Tag: Fallout
News Fallout Season 2 Heads to New Vegas in New Trailer, Debuts 17th December
The house always wins
Bethesda and Amazon Prime have shared the first proper trailer for season two of Fallout, which debuts on the platform from 17th December 2025. Check it out above. As was teased at the end of the first season, New Vegas forms part of the setting for the next batch of episodes, as the world deals with the fallout of last year's...
Poll Is Fallout 4 Underrated, 10 Years Later?
Fall in, Fallout
Without wanting to make everyone feel horrifically old all of a sudden, Fallout 4 released 10 whole years ago today. Yes, Bethesda's open world RPG is officially one decade old — and we still haven't had a Fallout 5! But we're not here to bang on about potential sequels. We're here to ask for your thoughts on Fallout 4, now that...
News Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition Upgrade Costs a Whopping $40 / £36, Out Now on PS5
Fallout of your mind
Celebrating the open world RPG's 10th birthday, Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition is out now on PS5. This is what Bethesda is calling the "definitive" edition of the game. It includes all of the DLC and expansions, plus "over 150" Creation Club items. If you're familiar with Skyrim Anniversary Edition, you'll know what to expect...
News Fallout: New Vegas Dev Knows 'Everyone on the Internet' Is Desperate for a Sequel
And has been for 15 years
There are some developers that just can't escape their past glories, and Fallout: New Vegas creator Obsidian is definitely one of them. The studio has been hard at work forging its own path under the Xbox umbrella for years now, crafting original properties like The Outer Worlds, Grounded, and Avowed. But no matter what it...
News Bethesda Is Working on New Fallout Games, Todd Howard Confirms
"Just know we are working on even more"
With no sign of a brand new Fallout game releasing in the next few years, it was left to Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Fallout: New Vegas to headline Fallout Day yesterday. With the Xbox Series X|S, PC RPG Starfield still receiving content (with a PS5 version presumably in the works), and
News Fallout 76 Finally Gets a Native PS5 Version Next Year
Burning Springs expansion in December
Almost five years after the console's launch, it's been confirmed Bethesda will finally provide Fallout 76 with a native PS5 version. The online game has always been playable via backwards compatibility, but wasteland explorers had to put up with last-gen visuals and framerates. From next year, there'll be a...
News Mark 10 Years of Fallout 4 with a PS5, PS4 Re-Release Next Month
Anniversary Edition out on 10th November
Bethesda might finally be done re-releasing Skyrim over and over again, so how about a few extra versions of Fallout 4 instead? To mark 10 years since its original release, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition shall launch for PS5 and PS4 on 10th November 2025. This new version of the RPG will package the base...
News Fallout Season 2 Set for December, Season 3 Also Gets the Green Light
To the Mojave wasteland
Amazon Prime has announced the second season of its adaptation of the Fallout franchise will debut this December. In fact, it has so much confidence in the TV show that it's also confirmed it's already renewing for a third season after it. In a Variety article, it's revealed the second season "will pick up in the aftermath...
News Fallout TV Show Could Be Around for Another 5 Seasons
Season 2 filming now complete
It was recently announced that Amazon Prime has finished filming the second season of its Fallout TV adaptation, but even that may only really be the start of its plans for the show. One actor has suggested there's up to six seasons' worth of content coming. Speaking at a Comic-Con panel in Liverpool, England recently,...
Poll Which Bethesda RPG Needs an Oblivion-Style Remaster Next?
We dare you to say Skyrim
With the immediate success of Oblivion Remastered, there's absolutely no doubt that Bethesda will be contemplating similar projects for the future — that is, if they're not already in the works. Developer Virtuos has proven that it can be trusted with such a task, and so we're left wondering what's next. After all,...
News Embrace the Ghoul Within with Fallout 76's Latest Update on PS4
Season 20 will melt your face off
Incredibly, Season 20 of continued support for Fallout 76 on PS4 went live today. In a first for Bethesda's storied franchise, players will be able to shrug off some of that necessary skin to become rad-loving Ghouls if they wish. After undergoing "Ghoulification", players will need to make some adjustments to how...
News The Ghoul Says Fallout Season 2 Blows the First 'Out of the Water'
Walter Goggins would know
Fallout fans starved of the life-giving essence of Amazon's excellent TV adaptation have been thrown a bone; filming was paused due to the LA wildfires (with firefighting efforts being hindered by none other than the co-founder of Treyarch), but star Walter Goggins, who plays The Ghoul, says that what they've got cooking...
News Fallout: New Vegas Writer Returns 14 Years Later, But Quickly Shuts Down Sequel Hopes
Rigged from the start
John Gonzalez, once the lead writer on Fallout: New Vegas, has returned to developer Obsidian Entertainment, after spending 14 whole years away from the company. In that time, he spearheaded the narrative direction on both Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. However, Gonzalez's homecoming does not suggest that the...
News Fallout Season 2 Filming Paused Due to LA Fires
Permits withdrawn for safety
The filming and production of Fallout's second TV season from Amazon Prime has had to stop as a result of the many fires currently raging across Los Angeles. Work on the TV show was scheduled to take place in the Santa Clarita area of LA earlier this week, but permits to film in districts in the city have been withdrawn...
News Macaulay Culkin Confirmed for Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout Show
Former child star headed for the Mojave
Kevin McCallister himself, Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (yes, that is the actor's legal name, following a poll in 2019), has been confirmed to be joining Amazon's Fallout series. Culkin will apparently "play a crazy genius-type character." The series is headed towards the Mojave Desert next, the setting of...
News Filming for the Fallout TV Show's Second Season Will Start Again Very Soon
That was quick
Fallout was a big hit for Amazon Prime, and it’s wasting no time getting started on the second season. <related ids="164485"> According to an interview with Screen Rant at the New York Comic Con this weekend, Leslie Uggams – who played Vault 33 Overseer Betty Pearson – said
News Amazon's Excellent Fallout TV Adaptation Up for 16 Emmy Awards
Critical hit
Fans and critics alike went equally feral for Amazon's adaptation of the legendary WRPG franchise, Fallout. The series managed to break through to mainstream audiences outside the realm of games, garnering significant industry attention and, subsequently, has been nominated for no less than 16 Emmy awards, including Best Actor and...
News New Vegas Antagonist Reveals Hand, Confirmed for Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout Adaptation
The House always wins
Amazon's surprisingly great TV adaptation was a hit with fans of Bethesda's depiction of the Fallout universe, and shocking no one, a second season is already in the works. The show's final episode clearly indicated where the series would go next, and now we've had concrete confirmation. Warning: Spoilers for the final episode...
News Fallout 76 Soaks Up Rads, Adding Playable Ghoul Class in 2025
Get your freak on
Fallout 76 players and fans of Amazon's excellent adaptation rejoice! Presumably, due to the success of the show and the fandom's love for Walton Goggins’ gunslinging character, The Ghoul, Bethesda has revealed that players will be able to do a ton of drugs and drink dirty water when the race is added as a playable class in 2025...
News Huge Free Fallout 76 Expansion Hopes to Capitalise on the TV Show's Success Next Week
Skyline Valley beckons
It’s crazy to think there was a time when we awarded Fallout 76 a 3/10 – but credit where credit’s due, the game’s come a long way since then. To be fair, the improvements couldn’t have come at a better time: the title’s now enjoying a resurgence in popularity, following the success of Amazon’s television show...
News Fallout Franchise Sales Explode Like Megaton in Amazon Show Aftermath
Every entry is up
Curious about the kind of profound effect a popular television show can have on the sales of video game franchise? Just look at these latest numbers for the Fallout series in the aftermath of Amazon’s enormous adaptation. In the United States, sales of all titles in the post-apocalyptic property jumped significantly...
News New Fallout 4 PS5 Update Is Available to Download Now
A small 189.4MB patch
As promised by Bethesda at the end of last week, the developer has today released a new PS5 patch for Fallout 4 that works to improve its suite of graphical options alongside "further fixes and improvements". The update is available to download now on PS5, weighing in at a tiny 189.4MB. You'll have it downloaded and installed...
News Fallout 4 PS5 Patch Dropping Next Week, with New Graphics Settings and Improvements
Fixes, too
Bethesda will once again be updating a near decade-old game next week. It's currently prepping a Fallout 4 patch that promises "new options for graphics and performance settings", for release on Monday the 13th May. The update will also feature "further fixes and improvements", but we don't have the full patch notes yet. Currently, the...
News Fallout 4 Continues Sales Momentum in the UK, April's Best-Selling Game
New Vegas and 76 also in top 10
Fallout 4 was the UK's best-selling game last month, as the popularity of the TV adaptation from Amazon Prime keeps on fuelling sales. Combined with deep discounts across the entire series, Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz said the Bethesda RPG earned top spot "comfortably", with the second-placed EA Sports FC...
News Vengeful Fallout 76 Players Keep Nuking Xbox Boss Phil Spencer's Camp
Everyone liked that
Following a devastating week of Bethesda studio closures, which coincides with the Fallout franchise's recent bump in popularity (thanks to Amazon's excellent adaptation), it was only natural for the pressure to erupt somewhere. In a legitimately hilarious turn, vengeful Fallout 76 players have been vent
News £200 Fallout Backpack Will Mark You as a Vault-Dweller
Plus, replica Pip-Boy 3000!
Lucy's already iconic backpack from Amazon's Fallout adaptation is now up for pre-order at UK retailer Game (thanks VGC), and for just £200, you can proudly proclaim your Vault-Dweller status to the world. The bag, which is a replica of the in-show prop, sports the Vault 33 logo and comes equipped with a thick yellow...
News 'Americana Naivete' Essential to Fallout, Series Will Remain in US
"Keep mysterious lands mysterious!”
Whether exploring the irradiated monuments of Washington D.C. in Fallout 3 or gambling away your last couple of Caps on The Strip in Fallout: New Vegas, the series' North American setting is an essential piece of the puzzle. And while players have previously been given tantalising glimpses of how the rest of...
News Fallout 4 PS5 Now Available for PS Plus Collection Owners
All PS Plus members covered
The PS5 version of Fallout 4 should now be available to all PS Plus members no matter how you first claimed the game, as Bethesda has confirmed the edition provided by the now defunct PS Plus Collection will offer the free upgrade. There were some initial issues surrounding PS Plus Extra users gaining access, which were...
News Fallout TV Show Marks Huge Success with 65 Million Viewers
Second most-watched Amazon Prime show ever
The Fallout TV adaptation continues to go from strength to strength as Amazon has revealed the series has received 65 million viewers, making it the second most-watched show in the streaming service's history. It's also the most popular series on the platform since The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power...
News Fallout 4 PS5 Next-Gen Update Now Unlocked for PS Plus Owners
PS Plus Collection owners are out of luck
Last week, we brought word of confusion among the ranks of eager Fallout fans trying to dive into the native PS5 port of Fallout 4, all fired up from watching Amazon's excellent adaptation. Those with access to either PS Plus Extra or
Hands On Fallout 4 Next-Gen Runs Great on PS5, But Some Old Problems Persist
Fall in, Fallout
Ah, the Commonwealth. A great example of dense open world design, Fallout 4 still has its charms almost a full decade after its original release in 2015. We've spent a good ten hours or so with the game's freshly launched PS5 version, and we're here to report on our findings with regards to technical performance. For the record,...
News Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
Why is it always the case?
Fans, all fired up from watching Amazon's excellent adaptation, are returning to Fallout games in droves, with the free PS5 update for Fallout 4 looking particularly appealing. However, with the update in the wild, players who picked up the underrated Fallout 4 via PS Plus Extra find they cannot
Video Does Fallout 4 Look Better on PS5?
The nuclear fallout has never looked smoother
Fallout 4 has just received its long-awaited PS5 upgrade amidst the fervour conjured up by the Amazon Prime TV show. We’ve endured a little radiation to check out whether this native PS5 port has been worth the wait, and the results are mixed depending on who you ask. You can check out our...
Poll Are You Playing Fallout 4's Next-Gen Version?
Have you seen my son?
First announced in 2022, the next-gen version of Fallout 4 is finally here — and it's no coincidence that its release roughly aligns with the arrival of Amazon's Fallout series. The post-apocalyptic property is once again a big deal — almost a decade after Fallout 4's original release — and so we want to know if you're...
News Fallout 4 Next Gen Version Is Out Now on PS5, Xbox, and PC
Head back to the wasteland
The next-gen version of Fallout 4, which makes the game playable natively on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, is now available to download. For download links, please refer to the below: PS5 — PS Store Xbox Series X|S — Xbox Store (original game receives a patch) PC — Steam
News Fallout Games Attract 5 Million Users in One Day Due to Popularity Surge
TV show does the business
Almost five million players were immersed in a Fallout game across a single day as a result of the TV show's popularity, Bethesda has revealed. Without saying when — but presumably on the weekend — the franchise's official Twitter profile shared that more than one million people played Fallout 76 within a single 24-hour...
News Fallout Season 2 Is Official as Show Becomes One of Amazon’s Most-Watched
Everyone liked that
Amazon has now officially announced a second season of its overwhelmingly successful Fallout TV adaptation shall be shot and released on its Amazon Prime streaming service. A second batch of episodes appeared likely after the series was handed $25 million of Californian tax credits, but now it's official. Within the first four...
News Fallout 4 Sales Up 7,500% in Europe as Bethesda Series Dominates
Four Fallout games in the top 10
Bethesda has managed to successfully spread Fallout fever off the back of Amazon Prime's well-received TV show, with sales of Fallout 4 increasing by a whopping 7,500 per cent in Europe. It was the continent's best-selling game last week, accounting for both physical and digital purchases. Other titles in the RPG...
News Fallout Series Timeline Adds Up, Says Todd Howard
"Everything that happened in the previous games, including New Vegas, happened"
The release of Amazon's adaptation of Fallout has sparked a resurgence in the series and increased focus on the alt-history that binds it all together. Some fans recently raised concerns that events in the TV show seemingly retconned the events of the black sheep of the...
Video Is Fallout 76 Worth Playing in 2024?
(Vault) dwelling in the past
If, like us, you’ve been watching the new Fallout show on Amazon Prime, then you’ve likely turned to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium to download or stream one of Bethesda’s iconic RPGs. For us, we skirted the mu
News Wasteland DJ Three Dog Actor Wants in on Amazon's Fallout Adaptation
"Because one dog ain't enough, and two is too low, it's me, Three Dog!"
The actor behind the incredibly memorable Fallout 3 radio host, Three Dog, is interested in appearing in Amazon's excellent TV adaptation. Erik Todd Dellums, who lent his voice to the character in Bethesda's 2008 game, says he's got "something darker than Three Dog, but just as...
Random YouTuber Calculates Approximate Fallout TV Protagonist's Season 1 XP Gain
It's a testament to the show it can be gamified so
Amazon's genuinely great adaptation of Fallout really seems to have struck a chord, with fans flocking back in unprecedented numbers to various games in the series and theories and speculation already running rampant. It should also come as no surprise that at least one fan of the mechanically-heavy...
Guide Fallout Beginner's Guide: Best Game to Start With
Take a trip to the wasteland
What's the best Fallout game to start with if you're looking to explore the post-apocalyptic franchise for the first time? If you're new to the series — perhaps you've just watched the Fallout Amazon live action adaptation — then you have a number of options available to you. In this Fallout beginner's guide, we're...
News Prepare for Fallout 4 PS5 with the PS Store Sale Live Now
Base game and all DLC going cheap
Fallout 4 launches its native PS5 version on 25th April 2024, but if you want to make that upgrade as cheap as possible, you might want to take a look at the current PS Store spring sale. Both the base PS4 game and all of its DLC are on sale at the cheapest prices they've ever been, and the offers expire the day...
News Fallout Player Counts Skyrocket After Amazon Adaptation Drops
Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76 in particular
Following the incredibly strong launch of Amazon's critically acclaimed adaptation of Fallout, lapsed fans craving some V.A.T.S. have returned to the series in droves, proving there is still an insatiable demand for the series. According to SteamDB
News Amazon's Fallout Adaptation Seemingly Retcons Climactic Events of Fan-Favourite Game
The black sheep of the Fallout family left out in the cold
Amazon's excellent adaptation of the Fallout series for TV is available in its entirety now, and we loved it. However, not every Fallout fan is happy with how it seemingly rewrites what was thought to be established series lore, apparently retconning the ending of beloved black sheep,...
News Fallout 4 PS5 Version Out 25th April with New Modes and Content
Back to the wasteland
Bethesda has today revealed the long-awaited PS5 version of Fallout 4 will launch on 25th April 2024, with current PS4 owners getting a free upgrade to the native edition. The update adds new Performance and Quality Modes, which introduce the options for 60fps and an improved resolution. There'll also be "stability improvements...
TV Show Review Fallout - RPG Series Marks Another TV Triumph
There and back again
TV shows based on and inspired by video games are good now, so the weight of expectation upon Fallout's shoulders is heavier than what it would have been even just a few years ago. HBO and PlayStation Productions proved with The Last of Us that using a game as your source material doesn't necessarily spell disaster, then the...
News Fallout TV Series Already Lining Up a Second Season, It Seems
Before the first episode even airs
A new report from Variety suggests Amazon has received $25 million of Californian tax credit to continue its Fallout TV show, essentially announcing a second season will follow its debut this Thursday. Amazon itself hasn't shared the news yet, but if the series tracks well on the streaming service, then an...
News Vault Dweller Experiences Wasteland Justice in Fallout Prime Video Teaser
"Stand down, or be cut down"
Recently, we were treated to our first look at Amazon's incredible-looking adaptation of the legendary WRPG franchise Fallout. Suppose that first look didn't quite whet your atomic appetite. In that case, we've got another clip showing our principal protagonists in action: Vault Dweller Lucy (Ella Purnell), The Ghoul...
