This is a bit weird, but I regularly check out people’s plumbing. Don’t worry, that’s not a euphemism. In a previous life, I was a plumber and gas fitter, you see, and despite hanging up my tools over a decade ago, I still subconsciously analyse pipework runs, water heater placements, …
Read More »Fallout 76 free weekend and double XP weekend both start on Thursday
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) is hosting a free weekend, giving you the perfect chance to try out the newly NPC-inhabited wasteland. The free weekend is set to run from Thursday, May 14 at 9am PDT / noon EDT / 5pm BST through the same time on Monday, May …
Read More »Bethesda shows off new Fallout 76 Wastelanders gameplay
Players visiting PAX East this weekend got treated to an early peek of Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) Wastelanders, the free, highly-anticipated expansion coming to Fallout 76 next month. Full of people – not to mention companions, extensions to the main quest, a variety of brand-new locations, extra monsters …
Read More »Fallout 76 NPC expansion delayed to 2020 as Bethesda promises more polish for Wastelanders
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab)‘s free Wastelanders expansion, which will introduce human NPCs written in the style of the mainline RPGs, has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2020. It was originally scheduled to launch this fall, but Bethesda says it needs extra time in the oven …
Read More »Pete Hines opens up about what Fallout 76 learnt from Elder Scrolls Online, praising fans who “werent swayed by people”
Pete Hines has recently opened up about just how much of an impact Elder Scrolls Online had on Fallout 76 (opens in new tab), and boy, it’s a lot. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz (opens in new tab), Hines went into a lot of depth about the lessons the Bethesda …
Read More »The devs behind Fallout 76s battle royale mode play Fortnite, but heres how they made Nuclear Winter their own
Battle royale in Fallout 76 (opens in new tab), eh? Who would’ve thought it. The new Fallout 76 battle royale mode Nuclear Winter (opens in new tab) was announced at E3 2019 (opens in new tab), and not wanting to waste any time, the mode was immediately made playable as …
Read More »Fallout 76 dialogue options are “going back to a Fallout 3 style”
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) is getting humans NPCs at last in its upcoming Wastelanders update, and whether you find yourself chatting to settlers or raiders, there’s a good chance you’ll get some Fallout 3 deja vu. I spoke to Jeff Gardiner, project lead on Fallout 76, who said …
Read More »Free Fallout 76 Wastelanders expansion will add human NPCs with “full dialogue trees” this fall
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) human NPCs are on the way in the new Wastelanders expansion, which arrives for free this fall. A conversation with a Wastelanders NPC was shown in the reveal trailer during the Bethesda E3 2019 (opens in new tab) conference, along with a Fallout 76 …
Read More »The Fallout Classic Collection is now free to Fallout 76 players
Bethesda’s latest Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) blog post (opens in new tab) is a fairly routine recap of incoming patches, but it also follows up on the studio’s promise of giving the old Fallout games to early Fallout 76 players. As of today, if you played Fallout 76 …
Read More »Fallout 76s next update will add more stash space and an AFK timer
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) version 1.0.2.0 will arrive tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4, with a raft of changes in tow. The headlining change is a 50 percent buff to stash space, which is being raised to 600 pounds. This will make it much easier to hang onto your stuff, …
Read More »