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As part of the Fallout series' 25th anniversary, Bethesda has announced that the previous mainline release, Fallout 4, will be getting a free next-gen update in 2023. This update will allow console players to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S version, and an equivalent update will be released for PC. It will include a performance mode and support for 4K resolutions, as well as extra Creation Club content and some bug fixes.

Today's announcement concludes Bethesda's month-long 25th anniversary celebration for Fallout. Most of the other Fallout anniversary celebrations have revolved around Fallout 76 content updates and sales, with the sole exception being Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition being free on the Epic Games Store from October 20-27.

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[relauby]

What a super disappointing anniversary "celebration." Only Bethesda's games were acknowledged in any way, and there was no big announcement to get excited about. They really should have just let this pass quietly without trying to make a big deal of it.

The only kinda cute thing they did is they tried to match up the date of the last announcement with the date the nuclear war happened in Fallout lore (October 23), but since that fell on a Sunday this year they missed it.

Also it's hilarious that one of the things they're touting for the next-gen upgrade of a game from 2015 is "bug fixes."

 

[Delerious]

Eh... okay.

Honestly, what I would like to see most is a complete overhaul of the Settlement system, considering how trashy and buggy it is.

 

[Chary]

Wow they somehow managed to suck harder than Nintendo's "celebration" of Zelda's 35th anniversary

 

[sombrerosonic]

WHERE'S FALLOUT 3 AND NEW VEGAS??????

But hey, At least we got FO4

Edit: HOLY SHIT I NEED TO GET ON EPIC GAMES FOR MY SIXTH COPY OF FALLOUT 3 RIGHT NOW

 

[CoolMe]

Free is free i guess.
But yea, it's pretty lackluster..

 

[Naster]

Why? They’re both is backward compatible

 

[eduall]

Fallout 4 is a 2015 game, we need a new one !!

 

[sombrerosonic]

Fallout 4 is a 2015 game, we need a new one !!

Wait untill like 2028 or 2035

 

[CloudStrife190100]

Was tempted to redownload this today on my series s. Glad i didn't now so i can wait

 

[ZeroFX]

What a piece of shit celebration lol, they even threw fallout 3 on the alms for the poor store.

 

[7hornadus]

no, thanks

 

[orangy57]

i hate hearing about these console upgrade announcements from devs as if they're anything of value, the newest consoles have literally just been beefy PCs at this point and updating the games to add a NEW RESOLUTION seems to be pretty trivial

they should just start making these current and next-gen games with video settings sliders that have presets for each console and call it a day

 

[Xzi]

Guess it's not surprising they don't want to jump through the legal hoops of remastering New Vegas, but FO3 would've been a better choice than FO4. Oh well, there's always mods.

 

[ZeroT21]

Yep, here we go again, there's no way the farmer ain't gonna milk his cashcow. In the end so-called next gen is nothing more than a minor upgrade patch

 

[KingVamp]

As for the next Fallout, they still have Starfield and Elder Scrolls to get to first.

 

[SonowRaevius]

I would say this is cool, but with how buggy Fallout 4 was, unless they do some massive bug fixing this is going to be just a pretty disaster instead of a normal one.

Getting half-way through the game and discovering you have a permanent head damage status effect due to a bug and one of story NPC is permanently trapped below the map isn't exactly my idea of a good time.

 

[Shape]

Let's try Fallout 5, eh?

 

[rantex92]

even as a hardcore fallout fan im not stoked!
most of those creation club items are floating around for free!

another dumb thing what i could observe is that f3 goty edition still needs the winlive fix even tho the last patch (1.7.0.4) should have fixed that

 

[hyprskllz]

Let's try Fallout 5, eh?

they probably won't be working on it until 2287 tho.
on the news note, this is about to be like skyrim, cmiiw.