Bethesda has confirmed Fallout 5 is in preproduction and that remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are in development, with no dates or platforms.
In a studio note in July, Bethesda Game Studios confirmed that “Fallout 5 is currently in preproduction.” The same note made clear that The Elder Scrolls VI is the studio’s priority. Tbreak covered the note in July.
Fallout 5 remains our long-range destination, and we have multiple Fallout projects in active development right now.
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The Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters
The remasters were the other half of the note. Bethesda wrote, “While we’re not announcing any dates today, we have been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.” The note doesn’t list any platforms, so it’s unclear whether they’ll launch on PS5, Xbox, PC, or Switch 2.
Bethesda developed Fallout 3, which launched in 2008, while Obsidian Entertainment developed Fallout: New Vegas in 2010. Game Informer reports that a Fallout 3 remaster first surfaced in 2023, when court documents leaked.
Bethesda hasn’t said who is building the remasters. Oblivion Remastered (2025), developed externally by Virtuos, is the template many point to, but no source confirms the Fallout remasters will follow that model.
Obsidian, Fallout 76, and a 30th birthday
Obsidian is also back in the series, on a separate project. Bethesda wrote, “We’re happy to confirm they’re working with us on a new Fallout project. We’ll have more to share in the future.” It hasn’t described the game.
Fallout 76 has a dated plan. Bethesda says it has “a major Fallout 76 expansion planned for next year: Raven Rock, a prequel story to Fallout 3”, putting it in 2027.
The series turns 30 in 2027, and Fallout Day will be celebrated live in Washington, D.C. Bethesda also said there’d be no traditional Fallout Day broadcast this year.
The note also shared some numbers. Fallout 4, with an Anniversary Edition on Switch 2 since November 2025, “recently passed over 35 million copies sold”. Fallout Shelter has more than 250 million players and will get new Seasons, and an unscripted Fallout Shelter TV show is in the works with Amazon Studios and Kilter Films.
Why Fallout 5 has to wait
Bethesda is building The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 on Creation Engine 3, a shared technology platform it has worked on since Starfield’s launch. The studio was blunt about the order, though.
Bethesda wrote, “The Elder Scrolls VI is our primary development focus today, with the majority of our team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise.”
The note arrived less than two weeks after Xbox cut 3,200 jobs and divested five studios. Game Informer reported that Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, and ZeniMax Online lost hundreds of staff members. Fallout Hub reports that Todd Howard said it was too early to comment on whether Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls VI will be Xbox console exclusives.
For now, the only dates Bethesda has given are for Raven Rock and the 30th-anniversary Fallout Day in Washington, D.C., both in 2027. The remasters, the Obsidian game, and Fallout 5 still don’t have any dates or platforms.
