Todd Howard Teases Fallout Project He Can't Reveal Yet - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2024 / 2,947 Views
Bethesda Game Studios Executive Producer and Director Todd Howard in an interview with Kinda Funny Games might have teased a new Fallout project that is in the works that he is not allowed to discuss yet.
"We look at what we are doing with the [Fallout] franchise and then we say do we still feel good about - I can't reveal it now - but here is our runway for Fallout as a franchise," said Howard.
"What are we doing on mobile. What are we doing in [Fallout 76]. What are we doing with this thing. What are we doing with this other thing. And when are these landing.
"And again if I could snap my fingers and have them all be out and ready I would. But the main thing is how do we deliver these at a high quality level. That is always most important."
The Fallout franchise has seen a boost in sales and player counts all over the world following the success of the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime. The gaming franchise had nearly five million players in a single day with Fallout 76 topping one million players in a single day.
There is a rumor that Microsoft, who owns Fallout developer Bethesda, is looking to get the next Fallout game out "sooner rather than later."
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Almost certainly Fallout 3 remaster, which leaked out in the ABK court docs last year. Those documents included a release schedule for upcoming Bethesda projects, which showed Fallout 3 remaster was planned to release 2 years after Starfield and 1 year after TES 4 Oblivion remaster. Will probably announce the Oblivion and Fallout 3 remasters on Xbox's big summer showcase in June, though maybe later.
Just a resolution bump, bug fixes kind of remaster?
Or full on remake with modern engine?
We don't know many details at this point in time. We had a leaker last year who claimed to be a disgruntled former developer at the studio who is making the TES 4 Oblivion remaster for Bethesda, and he claimed that they were sticking with the old Gamebryo engine for physics and gameplay, but were redesigning all of the graphics assets in UE5 and then layering those higher quality graphics assets over the original physics and gameplay engine of Gamebryo. If he was legit, I would assume that Fallout 3 is seeing a similar remaster treatment at a different studio.
So we're probably looking at a remaster closer to Halo 1 and 2 Anniversary or Mass Effect Trilogy Legendary Edition as opposed to Fallout 3 being fully remade on the latest Starfield build of Bethesda's creation engine. A remaster where graphics assets and animations improve in addition to a resolution bump to 4K, but gameplay and physics are largely untouched save for some new bug fixes and probably some imported mechanics from the newer Fallout games like aim down sight for guns, ammo crafting, sprinting, etc.
After the quality drop that starfield was.... and the state that Fallout 76 released in "high quality level. That is always most important" bs. We know the tv series, made it standout, but dont rush things please. Have elderscrolls be a proper game, with the level of quality it deserves, and dont even talk fallout, until 4 years from now.
Please no mobile games
It's a Fallout 3 remake, we already know this.
Most likely a remaster, not remake.
I have pretty much 0 interest in a Fallout 3 Remaster/Remake or whatever. I wish we could get one for the original game or maybe New Vegas. Barring that, I'd support a new game that isn't trying to be whatever Fallout 76 was aiming for.
