Every Time Todd Howard Has Talked About Fallout 5

For years now, Fallout fans have been wondering when the next mainline sequel will arrive. Hype for the game most assume will be called Fallout 5 grew even larger last year after Amazon’s TV show made the post-apocalyptic franchise bigger than ever. And while Bethesda hasn’t formally announced Fallout 5 , that hasn’t stopped the studio’s creative director, Todd Howard, from talking about it over the years. Fallout 4 arrived on consoles and PC in 2015. Not long after its launch, people began wondering about Fallout 5. As a result, whenever Howard sits down for an interview, it’s not unusual for someone to ask him about Fallout 5 and the future of the franchise. Here’s nearly every time Howard has talked about Fallout 5 , presented in chronological order. One thing to keep in mind before scrolling down is that Howard is very careful when talking about Fallout 5 , so be prepared for comments that give you plenty to infer and speculate about, but little in the way of cold hard facts. June 2018 - Fallout 5 will be a single-player video game Technically, during a 2018 interview with German outlet GameStar, Howard didn’t say anything specific about a new Fallout game. However, when asked if all upcoming Bethesda games would feature multiplayer like Fallout 76, he replied that no, future games from the studio would still be single-player adventures. November 2021 - Bethesda has a Fallout 5 “one-pager” A few years later, during an interview with IGN , Howard spilled a bit more about the next Fallout sequel. He told the outlet that Bethesda has a “one-pager on Fallout 5 , what we want to do,” but made it clear that the plan at the time was Starfield and then Elder Scrolls VI, seemingly confirming that Fallout 5 remained many, many years away. June 2022 - Fallout 5 is next after The Elder Scrolls VI The following year, in another interview with IGN , Howard said this about Bethesda’s future: “Yes, Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while. We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well.” June 2023 - Fallout 5 might not be Bethesda’s next game after Elder Scrolls 6 A year after saying Fallout 5 would be Bethesda’s next project after shipping Elder Scrolls VI, Howard backtracked a bit and clarified that he simply meant that Fallout 5 would arrive after The Elder Scrolls 6 , not that he wanted to confirm it as the next game. This confusing backtrack worried fans who now wondered if Bethesda had a different project in the works that could further delay Fallout 5. In this same interview, he argued that long gaps between sequels, while annoying for fans, have rarely hurt a game’s success or quality. March 2024 - Fallout TV showrunners were told to avoid certain details that will be...

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