Fallout 5 is officially in the works, and remasters of two previous games are coming! Along with...

It is official: Fallout 5 is in development.  Bethesda mastermind Todd Howard confirmed it yesterday.  Right now it's being called "in pre-production", which could mean a lot of things.  Depending on how far things are it could mean that concept art is being created.  It could also mean that the staff are still trying to determine where this new Fallout game takes place.  Previous games have been set in the California desert, the ruins of Washington D.C., the Boston region, and the landscape surrounding Las Vegas.  Where will the next Fallout take us?

Speaking of Las Vegas, Howard also said that remasters of Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3 are coming.  Which will become an enormous time sink for me.  Fallout 3 sucked me in so hard that I spent over 130 hours playing it.  I got sooo obsessed with finding every secret, talking to every character that I could.  If someone said that Fallout 3 must be my most favorite game ever, that would probably be close to the mark.  And as I said a few days ago about Fallout: New Vegas I seem to be cursed to start that game but never close to finishing it.  Maybe I should wait for its remaster to begin anew?

Howard also reconfirmed that studio Obsidian - the outfit that brought us New Vegas - is at work on their Fallout game (there's no word on where that takes place either).  And there are updates coming to Fallout 76 and mobile game sensation Fallout Shelter.

And finally, Howard reports that something special is being planned for the thirtieth anniversary of the original Fallout next year.  The event is to be held in Washington D.C.

I'm looking forward to Fallout 5.  Although it will be somewhat bittersweet.  I'm probably going to ve in my mid-sixties, at the least, before Fallout 6 comes out.  Maybe I should begin that Fallout tontine I suggested a year ago.  Might be a fun lil' exercise to get involved in.

Anyhoo, be of good cheer.  Lots of good Fallout is coming down the pike.  

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