Amazon Fallout Countdown Turns Out Not to Be Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas Remastered — Here's What It Revealed

The Amazon Fallout TV countdown that immoderate had hoped would denote a Fallout 3 oregon Fallout: New Vegas remaster turned retired to beryllium thing much than different behind-the-scenes look astatine the show.

Earlier this month, a countdown appeared connected the authoritative Amazon website designed to look similar a Fallout map. On it are locations successful the Fallout representation benignant which, erstwhile accessed, pb you to behind-the-scenes accusation connected the show. For example, The Vault 33 outer door, from which Lucy archetypal steps ft into the wasteland, is connected the southbound of the map. The Caswennan, the airship that serves arsenic a soaring fortress for the Brotherhood of Steel, is to the east. And, up of the debut of the Fallout Season 2 finale, successful the apical close was a locked constituent of involvement alongside a timer pointing to February 4.

Amazon's website had a locked node with a countdown pointing to the extremity of Season 2. Image credit: Amazon Prime Video.

That got immoderate fans’ hopes up that the countdown was starring to the uncover of the heavy rumored Fallout 3 Remastered, oregon the arsenic heavy rumored Fallout: New Vegas Remastered. It turned retired to beryllium neither. Instead, it’s yet different interactive node, this clip for ‘The Penthouse’ astatine the apical of the Lucky 38 casino, the lair of antagonist Mr. House.

Amazon's interactive Fallout website is updated to unlock the countdown. Image credit: Amazon Prime Video.

“Once the backstage domain of Mr. House, it overlooks the Strip with a commanding presumption of New Vegas, adjacent parts luxury suite and power center,” reads the authoritative description. “Step backmost successful clip to this intersection of decadence and authority!”

Clicking done leads you to a 3D interactive practice of the Penthouse, which includes a abbreviated video interrogation with Mr. House histrion Justin Theroux astir the genuinely awesome set, photos of the Strip, and adjacent a carnal gallery. This is each large if you’re aft immoderate other Fallout information, but not the champion if you’d hoped for a caller Fallout game. In truth, immoderate had suspected this would beryllium the case. At best, immoderate had said, it would incorporate a tease for Season 3 of the show.

Sorry, nary Fallout remaster announcement today. Image credit: Amazon Prime Video.

Which leads america to the adjacent evident question: what’s going connected with these Fallout remasters? They’re inactive coming. The Fallout 3 remaster that leaked backmost successful 2023 is inactive successful the works, and is expected to beryllium a akin effort to past year’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Then there’s Fallout: New Vegas Remastered, which is besides reportedly inactive connected the way, though we don’t person immoderate denotation erstwhile either crippled volition release.

In a caller interrogation with IGN, we asked Bethesda improvement main Todd Howard if the occurrence of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which has seen implicit 4 cardinal players since it shadowdropped past year, was a repeatable instrumentality for a Fallout 3 Remastered. Howard kept his cards adjacent to his chest, and reiterated a constituent he’s been making a batch successful interviews lately.

“I volition conscionable accidental that the Oblivion Remaster, we're really, truly pleased with however good it did, it was a precise agelong task too, and not conscionable successful however it was received, the quality to shadowdrop it, and the effect to doing that,” helium said. “I similar to bash that with games arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. I emotion the infinitesimal that you find retired astir a game.”

The past mainline single-player Fallout crippled was Fallout 4, which came retired successful 2015 and precocious saw the merchandise of its Anniversary Edition. The multiplayer focused Fallout 76 followed successful 2018, and portion fans dilatory flocked to the West Virginia-set open-world RPG, it wasn’t until the premiere of Prime Video’s Fallout TV amusement that the Bethesda bid leveled up successful presumption of attention.

As good arsenic remasters, we cognize Bethesda wants to yet get to Fallout 5, albeit aft The Elder Scrolls 6. Back successful June 2024, Todd Howard said helium wasn’t funny successful rushing Fallout 5 retired the door. Then, successful December past year, Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 would so instrumentality into relationship the canon events of the Fallout TV series. "In short, yes," Howard told BBC Newsbeat. "Fallout 5 volition beryllium existing successful a satellite wherever the stories and events of the amusement happened oregon are happening. We are taking that into account."

While we hold to find retired astir caller Fallout video games, cheque retired IGN’s Fallout Season 2 finale review.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].