's persistent online world. If you haven't already heard, yes, you have to be online in order to...