Bethesda Recreation Studios boss Todd Howard requested the producers of the upcoming Fallout TV present to not embrace sure, secret issues as a result of the developer plans to make use of them in Fallout 5.
Chatting with Den of Geek, co-showrunner Graham Wagner joked, “I believe we made Fallout 6,” earlier than Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan, who’s govt producer on the undertaking in addition to director of its first three episodes, teased: “We all know all about Fallout 5; we’re not telling anybody.”
Howard then stated he guided the Fallout TV present’s creators to avoid something which may have clashed with Fallout 5. “Properly, there have been some issues the place I stated, ‘Don’t do that as a result of we’re going to do this in Fallout 5,’” Howard stated.
The Fallout TV present, whereas canon, is about after the Fallout video games and 219 years after the Nice Warfare, within the 12 months 2296. That’s 9 years after the occasions of Fallout 4 and 19 years after Fallout 3. Crucially, it’s set 14 years after the occasions of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, the climax of Obsidian’s Fallout: New Vegas. The Fallout TV present is about in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, which suggests we might even see among the New Vegas online game within the sequence.
Bethesda has but to say something concrete about Fallout 5, put it aside’s going to make it after The Elder Scrolls 6, itself not anticipated earlier than 2028. So, Fallout 5 is an extended, good distance off. Quite a bit can change between from time to time too, together with plot plans.
Till then, followers have the Fallout TV present to chew on, in addition to Fallout 4’s next-gen replace, which is due out sooner or later this 12 months. For extra, take a look at why the Fallout TV present’s latest trailer sparked a debate in regards to the NCR and BoS uniforms.
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