We sit down with Bethesda to discuss the 2022 roadmap for Fallout 76, revisiting The Pitt, and the team’s five-year plan.
How is the team structured to support Fallout 76 going forward? We’ve got the 2022 Roadmap, is the team looking beyond that?
The funny thing is if I could share what’s on this other monitor right here, you would love to see it because it’s a five-year roadmap that I’m working on. We have long term plans, and things get a little fuzzier the further we go out because we adjust and adapt as things show up and we see what players want and what they’re doing. But, a lot of my time right now is spent on planning that three and five-year roadmap. The three-year roadmap is a lot more understood and known, at five-years it gets a little more fuzzy, but we’re dedicated to updating [Fallout 76].
The message to our players is, there should be no reason to think that we’re not going to continue updating this game. We have things that we’re doing to ensure that we can continue producing updates for the game for a long period of time. We’ve got a lot of fun, cool stuff that I can’t wait to tell people about. Stuff that’s beyond this year.
Any final thoughts on Fallout 76, the 2022 Roadmap, and what’s in store?
You know, it’s always good to remind folks that these are free updates. We’re putting out four free updates a year with new content. We’ve got an awesome community that loves our game and we’ve got a development team and company that’s very committed. We’re doing a lot of specific things this year but we’re putting plans in place to ensure that we have ways to continue producing updates and content for years. So yeah, if you’ve never played Fallout 76 it’s a great time to hop in and give it a shot!
Another website asked about the next-gen upgrade and it’s considered as a long-term plan:
(translated by Google):
Zomji : Do you have any plans to release a dedicated version of Fallout 76 for ninth generation platforms?
Mark Tucker : "Releasing such a version is definitely an interesting idea, and we definitely have a plan for it. But at the moment I can not provide exact details of it and it is considered as a long-term plan. “Fallout 76 already has good graphics, and certainly ninth-generation platforms can make the visual experience even better.”
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I may pick it up again down the road, but I felt like I was lagging behind most other players in terms of leveling and gear and the grind just felt like way too much. But this was like 2 or 3 years ago when the game was in its death throes before Bethesda righted the ship.
Too much good stuff right now, though. But kudos to them for really turning this game around and committing to improving it.
KakkaKarrotKake:
How big is BGS Austin?
Around 100 people I believe. But they’re also working on Starfield (and some job listing last year pointed to Austin working on an unnanounced game but I don’t know if it was a mistake or maybe it was a support role for another team at Bethesda).
Proven
March 8, 2022, 1:03pm
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I thought the latest roadmap was proof Bethesda is itching to kill this game though!
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Knottian
(Daniel)
March 8, 2022, 2:07pm
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According to some personalities who don’t know how to make comparisons to roadmaps as far out as last year
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Knottian
(Daniel)
March 8, 2022, 2:09pm
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AgentScarnM:
I may pick it up again down the road, but I felt like I was lagging behind most other players in terms of leveling and gear and the grind just felt like way too much. But this was like 2 or 3 years ago when the game was in its death throes before Bethesda righted the ship.
Too much good stuff right now, though. But kudos to them for really turning this game around and committing to improving it.
Well, if you decide to, ping me; my wife and I love helping out new/returning players. The community overall is one of the best out there in that regard.
BRiT
March 8, 2022, 2:10pm
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This game’s death is like the death scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie… it just goes on forever…
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WHERE IS MY LOOT YOU TEASE?!
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I hope one of them is engine upgrade
Fallout New Vegas sequel must be 2027-28
pg2g
March 8, 2022, 3:02pm
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Engine upgrade ain’t gonna save those terrible character models lol
PsyDec
March 8, 2022, 3:06pm
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I was definitely raising an eyebrow when Matty was declaring this game dead due to its recent roadmap - it made me concerned for the games health seeing as he has infinitely more Fallout knowhow than I do.
Good to see my scepticism vindicated.
But I thought that Creation Engine 2 had quite nice character updates no?
pg2g
March 8, 2022, 3:07pm
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I don’t think they are going to remake Fallout 76
Probably. Would be nice though. Would last a generation .
jfsolo
March 8, 2022, 3:18pm
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PsyDec:
I was definitely raising an eyebrow when Matty was declaring this game dead due to its recent roadmap - it made me concerned for the games health seeing as he has infinitely more Fallout knowhow than I do.
Good to see my scepticism vindicated.
I feel like it was one of those, “think it into existence” predictions with the hope of the game dying so that Fallout 5 might come out sooner.
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Staffy
March 8, 2022, 3:59pm
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Whenever they released a update for XSX I’ll go give it a chance for real.
Knottian
(Daniel)
March 8, 2022, 4:17pm
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When the hell are you going to ping me when you’re online?! Shoot….
Knottian
(Daniel)
March 8, 2022, 4:18pm
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Wow… great reference. Excuse me while I go watch the credits again…