Today, outlet Vanity Fair dropped some new shots of Amazon Prime's Fallout TV show, and while it's nice to get another look at the upcoming adaptation, the news got us thinking about one thing in particular. Where is our next-gen upgrade for Fallout 4?
That's right, if you cast your mind back to just over a year ago, Bethesda announced that Fallout 4 would be getting an upgrade for Xbox Series X|S. At the time, the team simply gave it a general '2023' release window, but we're almost into December here and we haven't heard a peep on it recently. That begs the question, will it ultimately get delayed?
The aforementioned Fallout TV show from Amazon doesn't launch until April next year, and we think that's the perfect sort of time to drop this next-gen upgrade. Maybe in the run up to the show's launch or even shortly after - we could definitely see Bethesda trying to capitalise on the Fallout hype with its next-gen port in early 2024.
Hopefully we do get confirmation on their timeline soon, but if you forgot about the upgrade announcement, here's some info on what Bethesda is hoping to deliver with Fallout 4 next-gen:
"Prepare for the future: A next-gen update is coming to Fallout 4! Coming in 2023, this free update will be available for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC systems, including performance mode features for high frame rates, quality features for 4K resolution gameplay, bug fixes and even bonus Creation Club content!"
We did think this might have arrived before Starfield, but clearly, the new IP was a huge focus for Bethesda and Microsoft in 2023. A huge chunk of the team is still working on Starfield right now, but we'd imagine there's becoming a bit more wiggle room to get cracking on with Fallout 4 next-gen as we close out the year.
Having said all that, what do you think? Will Bethesda delay its Fallout 4 upgrade into 2024, or will they manage to squeeze it out at the end of this year?
Vote in the poll down below and tell us if you've been waiting for this release in the comments section.
When Will 'Fallout 4 Next-Gen' Release? (649 votes)
- November 2023 0.5%
- December 2023
- January 2024
- February 2024
- March 2024
- April 2024 (Fallout TV Show Launch Month)
- Sometime After April 2024
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I’ve been waiting to play Fallout 4 for this update. I also have a big backlog of games so that’s another reason 😂
Regardless, I’m guessing it’ll release sometime in Spring of next year. They seem to have most of their eggs in Starfield at the moment.
I still didnt finished my playthro as i had so many bugs on my settlements i hope this fix it
I had legitimately forgot about it.
I remember now I didn't play Fallout 4 last time I intended to because I was waiting on it.
But had you asked me yesterday, my response would have been: I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
Starting to develope old person memory I guess. 😬
I think it’ll drop during the Game Awards
I think it'll be sometime in the time window of January - March 2024 and that'll be Xbox's big game for the time window.
This should be done already. I mean, what the hell are they doing over there at Bethesda?
Could be one of their Game Award announcements. Would rather replay Fallout 4 with limited console mods than finish Starfield at this point.
I tried to play Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 and they were so slow and tedious and boring. Same with Starfield. Looks like Bethesda games are Not my thing...
Hopefully not another false promise, big fail from Bethesda.
Just before the Skull and Bones release so it can steal its thunder….
Unless the next gen update fixes the game's lame story I could care less
I got to the point of not waiting anymore. Whenever it drops I will play it after the backlog is finished.
Yep I forgot ...I never finished 4 because of the god damn awful load times ...loved 3 and Vegas....I want to still love these games but they kinda feel outdated now....I haven't finished Starfield and I did love it for a brief period but it's just the same basic game as fallout 3 was but In space...and I've played these games to death ...I do hope to return to finish Starfield tho
I honestly forgot about it thanks to the 60fps patch for the One version.
Nevermind the update, just fix the game braking bugs, specially the DLCs. I fear the new update would just introduce more bugs that the community has spend years fixing.
I hope it drops sooner than April once it's dropped I'll finish off the last dlc missions I have to do and say bye to starfield for a while
Of any of the newer Fallout games Fallout 4 is the one that should be upgraded last.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas should be the ones looked at well before. Fallout 4 is so close to 76 anyways.
Very weird decision if true.
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