{"id":499173,"date":"2026-01-07T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499173\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:24:10","slug":"locked-fallout-tv-show-countdown-timer-coincides-with-season-2-finale-but-fans-are-hoping-it-also-signals-a-fallout-3-or-new-vegas-remaster-shadowdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499173\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked Fallout TV Show Countdown Timer Coincides With Season 2 Finale \u2014 but Fans Are Hoping It Also Signals a Fallout 3 or New Vegas Remaster Shadowdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There is a mysterious countdown timer on Amazon\u2019s official website for its Fallout TV series that is set to unlock when the Season 2 finale comes out \u2014 but fans think it might also signal the shadowdrop of a Fallout 3 or New Vegas remaster.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The countdown is live now on a <a href=\"https:\/\/fallout-s2.amazonstudios.com\/#main\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> designed to look like a Fallout map. On it are locations in the Fallout map style which, when accessed, lead you to behind-the-scenes information on the show. For example, The Vault 33 outer door, from which Lucy first steps foot into the wasteland, is on the south of the map. The Caswennan, the airship that serves as a soaring fortress for the Brotherhood of Steel, is to the east. And up there in the top right is the locked point of interest alongside the timer, which points to February 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/01\/07\/fallout-main-1767786059781.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/a>The countdown on Amazon&#8217;s Fallout website.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That\u2019s the day the Season 2 finale airs. So, it could just be pointing to a behind-the-scenes hub for the final episode. Perhaps it will reveal a teaser for Season 3, which is already confirmed. Or, as some Fallout fans hope, it will point to a Fallout video game remaster release.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Could Bethesda follow The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and release a remaster of Fallout 3 or New Vegas? In a recent interview with IGN, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/bethesda-chief-todd-howard-says-fallout-is-the-franchise-that-were-doing-the-most-in-right-now-coy-on-potential-return-to-new-vegas-or-a-fallout-3-remaster-while-fans-wait-for-fallout-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Howard remained coy on the possibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We asked Howard if the success of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which has seen over 4 million players since it shadowdropped last year, was a repeatable trick for a Fallout 3 Remastered. Howard kept his cards close to his chest, and reiterated a point he\u2019s been making a lot in interviews lately.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI will just say that the Oblivion Remaster, we&#8217;re really, really pleased with how well it did, it was a very long project too, and not just in how it was received, the ability to shadowdrop it, and the response to doing that,\u201d he said. \u201cI like to do that with games as much as possible. I love the moment that you find out about a game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There was no mention made during the recent Fallout Day broadcast of a Fallout: New Vegas remaster, which some (<a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/remaster-new-vegas-boss-danny-trejo-calls-on-bethesda-to-give-fallout-fans-what-they-really-want\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including Danny Trejo!<\/a>) had called on Bethesda to develop. Indeed, there were no new Fallout games announced at all. Find out <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/fallout-day-2025-everything-announced-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">everything announced during the Fallout Day broadcast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">But there are all sorts of rumors floating around about potential Fallout remakes now that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is out the door (<a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/oblivion-remaster-fallout-3-remaster-and-more-leaked-from-microsoft-document\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 3 Remastered was leaked back in 2023<\/a>, but those plans may have changed). And we know Bethesda wants to eventually get to <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/fallout-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallout 5<\/a>, albeit after <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fallout Season 2, Episode 1 Video Game Details &#8211; Items and Iconography<img alt=\"11. A nice little detail is the shield and skull decoration seen in Novac. This is a reference to the Great Khans ending slide from the first Fallout, which you may have seen based on the choices you\u2019d made in that original Interplay Productions game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#10;12. And of course, it wouldn\u2019t be Fallout with Nuka Cola. A vending machine for the wasteland\u2019s favourite carbonated drink can be seen in Novac by the motel.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;There\u2019s nothing to tease \/ preview they haven\u2019t even begun filming yet,&#8221; one fan said, discounting a Season 3 reveal for the countdown. &#8220;I know you guys are being cynical to avoid getting let down but there\u2019s a chance this is actually something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Please be at least a Fallout 3 remaster as beautiful as Oblivion,&#8221; added another fan. &#8220;Give us something please. I know it will be 20 years before we see another new Fallout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The last mainline Fallout game was Fallout 4, which was released in 2015. DLC content for the entry was steadily released for PC and consoles over the next year, and in 2018, Bethesda launched its multiplayer-centered offshoot, Fallout 76. While fans flocked to the West Virginia-set open-world RPG over time (and after a rocky launch), it wasn\u2019t until the premiere of Prime Video\u2019s Fallout TV show that the Bethesda series leveled up in terms of attention.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a mysterious countdown timer on Amazon\u2019s official website for its Fallout TV series that is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-499173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115854512405144653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}