

Its next two massive projects are Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield, and it’s likely going to take a good chunk of the entire next console generation to finish and release both of those.



It’s not clear when, if ever, Fallout 5 will be coming from Bethesda. I am tempted to return for the Wastelands expansion myself because frankly, I just miss Fallout as a series, and now that the game has evolved a lot since launch, it feels like something I could dive back into without worrying about all the issues I encountered at launch, PvP griefing jerks included. I think it’s a good thing that Fallout 76 weathered its initial storms and turned into something that players actually wanted to invest in. When that happens, Fallout 76 will indeed essentially become what everyone wanted originally, a more normal Fallout experience where you can simply play solo or with friends. When April arrives, Fallout 76 is getting its Wastelanders expansion that will introduce actual NPCs into the game for the first time (minus the robots and such that are already there). And even then, Fallout 76 recovered not because of anything having to do with PvP, but instead players coming together to create communities within the game. Fallout 76 PvP, at least initially, was clunky, bad and had to be refined a half dozen times until it was something somewhat passable and fair. This is not terribly surprising as the answer most Fallout players would give if you asked them “What would you like to see in multiplayer Fallout?” it would almost certainly be simply playing a pretty standard Fallout game with the ability for co-op, rather than any sort of PvP element. As opposed to, 'I want to test my mettle against you and let's get into a duel.' There's some folks who do, don't get me wrong, but I think it's a smaller percentage of our player base than we thought.” So, for example, I think we were a little surprised how few people wanted to take part in PvP and how many more they were interested in PvE together. "Well, I mean at the end of the day, our intention was always, we're going to put this out there, see what folks think, and then cater the stuff that we do later to their reaction.
