Fallout Day Announcement Made, Something's Missing

Fallout players are outraged by today’s Fallout Day announcements, as it’s not what we were expecting at all.

Bethesda recently shared the plan of action for today’s Fallout Day broadcast, bringing news on the latest expansions and additions to its current line-up of Fallout games. Emphasis on current there as that’s the wording the studio went for.

As you’ve probably gleaned, Fallout fans were hoping that today would finally be the day Fallout 3 Remastered gets announced, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case.

What Is Being Announced Later?

Bethesda has confirmed three of its games are getting new content, Fallout 76, Fallout Shelter and surprisingly Fallout 4. The first two games felt like safe bets as they’ve had long-term support but the latter is actually a nice surprise, depending on what’s actually getting added.

Unfortunately, many of us were expecting either Fallout 3 Remastered or something related to Fallout: New Vegas, which doesn’t seem to be on the cards this time.

On Bethesda’s Instagram post teasing the Fallout Day livestream, fans were very vocal about their disappointment.

One fan said they had “zero expectations and y'all still let me down” and they were not alone in that regard.

“What a surprise, nothing at all that the fans wanted. You'd think I'd have learnt from last year's disappointment,” said another disgruntled Fallout fan.

“Oh boy! Announcements for a seven year old game and a 10 year old game and another 10 year old game,” one said regarding the line-up.

One comment that really stood out was one that read: “Never seen a company not want money before. Literal gold mine to remaster 3 and New Vegas but we keep getting 76 stuff.”

Many others said they won’t be tuning into the broadcast now that they know their favourite games won’t be getting any love this year.

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While I’m not surprised Fallout 3 Remastered isn’t getting announced, I would be surprised if some of the content we are getting for Bethesda’s existing games isn’t related to Fallout: New Vegas. The Mojave is the setting for Fallout’s second season and the game recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, so surely Obsidian Entertainment’s take on the Fallout world is getting some recognition later today.

The announcements do feel like a disappointment, but the optimist in me says to tune into the Fallout Day livestream anyway as perhaps Bethesda is hiding a few cards up its sleeve to surprise us with.