Fallout fans are desperate for news on upcoming games in Bethesda's post-apocalyptic role-playing series, and it looks like a pretty solid tease has just dropped from a surprising source.
Iron Galaxy Studios, perhaps most famous for working on Xbox fighting game Killer Instinct, issued a post on social media and LinkedIn that includes a pretty obvious tease that it’s working on something Fallout related.
“Today’s our February company meeting. It’s time to catch up with what the company’s been up to and what’s coming up next for IG,” reads the post, alongside a picture of Fallout’s iconic “Please Stand By” holding image on a monitor, next to the same image in a slideshow presentation.
Specifically, the image is of Fallout New Vegas' loading screen, which has sparked speculation that Iron Galaxy is working on the heavily rumored Fallout New Vegas remaster.
Both Fallout 3 and New Vegas are reportedly set for the remaster treatment. The Fallout 3 remaster appeared in FTC documents as part of Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard, although it remains unannounced. According to a report by The Verge, Bethesda is keen to ensure the game is polished enough to enjoy a successful launch similar to last year’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which Bethesda chief Todd Howard recently told IGN he was "really, really pleased" with.
The Fallout: New Vegas remaster is also reportedly on the way, although apparently further down the line. Could Iron Galaxy be working on both games? It has form when it comes to supporting the development of Fallout. Iron Galaxy worked on both Fallout 4 VR and Fallout 76, so it knows the franchise. Meanwhile, it worked on other Bethesda games, including The Elder Scrolls Online, Skyrim on Switch, and Skyrim VR, so it knows Bethesda.
Of course, this could be a tease for something else, but it does seem clear that Iron Galaxy is working on Fallout. Given the hyper interest in all things Fallout, it would be a tad misguided to post this image to social media and LinkedIn if you weren't working on Fallout!
In a recent interview with IGN, we asked Bethesda development chief Todd Howard if the success of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which has seen over 4 million players since it shadowdropped last year, was a repeatable trick for a Fallout 3 Remastered. Howard kept his cards close to his chest, and reiterated a point he’s been making a lot in interviews lately.
“I will just say that the Oblivion Remaster, we're really, really pleased with how well it did, it was a very long project too, and not just in how it was received, the ability to shadowdrop it, and the response to doing that,” he said. “I like to do that with games as much as possible. I love the moment that you find out about a game.”
The last mainline single-player Fallout game was Fallout 4, which came out in 2015 and recently saw the release of its Anniversary Edition. The multiplayer focused Fallout 76 followed in 2018, and while fans slowly flocked to the West Virginia-set open-world RPG, it wasn’t until the premiere of Prime Video’s Fallout TV show that the Bethesda series leveled up in terms of attention.
As well as remasters, we know Bethesda wants to eventually get to Fallout 5, albeit after The Elder Scrolls 6. Back in June 2024, Todd Howard said he wasn’t interested in rushing Fallout 5 out the door. Then, in December last year, Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 would indeed take into account the canon events of the Fallout TV series. "In short, yes," Howard told BBC Newsbeat. "Fallout 5 will be existing in a world where the stories and events of the show happened or are happening. We are taking that into account."
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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