Replace [Wed 21st Jan 2026, 6:30am]: Earlier this month, Home windows Central govt editor Jez Corden claimed Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas would “ultimately” obtain the identical remedy as Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
It is reportedly led to just a little an excessive amount of pleasure within the Fallout group, with hypothesis {that a} “shadow drop” could possibly be going down quickly based mostly on some latest findings and “exercise” on Steam. Nonetheless, Corden’s sources have apparently instructed him that they’re “not launching imminently”.
“I am instructed that the Steam listings for Fallout 3 and New Vegas are exhibiting some “exercise” as a consequence of updates for localized variations of the present video games, and are not to do with any impending “shadow drop” for Fallout 3 and New Vegas remakes / remasters.
“Certainly, I am instructed Fallout 3 and New Vegas remakes aren’t precisely “imminent,” and also you should not count on them within the close to time period. I am nonetheless attempting to lock down extra detailed timings on once we ought to see them seem, however the impression I am getting is that we’ll see Fallout 3 remastered earlier than New Vegas.”
So, each of those titles are nonetheless getting revived ultimately or kind, however do not count on to look them any time quickly. For now, Change 2 homeowners have Fallout 4: Anniversary Version to look ahead to this yr.
Authentic Story: [Thu 8th Jan, 2026 06:30 GMT]:
Fallout 4: Anniversary Version is on its option to the Change 2 this yr, and it may not be the one Fallout recreation returning sooner or later. This data comes from the identical Home windows Central report about “what to anticipate” from Xbox “this yr, and past”.
In accordance with the location’s govt editor Jez Corden, Fallout followers can “ultimately” count on to see a “Fallout 3 remake within the vein of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered”, with Fallout New Vegas to additionally apparently obtain the identical remedy.
A separate story on Home windows Central offers just a little extra element:
“Nothing else is understood about these Fallout remasters past the truth that they exist and are deliberate, although the information that they will be much like Oblivion Remastered suggests they could be designed in the identical manner. This could imply using Unreal Engine 5 for an intensive graphical overhaul, with Bethesda’s Creation Engine predecessor Gamebryo nonetheless serving because the core of the gameplay techniques.”
As our colleagues at Pure Xbox word, this is not the primary time followers have heard about the potential for these older entries within the sequence returning, and late final yr, firm legend Todd Howard stated Bethesda was engaged on a “complete bunch of stuff” for the sequence.
In fact, as nothing has been formally introduced or confirmed but, there aren’t any particulars concerning the platforms these video games would goal. Nonetheless, Microsoft is now releasing extra video games on different gadgets than ever earlier than, and this consists of releases for Nintendo’s platforms.
Bethesda has additionally proven its assist for Nintendo’s Change 2 in latest occasions with not solely the announcement of Fallout 4, but additionally the information Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle is coming to the brand new hybrid system this yr. Over the vacation interval it additionally launched a Change 2 Version of Skyrim.
Would you wish to see Fallout 3 and New Vegas revived ultimately or kind? Tell us within the feedback.
[source windowscentral.com]
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