Here’s Why Fans Are Convinced Fallout 3 And New Vegas Remasters Are About To Be Revealed

A strange countdown clock. Missing games and weird glitches on Steam. Cryptic comments from Todd Howard. The end of Fallout season two fast approaching. All of this is feeding into an ongoing belief among many Fallout fans that long-rumored remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are coming soon. But how much of this is true, and how much is just out-of-control hype from fans hungry for a new entry in the series? As reported by PC Gamer on January 14, Fallout fans on Reddit noticed something odd with Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3. When trying to leave a review, Steam would block it and say the games weren’t out yet. Considering the games have been out on PC for closer to 20 years than I want to admit, this confused people . It also fueled the ongoing belief that a Fallout 3 remaster, as well as a possible New Vegas remaster, are launching in the near future. People theorized that this was some backend snafu related to Bethesda getting ready to shadow-drop both remasters soon. And then someone noticed that if you search for Fallout , Steam lists 12 games, but there are actually only 10 games currently available. Curious! This further convinced a lot of people who frankly didn’t need much convincing to begin with that Fallout 3 and New Vega s remasters were coming in hot. Debunking the Fallout remaster theories But let’s slow down and throw some cold water on all of this. First, the issue with being unable to review games on Steam despite them already being released, while strange, isn’t related to any upcoming remaster. Instead, it was an issue that has affected various Steam games over the past 72 hours or so, including Batman: Arkham City. It also seems like it has been fixed. I was able to leave a review for Fallout: New Vegas, no problem. As for the 12 Fallout games listed but only 10 being actually available on Steam, this is a common quirk on Valve’s storefront and often happens as a result of various editions and versions of games being available or not available depending on your region. For example, looking up Call of Duty, Steam lists 25, but there are only 24 on the franchise page. So I wouldn’t read too much into this piece of evidence either. Meanwhile, before Steam glitches and oddities got Fallout fans freaking out, there was all the hubbub about Amazon’s Fallout countdown clock. As explained by Polygon , Amazon recently activated a website that features a with different locations. Clicking on them lets you explore these places via 3D and 2D tours. It’s neat, but what caught people’s attention is that one location is locked and won’t open until the season two finale of Fallout -like map Fallout airs on February 4. It didn’t take long for people to connect the dots between this date and some past comments from Todd Howard explaining that Bethesda is working on more and Fallout...

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