Bethesda reveals roadmap, confirms Elder Scrolls VI focus and Fallout 5 preproduction
I don't usually get worked up about video games but Todd Howard should not be allowed to make Fallout 5 until he 1) finishes Elder Scrolls 6 and 2) does 500 hours of community service as punishment for Starfield
Rob DenBleyker170imagine a world where Todd Howard paid for his crimes as much as I paid for Skyrim
Faeelin29This is unfair. Dozens of liked starfield. DOZENS
Jason waterfalls15Star Field was fine, it wasn't close to as good as Skyrim or fallout 4 but it was ok.
Machined Surfaces12I am torn between the tiiiiight story of fallout1 and the more puerile fun of fallout 2, but in either case I don't think Emil Pagliarulo should be allowed near a fucking word processing program ever again for as long as he lives
Dreegan10Do we really need a Todd Howard directed Elder Scrolls 6? Was Starfield not punishment enough?
TheOtherKyle5I know I'm one of like, 12 people who enjoyed starfield, but honestly it wasn't that bad. No, he should do community service for whatever the fuck fallout 76 was on release
elder scrolls 6 and fallout 5 both being hypothetical games that do not exist announced entirely to scam investors and create false confidence during a critical moment is a pretty darkly funny element to this whole shitshow. its like poetry they rhyme
turtle24is this technically the second, third, or fourth elder scrolls VI announcement, i know there's been at least one completely fake trailer
Cameron Woodard11couldn’t even wait for the cinematics team to slap together a slow pan over a generic wasteland set to the ink spots trailer
its funny because bethesda e3 2018 is arguably one of if not the best E3 show on pure firepower and a lot of the bombshell announcements arent out no wonder xbox bought them they needed to keep the crown for announcing shit a decade too early for investors/hype
Gex 1 Official News Account4i try to stay positive but it's hard to truly put into fuckin words just how... cooked everything under microsoft is. western AAA at large. i'm sure it's not all sunshine over in the east either and a lot of it is under reported but. jesus fucking christ.
Fynn Bytez2I hate that ES6 is still just a theoretical game and all I can think about is that it's gonna be even more unfinished than Starfield and it's gonna want you to pay for creation club items to fix it. I'm assuming Fallout 5 doesn't even launch with quests, that's how cynical I am.
Kieran Donnachie2I'd assumed obsidian had been pivoted to fallout 5. Why not double dip on jangling the ip keys for the shareholders I guess
Gen Denelith2Honestly if a company isn't gonna have anything to show of it (major gameplay trailer, playable demo, or game release) by sometime next year, they shouldn't be announcing anything. At that point it's just them trying to sell stock saying "hey, we might make a game eventually!"
chellcago is so two years ago2Can’t be let down by these games if they never get released or something idk I hate Microsoft
NEW: Bethesda has announced a slew of new Fallout games, including Fallout 5 and Fallout 3 + New Vegas remasters. The company also confirmed my scoop last week that it is working with Obsidian on a Fallout game. I spoke to Todd Howard about the roadmap: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Commemorative Plate144How are they going to make high quality Fallout games when they just laid of 20% of their veteran workforce? Is this a cruel joke?
James Mac, CEO of ANTIFA™️66“Howard called the cuts ‘really tough’ for him and his colleagues.” Awe that’s cute, bet it was tougher for all the people who lost their jobs though.
gamebusiness.bsky.social47Ah, so Microsoft is in the "break the glass" phase of the news cycle
Ajay Kundlas27"Hey, let's do everything people wanted with less staff and also pretend we can get it done in anywhere near a timely manner"
Failed Quest13I don’t even have it in me to care anymore. Anything they’re announcing now is a decade or more away from release, so why even talk about it?
mattcyborg.bsky.social9"don't lay us off! Look! We are fallout-ing out the wazoo, see???"
🌈miski🌦️1234MADE WITH WHAT GAME DEVS MICROSOFT?
Dicey June18After how Fallout 76 released, and even if you were genuinely oblivious to the fact that this is just a news smokescreen for the recent massive layoffs, you would have to be real stupid or desperate to care about a new fallout release.
Matts Beans12Lmao Microsoft is probably forcing this in an attempt to try and save face
💖Exosister Ella💖 Evie's Strongest Sister9The one programmer left a Bethesda seeing this news
UFO Citybusters9i am very tired of a specific generation of gaming audience willingly gobbling up the memberberry pellets whenever a game exec pulls a nostalgia lever because they're chasing the net rev from 15 years ago without recognizing how those works meaningfully impacted or innovated the medium at that time
BEXTER JETTSTER @ TFN ✨6Mmmm somebody's trying to rewrite the narrative on Obsidian working on a new Fallout game, huh Todd. Kinda like when the anniversary edition of Fallout New Vegas was announced and the box was covered in Bethesda branding with nary a mention that they didn't actually make it. 🤨
D.C.: the Dungeon Mom (Commissions Closed)5Just one problem, Todd, who's gonna make the games?
Cheydinhal Sanctuary's Most Eligible Bachelor 🔜 FD5i'm so fuckin done with this shit dawg
No Particular Dave4looking forward to Fallout 5 developed by Claude and Fiverr
Shaun4Starfield was utter dog shit WITH all their staff, now that they've let go hundreds of them I can only imagine what the result would be. Games that physically harm you for playing them.
"Oh boy, Fallout 5 in pre-production? That's exciting! Hey, how is The Elder Scrolls 6 doin-"
Ryong33surely they'll make two games and two remasters faster than that now that microsoft cut them in half
Custard18It’s called fallout 5 because it won’t be in actual development for another 5 years
frey 🏳️⚧️ (extra gay)15when friends were getting excited over this teaser at the time, I told them that they shouldnt expect anything within 5 years when its just a logo, especially if starfield was coming first. i probably shouldve made my estimate 10
Straw Hat/Kylo Ross12Why would I be interested in a Fallout 5, that's a 2040s game at the earliest.
Give Kwannon Psylocke a psionic chainsaw12There was a article on GamesRadar about Bethseda and yeah...if Elder Scrolls 6 is taking a long time. I can't imagine how long Fallout 5 will take. Specially knowing another layoff can happen again between now and then.
ultracyber8iirc in this time frame we had already gone from morrowind to skyrim
"What matters the most is that the games are good" - as long as we have OD, Fallout 5, who cares, right? Everything's fine!
Mike LeMieux12*frantically pulling levers* Pay no attention to the layoffs behind the curtain!
Cryptic_TX557Even if someone wouldn't care about the employees at all...why should anyone trust Xbox about what games they say they're making? They announced the new Senua when they already knew they were going to be selling or closing Ninja Theory. They just lied.
Kevin3You were going great work before, but you are absolutely killing it since moving to Kotaku.
Colon Blow2frustrating being excited for these games and dreading future reports about how they were made and what happened to the hardworking devs who made it happen
Devon1The part they don't ever speak to because they are incapable of it as a business in capitalism, is that the long term ecosystem of games is what we actually should care about. And that is where the harm is landing most. These games might be good, but will there be any more?
Matt Farrow 🔜 Develop Brighton1Funny thing - day 3 of Develop conference had a keynote by an Xbox guy. It was a remarkably empty conference hall for that session, and he didn't take questions, I hear. Probably seemed like a better idea at the time when he was booked...
2018: Zenimax/Bethesda announces Elder Scrolls 6 to boost consumer confidence, inflate value, and attract buyers 2026: Xbox/Bethesda announces Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 to…
Fallout 5 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive according to Bethesda's Todd Howard in an interview. "I hate XBOX. If I had the time, energy, and a jack hammer, I would dismantle Microsoft's HQ all by myself. Hooba dooba, please pre-order Fallout 5, it just works." Source: me lol
Stardust5by time fallout 5 comes out todd is gonna look like a fallout 3 npc
cartojim.bsky.social5I only game on my PC. So I guess I won't be playing Fallout 5. Sorry.
Jenpocalypse5Well, guess I won't be playing Fallout 5.
suzy2OK. I guess I’ll miss Fallout 5 (until it’s free on Netflix).
AUXTRONtheARCHIVIST📺2Todd's gonna get a brand new jacket
Please the Great War is gonna happen before Fall Out 5 is even out of preproduction
Microsoft flailed around with a chainsaw and Bethesda sharted out a "Fallout 5" announcement. The incompetent and the desperate. I don't have high hopes.
Worcanna - Audio Attack Spider8Nothing screams "This is going to be high quality" more than a company that can't produce a game without "game breaking bugs that make it unplayable" on the best of days, being asked to rush...
nkato.bsky.social2Considering that they announced FO5 without actually releasing ES6, I think it's safe to say Bethsoft is next on the chopping board.
Lost1Indy devs are the way. I believe the games we once knew and the studios that produced them are largely devoid of the original people, passion and creativity that manifested the magic we remember. AAA is a profit driven, often propogandistic, wealth extraction machine we will need to dismantle.
Tab1And fallout 3 and New Vagas remakes. They are throwing it all at the wall
BREAKING: I spoke to Todd Howard about the future of Bethesda, and MUCH more. - Obsidian's Fallout game is GREENLIT. - New Vegas / 3 remakes confirmed. - Fallout 5 in pre-production. - Elder Scrolls 6 is hitting milestones. READ MORE: windowscentral.com/gaming/zenim...
Rome3Awesome to see you got an interview with Todd. I appreciate us getting a laid out pipeline of projects to look forward to. It was also cool to see Starfield may continue to live on.
Scott Meek2Congrats on landing the interview Jez! Very pleased to see how well Starfield is doing and I'm happy we're getting more dlc! :)
Paul Brocklehurst1Starfield year 3 too! excellent news all round
agay barner4I KNEW THE REMAKES WERE REAL!!!
For Elder Scrolls, they confirmed the future of the Creation Engine with their continued commitment to Creation Engine 3, celebrating the Construction Kit and Creations. ESO's future was mentioned, with them claiming that ZOS will be partnering more closely with them for the future of the game.
The Mich10All things I’d normally love to hear but I dunno, just makes me sad currently
🔞 Renny 🏳️⚧️1Damn theyre really gonna keep using the same decades old game engine huh
butano1skyrim got me into bethesda rpgs, but starfield taught me I better wait a couple years after TES VI releases
olive consumer28I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually glad to see they're sticking to their guns with Creation because the alternative is ES6 being in Unreal and as little faith as I have in ES6, that would guarantee its failure.
Leaf (On Writing Vacation)4That's nice Todd, now tell us how your going to protect your employees from Microslop.
Aqua2Bragging about how much money their paid mods brought in is fucking sinister. Absolutely disgusting.
Bethesda announces Fallout 'roadmap' following Xbox 'reset': ▪️Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters in development ▪️New Fallout from Obsidian ▪️Fallout 5 in pre-production ➡️ bethesda.net/en/article/7...
Midnight Oil6That's all cool, though definitely reads like a corporate requirement rather than how they had any desire to announce anything. Especially with Elder Scrolls still multiple years off. We aren't seeing any Fallout 5 from BGS til like.... 2033 at the earliest.
Tolan3It is still wild to me that it took the CEO of XBox effectively putting a gun to his head to get Howard to agree to let Obsidian touch their IP again. IDK the specifics of the bad blood there, but New Vegas 2 has always been a "print money" button and Bethesda just sitting on it was always crazy.
🏳️⚧️ Knoll Belle Photography 🏳️⚧️1Microsoft gave the franchise to Obsidian and then Bethesda is like, oh no we are still in charge. Fuck you Todd. You company sucks and you have not bothered to make a new game engine in 20+ years. Just a bunch of lazy rich kids wasting time. The last game of theirs I bought was Skyrim on PS3.
Bethesda revealed their studio roadmap: - The Elder Scrolls VI is the primary focus - Fallout 5 is in pre-production - Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are being developed - Obsidian working on a Fallout game - Starfield will continue to get new updates gematsu.com/2026/07/beth...
2Qbonez3I see no mention of switching engines. Shame
Megazoned Out 231They could move those Starfield guys to Elder Scrolls or one of the remasters. I just don’t see that many people clamoring for more of that game.
Sam the Skink1Please don't remaster fallout 3 and new vagas, fallout 4 still hasn't been fixed since they "upgraded" it YEARS ago.
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