Bethesda has confirmed 'Fallout 5' and classic 'Fallout' remasters. 'Fallout 5' is in pre-production, while remasters of 'Fallout 3' and 'Fallout: New Vegas' are planned for modern platforms. Bethesda has confirmed that 'Fallout 5' is in pre-production, with remasters of 'Fallout 3' and 'Fallout: New Vegas' also planned for modern platforms. Polygon reports that the sequel is Bethesda's "long-range destination" as the studio works on multiple projects in the series. Bethesda said in its summer announcement: "We have multiple Fallout projects in active development right now." The remasters will revisit Bethesda's 2008 Washington, D.C.-set 'Fallout 3' and Obsidian Entertainment's 2010 Mojave-set 'Fallout: New Vegas'. Bethesda has not announced release windows or further details for either project. Polygon also reports that Obsidian is working on a separate new 'Fallout' project. Elsewhere, Bethesda is planning 'Raven Rock', a major 'Fallout 76' expansion due in 2027 that will serve as a prequel to 'Fallout 3'. The studio will not hold a traditional Fallout Day broadcast in 2026, instead planning a live event in Washington, D.C. for the series' 30th anniversary in 2027. The news follows Dork's coverage of the upcoming second edition of tabletop game 'Fallout: Wasteland Warfare', which is being rebuilt with a stronger focus on solo play. Watch's before doors sessions. Intimate, stripped-back live sessions filmed moments before the doors open. Raw sound, real rooms, no second takes. Subscribe on YouTube so you never miss a new one.

Fallout 5 confirmed, but Bethesda's reveal left fans cold - And honestly, fair enough. Last Updated: August 27, 2026 Todd Howard made a Reddit post. That's it, that's the story - and anyone who has tracked Bethesda over the last ten years knows why that qualifies as news on its own. This is the studio behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the Fallout games, a series it wrested creative control of from Obsidian Entertainment, and it has spent the past few years saying next to nothing while its fanbase waited on its marquee projects. Howard finally cracked the silence. What Bethesda quietly confirmed in July. In July, the company published an official roadmap post on its website. Fallout 5 sits in pre-production, and it's being developed on the Creation Engine 3. That wasn't all. Remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are both in the works. On top of that, Bethesda and Obsidian Entertainment are reportedly collaborating on an entirely new Fallout game, although almost nothing has been said about it. It reads well on paper. The problem: The Elder Scrolls VI holds the top spot on Bethesda's priority list right now, so every single one of those Fallout projects sits years down the road. Eight years and not even a release window. The Elder Scrolls VI got its first reveal back in 2018 by way of an extremely short teaser trailer. Eight years on, there's still no confirmed release window - not even an approximate one - and a good chunk of the audience has decided it may still be years off. Starfield, the studio's newest RPG, was widely written off as a flop in the meantime. Updates keep arriving for it regardless. The same goes for Fallout 76. All of that sets the stage for Howard's charm offensive. Howard goes to r/Games. To flesh out the announcement, Howard headed over to r/Games in person. "Hey Reddit. I'm a professional lurker and read your comments all the time. Many here do and we deeply appreciate all the passion for our work. I know I don't really post, and we're usually very quiet. Today's info was an attempt at changing that and letting everyone know what we've been working on the past several years, and a look at what's coming. So know we're constantly listening and keep telling us how to be even better. You'd be surprised how many great ideas I get from Reddit. So upvote your favorite and we'll do it. Maybe," Howard said. That closing "Maybe" is carrying an awful lot of weight. The comments were not charmed. Fans, still bruised by the long stretch without news, turned up in the replies with receipts in hand. "Todd Howard when Microsoft suddenly realizes waiting two decades for a new Fallout is a dumb idea," read one reply. Someone else homed in on the remasters: "I'd hope this new energy includes better performance from the 3 and NV remasters. Oblivion is abandoned and its soured my hype for Fallout." Another was blunter still: "Do recall they announced ES6 eight years ago as a ploy. Expect nothing from Bethesda unless they have s*it to show." No trailer, no images, no date. And here's what stops the whole thing from landing: no trailers accompanied the reveal, and no promotional images either. Just a post on a website and a comment on Reddit. Which leaves fans exactly where they've stood since 2018 - staring down an empty road, hoping something finally appears on it.

I played Avowed in 2026: A tasting menu, not Skyrim's buffet. Avowed is not Skyrim: Obsidian's first-person fantasy RPG swaps sandbox sprawl for a focused, story-heavy adventure with sharper narrative pacing. I rolled into Eora expecting a Bethesda-sized theme park and walked out with a focused, story-heavy adventure that kept whispering, "I'm not Skyrim." Since Avowed launched on February 18, 2025, as a first-person fantasy RPG set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, every corner of the internet has compared it to The Elder Scrolls. A year later, in 2026, I finally understand why Obsidian kept waving that comparison away like a party guest who doesn't want to be handed the karaoke mic. If Skyrim is an all-you-can-eat buffet where you can ignore the main quest and stack cheese wheels for six hours, Avowed is more like a plated tasting menu with a chef who really wants you to notice the narrative sauce. That isn't a failure. It's a deliberate fork in the road. The Skyrim comparison was always inevitable. Obsidian worked on Fallout: New Vegas, so gamers have long treated the studio as the favorite ex of Bethesda's open-world model. When Avowed was announced back in 2020, it immediately became the temporary emotional support RPG for fans still waiting for The Elder Scrolls 6, which was announced in 2018 and has since turned waiting into extreme sport. In a PCGamesN interview, game director Carrie Patel admitted that comparisons to Skyrim were impossible to escape for a first-person fantasy RPG. But she framed Avowed as "our fantasy take on The Outer Worlds" rather than an Elder Scrolls clone. That comparison makes much more sense. The Outer Worlds was inspired by Fallout but compact and story-driven; Avowed does something similar inside Eora. Smaller scope, sharper teeth. Obsidian didn't try to recreate Daggerfall's Great Britain-sized map or Skyrim's sandbox openness. Patel stressed a "more focused experience, something that feels a little more curated," with constraints that protect pacing. As a player, I felt this almost immediately. Avowed doesn't let me wander off for nine days to become a vampire blacksmith; it keeps tugging me back toward its central narrative. That tighter design is like handing me a laser-guided story missile instead of setting off a fireworks barge without a captain. Bethesda's approach can be dazzling, chaotic, and weirdly wonderful. Obsidian's approach cuts a cleaner path and asks me to care about the destination. The Outer Worlds DNA, not a Bethesda clone. The structure borrows more from The Outer Worlds than from Skyrim. Though Avowed's tone aligns with Pillars of Eternity, players who have wandered The Outer Worlds' smaller hub zones will recognize the rhythm: dense areas, meaningful choices, and characters that don't exist just to fill map space. Obsidian is also making The Outer Worlds 2, so the studio clearly believes in its winning formula and is sticking with it. Here's a quick comparison from my 2026 perspective: | Feature | Avowed | Skyrim | The Outer Worlds | | World design | Focused, curated regions | Massive open sandbox | Compact hubs/planets | | Tone | Serious Pillars fantasy | High fantasy freedom | Satirical sci-fi | | Install size | ~75GB | Smaller at launch, huge when modded | Small-to-medium | | Longevity | Story and choices | Mods, open-ended chaos | Replays for endings | A blessing or A curse? Smaller games have real advantages. Avowed's 75GB install felt like a dream next to Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3 both ballooning past 100GB. The map is denser, with fewer bland stretches of "realistic" nothing between points. Obsidian's writers get more room for storytelling and moral decisions, which is exactly what they're famous for. The trade-off is longevity. Skyrim has been alive for over a decade because its openness and modding community turned it into a fantasy operating system. Avowed won't get that same endless second life. Trying to use Avowed as an Elder Scrolls replacement is like using a scalpel to chop down a redwood: the tool is excellent, but the job is wrong. So, should Elder Scrolls fans care? Patel mentioned there is still "an appetite for games that are big sprawling RPGs with a ton of openness," and I agree. That appetite is why people still play Skyrim in 2026. Structured design has become more common, with even Baldur's Gate 3 split into three acts, but it doesn't satisfy the same itch as a completely open world. Avowed scratches a small corner of that itch. It's a first-person fantasy RPG with real writing and a world worth exploring. But it won't be Elder Scrolls 6, and it won't fill the hole left by that 2018 teaser. Obsidian isn't trying to answer Bethesda; it's making its own thing. After a year, I respect that. I just still keep one eye on the horizon for a proper sandbox apocalypse. As reported by Newzoo, player expectations often split between sprawling sandbox "forever games" and curated, narrative-forward RPGs - context that helps explain why Avowed feels intentionally closer to a compact, choice-driven experience than a mod-fueled open-world platform like Skyrim. Looking at Avowed through that lens, its tighter regions, denser quest pacing, and "tasting menu" structure read less like missing features and more like deliberate product positioning: a story-first RPG designed to deliver completion-friendly depth rather than endless systemic wandering.