I hate to be a buzzkill, but please cool down the jet internet (and take the jet down). The long-rumored Fallout remake isn’t just around the corner.
A few weeks ago, I published a report that said: What will Xbox look like in 2026?I said, Fallout 3 and New Vegas will be remade. We already knew about the Fallout 3 remake through a leak in Activision-Blizzard FTC documents, but the fact that New Vegas would be remade was relatively new information that we recently received from a source.
Something strange is happening with Fallout on Steam! An error pops up when you try to leave a review for Fallout 3 and New Vegas when the games haven’t been released yet. Also, if you search for Fallout on Steam, you’ll see 12 games when there are only 10 available. 👀 pic.twitter.com/k6VxzYXZk6January 19, 2026
Additionally, Amazon’s Fallout TV show website has mysterious countdown timerexpectations and speculation for the mysterious Fallout 3, New Vegas shadow drop have been complicated. However, we can clearly see that this timer has nothing to do with the Fallout game.
On top of that, I’ve heard that Steam’s Fallout 3 and New Vegas listings are seeing “activity” due to updates to localized versions of existing games. it’s not It concerns the impending “Shadow Drop” in the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remakes/remasters.
In fact, we’ve heard that remakes of Fallout 3 and New Vegas aren’t necessarily “imminent” and shouldn’t be expected in the near future. We’re still trying to work out the exact timing of when they’ll arrive, but the impression I’m getting is that we’ll probably see a remastered version of Fallout 3 before New Vegas.
Microsoft and Bethesda both seem a bit oblivious to Fallout’s explosive resurgence and popularity. fallout tv show, fallout 76 Update and Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition and Xbox Play Anywhere Tagall versions of the game saw a surge in players.
As we all know, Bethesda is pretty limited. studio is working on The Elder Scrolls VIthere’s an absolutely huge amount of hype and anticipation behind it. The team is also working on a major update to Starfield.
There’s no doubt that Starfield failed to live up to some of the astronomical expectations set by games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but Bethesda may be hoping to avoid similar criticism. fallout 4 It itself also received considerable criticism for moving away from the franchise’s gritty role-playing roots and instead doubling down on open-world sandbox gameplay. And we all know what happened with the launch of Fallout 76, even though it’s pretty great in its current state.
Bethesda head Todd Howard said in a recent interview that the studio is investing more than ever in the Fallout series. expressed Support for “shadow drop” marketing techniques for “small” projects like Oblivion. parent subsidiary ZeniMax also shadowdrops Hi-Fi Rush The studio and IP were eventually spun off into Crafton, which was considered a success at the time. While Starfield and Elder Screen VI’s announcement-to-release times were notoriously long (and painful), Fallout 4’s announcement-to-release times were also extremely short.
With that in mind fallout 5 Probably even further away. That’s what they say This year’s Starfield major update This represents a number of technical upgrades to Bethesda’s Creation Engine, many of which may even hint at features seen in Elder Rolls VI and Fallout 5.
However, in the short term, Fallout fans will Fallout 4 Anniversary Editionmajor overhaul mods like Fallout London, and continuous updates. fallout 76and a little later the remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas were released. To be honest, there are so many.
If I had to guess (emphasis on guessing), I think we’ll see a remaster of Fallout 3 at least this year. I imagine it will be similar to Virtuous’s Oblivion remaster. It’s possible that Unreal Engine will give it a new coat of paint on top of the classic Creation Engine experience, with tweaks and modernized combat.
I’m still working out the details on many of these points and determining the exact timing and scope of the remaster, but I’m being told strongly not to expect Shadowdrop to happen any time soon. Will we see them at Xbox’s annual June Games Showcase this year? Time will tell.
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