{"id":942455,"date":"2026-07-18T03:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/942455\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:11:15","slug":"obviously-bethesda-is-remastering-fallout-new-vegas-and-fallout-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/942455\/","title":{"rendered":"Obviously, Bethesda Is Remastering ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ and ‘Fallout 3’"},"content":{"rendered":"

To absolutely no one\u2019s surprise, Bethesda Game Studios<\/a> has officially announced that it is working on remasters of 2008\u2019s Fallout 3 and 2010\u2019s Fallout: New Vegas. Rumors of the remasters have been swirling for months; season two<\/a> of Prime Video\u2019s Fallout TV series<\/a>, which takes place largely in New Vegas, premiered in December 2025 and led to renewed interest in what many fans of the Fallout game franchise consider to be the series\u2019 best entry, and Bethesda was just really bad at keeping the Fallout 3 remaster a secret<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The timing of the announcement is auspicious, too. Fallout (the TV series) just received nine Emmy nominations<\/a> (or 10, if you count the nod for \u201cThe World of Fallout<\/a>\u201d exhibit in the Emerging Media category) for its second season. Makes sense to ride that positive momentum and officially announce the remasters, right?<\/p>\n

Except, as Kotaku<\/a> points out, it\u2019s not that simple. In early July, Microsoft, which owns ZeniMax Media<\/a>, Bethesda\u2019s parent company, announced it would lay off 3,200 employees<\/a> from its Xbox division, with 440 of those job losses affecting ZeniMax and Bethesda union workers<\/a>. That, it should not need to be said, is not a good look.<\/p>\n

So Bethesda\u2019s announcement of the Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters is likely part celebration and part distraction, though it does give off more of a \u201cpay no attention to the man behind the curtain\u201d vibe than anything else. The news is buried in a larger blog post about Bethesda\u2019s current roadmap. \u201cWhile we\u2019re not announcing any dates today, we have been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas,\u201d the post reads. And that\u2019s it\u2014at least about the remasters. No screenshots, no teases, nothing.<\/p>\n

It especially sucks because these remasters are objectively good news; as someone who has tried and failed to play New Vegas in 2026 because it was just too janky, I am extremely stoked to be able to experience the game\u2019s legendary writing and role-playing depth in full for the first time whenever the remaster comes out. I just wish it wasn\u2019t so tied up in Xbox\u2019s nonsense.<\/p>\n

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