Fallout 3 Remaster Still on the Way, Report Claims

The Fallout 3 remaster that leaked backmost successful 2023 is inactive successful the works, a caller study has claimed.

In effect to Bethesda improvement main Todd Howard’s caller interrogation with GQ, successful which helium talked astir The Elder Scrolls 6 inactive being immoderate mode disconnected and “some different things we're doing” successful the Fallout franchise, VGC reports that a remaster of Fallout 3 on the aforesaid lines arsenic this year’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is among them.

There are each sorts of rumors floating astir astir imaginable Fallout remakes, and surely a increasing anticipation among fans that Bethesda volition crook to its older Fallout video games to support fans on-side portion they hold for The Elder Scrolls 6.

Last month, Fallout Day 2025 came and went without the announcement of immoderate caller Fallout video game. While the showcase included the announcement of a caller mentation of Fallout 4, a caller Fallout: New Vegas bundle, and caller contented for Fallout Shelter and Fallout 76, determination was nary connection connected immoderate Fallout remasters, which immoderate had hoped for.

At the extremity of the Fallout Day broadcast, Howard acknowledged that Fallout fans were astir apt near a small disappointed by this, and promised that Bethesda was moving connected “even more” Fallout. Fallout 3: Remastered present seems apt a portion of this, assuming it follows the naming normal acceptable by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

But what astir a remaster of the beloved Fallout: New Vegas? Ahead of Fallout Day, Hollywood prima Danny Trejo, who played Ghoul companion Raul Alfonso Tejada successful New Vegas, called connected Bethesda to remaster the game. It’s a sentiment shared by galore Fallout fans, particularly fixed the surge successful involvement pursuing the breakout Fallout TV show, which heads to New Vegas for Season 2 successful December.

And we cognize Bethesda wants to yet get to Fallout 5, albeit aft The Elder Scrolls 6. The past we heard connected Fallout 5, by the way, was backmost successful June 2024, erstwhile Howard said helium wasn’t funny successful rushing it retired the door. The developer opened up astir the aboriginal of the deed post-apocalyptic RPG bid during an interrogation with YouTube contented creator MrMattyPlays.

"For different Fallout games successful the future, you know, evidently I can’t speech astir those close now, but I would say, benignant of rushing done them, oregon we benignant of request to get worldly retired that is antithetic than the enactment we’re doing successful 76... we don’t consciousness similar we request to unreserved immoderate of that," helium said. "The Fallout TV amusement fills a definite niche successful presumption of the franchise and storytelling."

The past mainline Fallout crippled was Fallout 4, which came retired successful 2015 and this week saw the merchandise of its Anniversary Edition. The multiplayer focused Fallout 76 followed successful 2018, and portion fans dilatory flocked to the West Virginia-set open-world RPG, it wasn’t until the premiere of Prime Video’s Fallout TV amusement that the Bethesda bid leveled up successful presumption of attention.

Still, Howard wouldn't budge erstwhile it came to instrumentality calls for a important video crippled release. For him, it comes down to wanting to dainty Bethesda's franchises with care.

"Totally get the tendency for a caller benignant of mainline single-player game," helium said. "And look, those things instrumentality time. I don’t deliberation it’s atrocious for radical to miss things. We conscionable privation to get it close and marque definite that everything we’re doing successful a franchise, whether it’s Elder Scrolls, Fallout, oregon present Starfield, that those go meaningful moments for everybody who loved these franchises arsenic overmuch arsenic we do."

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].