Rumour: Xbox Currently 'Formulating Plans' To Fast-Track Next Fallout Game

It can't come soon enough!
Fallout is Indeed one of Xbox best acquisitions!

Haste is the enemy of perfection. We all know how rushing things has turned out in recent games...

The main problem Bethesda have is they can't cut corners with QA because they already removed that department years ago. Perhaps they cut back on the development side and hope it all works out?

You would have thought they would have had plans already, considering the TV show. It would have made commercial sense and success.

But for the love of god don’t rush it out.

I am hoping they let bethesda be bethesda and give them the resources they need. If they want Elder scrolls and Fallout 5 to be developed simultaneously then they need to give Todd Howard the resources to do it .

I would be very against them pinning fallout 5 on another developer, even Obsidian (which has plenty of their own projects in the works). I'm not completely against a spinoff but I'm skeptical. Maybe a proper remake of 1,2,3 or even tactics would be a quicker solution.

I'm thinking/hoping that "fast tracking" means they beef up Todd Howard's team to have a decent size group laying the groundwork now so when ES6 is done Fallout 5 will be well on its way. "Fast tracking" might end up only meaning they shaved a year or two off the 10ish year outlook.

They should have released the tv series and a new game together.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner it would be really hard to lineup a new game with a TV show. We haven't really seen that done yet. Mario had a game 6 months after the movie but that was in development way before the movie was (and mario games release pretty regularly). If anything a new fallout game would have delayed the show's release by years.

On the other hand is it really better to have a show lined up with a game that is already going to have a massive release whenever it happens? Games don't see this kind of second life that all Fallout games are experiencing right now and that might be more beneficial. Let the 7 games enjoy the boosted sales/engagement, get people into the live service game that until now never quite recovered from the bad launch, maybe get some gamepass subs out of it. Fallout 5 will be massive no matter when it comes out and they will reap the benefits then as well.

no we wont see it this decade

elder scrolls is next and that will probably be 2027

just pay someone else to remaster fallout 3 and new vegas in one package. with a run button walking everywhere isnt fun

watch the money roll in from the PlayStation owners as they cant play them back compat

Bethesda and Xbox studios struggle to put out high quality games when they take their time. I'm terrified of what a game of theirs would look like when they're rushing.

I do like the idea of them giving it to another studio. That way Bethesda can focus on elder scrolls 6 first and then move on to fallout, but we won't have to worry about waiting 10 years for any new game in that universe

I was hoping Microsoft would do something like this when they bought Bethesda. It's not that I want them to rush it, I want them to let other studios take a shot at them.

Definitely can see why they would want to do this.

But really think that all the hype from the show will die or show will end before fallout 5 is released.

Most likely chasing a ghost at that point.

Xbox has so many developers that they can easily task someone else to work on the franchises.. I mean what is Roundhouse Studios doing at the moment? If they give it the right studio, they could easily have a game out soon… New Vegas was made in 18 months and is considered the best game of series.

All I know is every major 'first party' title I was looking forward to on the Series X was botched in some way. I'm not sure fast tracking is the solution.

Looking at Starfield and Fallout 4 upgrades, potentially handing Fallout 5 to another developer is a blessing.

New Vegas Sequel from Obsidian would be lovely.

So Fallout 3 Remastered from the leaks?

I can understand why! Because Fallout is the most hyped game right now giving crazy numbers with tv show huge success

They want to profit from that with a game release but the question is can they make the game in 7-10 years knowing they still work on starfield dlcs and elder scroll???

I think they can by letting other studios help out maybe obsidean can expend and help on it along other studios

@antifyre The only issue with a New Vegas sequel is that the TV show isn’t exactly paint a pretty picture for the City. Granted, there still 12 years of unexplored events between the game and the time the show takes place… But how do you get players excited about exploring the area again if it goes to crap later on?

Yeah hopefully they give it to a competent team. Unlike BGS.

@Gabrielmpf

Heavy delays haven't done any good. Those games released in the worst state of all.

@StonyKL Bethesda gotta have a QA department given how Starfield became one of 2023's most polished AAA releases.

@Gabrielmpf I don't believe anybody is asking Xbox to rush the next game. More like, they should rush/pay to figure out the logistics sooner. Does another studio need to step in? Does BGS need a whole new team? Heck, could they use a whole new spin off studio, a'la Arkane Lyon/Austin?
Nobody wants a bad game, but we shouldn't need to wait a decade either.

Even “asap” is like 3+ years… They should have been working on finding a dev for fallout 4.5, and elder scrolls 5.5, like last decade. It’s nuts they never did.

New Elder Scrolls release date - 2051

@TheLastHarbinger 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Exactly. Gone back to Fallout 4 as never finished it due to a game breaking bug. It's nice to have my game crash every odd game instead of every time I played with Starfield! Although to be fair I've only managed to get through 3 Bethesda games without a bug stopping me completing it and Starfield was one of them, so I should congratulate them on that.

Ugh, please don't post articles like this to get our hopes up 😂

What next, Mass Effect 5 surprise release for next year?

Fallout 3 Remastered & New Vegas Remastered would be a low cost quick return. Doing this frees both from PS3 hardware which allows PS players to enjoy them better than streaming them. It also allows a new audience to see them in a better light and a few QoL upgrades across all platforms & drops some money in the bank at the same time.

They should purchase the work already done on the London and Miami mods, beef them up and then release them as separate games. This way, they can still release ES6 next and Fallout 5 after.