Almost five years after the console’s launch, it’s been confirmed Bethesda will finally provide Fallout 76 with a native PS5 version. The online game has always been playable via backwards compatibility, but wasteland explorers had to put up with last-gen visuals and framerates. From next year, there’ll be a true PS5 version of Fallout 76.
There aren’t any details on how much better the title will look and run on current-gen hardware, so expect resolutions and target frame rates to be shared closer to release. It’s releasing in early 2026.
Between now and then, Fallout 76 will be updated for free with the Burning Springs expansion. This adds The Ghoul from the Amazon Prime TV series to the game, and Walter Goggins reprises the role. You can see some clips taken from the new content in the trailer above.
The expansion includes the biggest expansion of the map in Fallout 76’s history, with the new area housing “the brutal Rust King, battle desert Deathclaws, and join up with friends in two new public events”. It’ll be available from 2nd December 2025.