Fallout: New Vegas Director is Interested in Working on the Series Again - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 November 2022 / 3,109 Views
Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer, who most recently was the director on Pentiment, in an interview with Kinda Funny Games is open to returning to the series.
"Bethesda made Fallout 3 and then we have the opportunity to use New Vegas," said Sawyer. "I brought back a lot of the ideas that we as a group of people had talked about at Black Isle Studios to make Fallout: New Vegas. And then a bunch of new ideas as well."
He added, "You know it was a crazy development, because it was only 18 months and we had never used that engine Before. I love Fallout, I love the setting, I could see myself working in it again. But you know, we'll see where the future takes me."
Sawyer was asked about his dream setting for a new Fallout game.
"I'm not really sure," he said. "I haven't thought about it in quite a while because again, it kind of came into my life and then floated away. In the past, I've said you know people have talked about New Orleans. I do think California or the Midwest would also be very interesting.
"I'm a big believer in finding things that, obviously I have to be passionate about it as a director, but also that the team is really excited about, and also that works within the larger idea of the property.
"Working on something like Pentiment, which is just its own thing in the middle of nowhere, I can kind of make decisions more or less however I want, but when it's part of a larger IP and franchise it has to kind of work within a larger vision of 'what is Fallout?' and I don't get to decide everything about that, it's not my thing.
"I think there's a lot of cool places in the US. A lot of people have also talked about what about Fallout in other parts of the world, I think those are interesting as well. I don't know, I think there’s lots of cool opportunities. It really depends on what the moment is and what the team looks like."
Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, while Bethesda was acquired in 2021.
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This is a better time than ever! With Bethesda busy with Starfield and then ES, Obsidian working on a Fallout game would be the quickest way for a new entry in the series.
Obsidian are making Avowed and Outer Worlds 2, so not sure how they fit this in.
It would have to be after either game releases. Josh Sawyer doesn’t serve any known role on either game, so best chance he and a small team start pre-production until one of the major titles release.
They would have ship one of these games first, but I'm sure it would Take less time than waiting for Bethesda.
Definitely. Best case scenario for Fallout 5 from Bethesda is looking like 2030, maybe later. I reckon Obsidian could get a Fallout game out in 2028, 4 years after a likely Outer Worlds 2 release in 2024.
Fallout: New Vegas 2 is probably already in early planning stage.
Let them do it,
They didn't do anything wrong with new Vegas,
Put Bethesda to rest and let them focus on starfield or elder scrolls 6
Only 18 months of development on an engine that Obsidian had never worked on before, and they STILL knocked it out of the park with New Vegas! The spider-webs on spider-webs on spider-webs of choice/consequence is what made New Vegas, to this day, a special RPG. It was terrible that the game was given such a short time for development because it did suffer on the technical side due to the small window.
If Josh Sawyer is able to take the experience he had of leading that game, but this time with the proper time and budget, we'll be in for something truly special! Make it happen Xbox!!!
I'm sure many will be happy with this, myself included, but I wonder if certain parties might not want to part with their say over the series.
And not only that, but they would be using the studio that made New Vegas while the dev that do regular Fallout is busy with other stuff, so I don't see much reason to resist.
Then do it.
18 months of development and they made the best Fallout game. Imagine what they could do now with time and a budget!
