Though there is still an overwhelming fondness for the first two games in the series, most people agree that Fallout: New Vegas still serves as the absolute high point for the post-apocalyptic series.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, it made some huge strides technically, whilst still holding on to the immense playability that made Fallout 3 so much fun to explore when it came out.
As such, it's perfectly understandable that fans have been consistently asking for a sequel, and with the Prime Video series now seemingly headed to the New Vegas Strip, it seems as good a time as any.
Unfortunately, a new update from the developer may have put the idea to bed for another few years, in what will likely come as a major blow to many.
Obsidian Are Enjoying Their Own IPs
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As first reported on by GamesRadar+, Obsidian’s VP of operations Marcus Morgan and VP of production Justin Britch sat down with The Game Business to discuss everything past, present and future at the developer.
That included a chat on the calls for a follow-up to the original New Vegas, and it seems that isn't on the cards any time soon.
“I know everyone on the internet, on every game we announce, asks: When’s the next Fallout: New Vegas? When’s the next whatever?” said Morgan.
“But this year, all three of the games are IP that we’ve created. Our history prior to Microsoft surrounded working on others’ IP. And this is the joy that we get of… how do we build our own IP? And we’ve got to the part where we have sequels to all of them.”
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So it seems like, for the time being at least, the studio is fully focused on continuing to push out its own projects, rather than jumping on an IP that belongs to somebody else (like Bethesda). Whilst that's totally fair enough, it will inevitably come as disappointing news to a lot of Fallout fans across the world.
At the very least, we can still hold out some hope that the rumoured remaster of the game is on the way, even if its Bethesda in charge of its execution. They did a very solid job with Oblivion, so if they follow a similar system there will be hundreds of hours of fun to be had.
If that doesn't materialise, then we'll just have to cling on to the TV show as our last port of call for a stay in New Vegas.
Topics: Fallout, Obsidian Entertainment, Bethesda