Fallout: London has just launched a major free update, download now

Given that it’s been nine long years since Fallout 4 launched, you can understand why we’re desperately awaiting the release of Fallout 5.

That need and desire has only been exacerbated by Prime Video’s Fallout TV series, a stellar adaptation of Bethesda’s wasteland-centric IP.

The problem is that while Fallout 5 is indeed happening, it’s still many, many years away from launch.

Bethesda is still in the midst of providing Starfield with post-launch support with the game’s first expansion, Shattered Space, set to land later this year.

The Elder Scrolls VI is then next in line.

A playable version is believed to exist internally, but the game still won’t likely launch for a couple of years.

That could see Fallout 5 potentially landing in or around 2030 given the length of Bethesda’s development cycles.

It’s a good job that the excellent fan-made Fallout: London has landed in the meantime to keep those of us on PC busy.

Already hailed by players as the best Fallout in years, the conversion mod takes the franchise away from the USA to the UK for the very first time.

“From stuffy parliamentary aristocrats to a resurrection of the Knights of the Round Table to an uncompromising cult of revolutionaries”, these are just a few of the things you’ll encounter in the mod.

Take a look at Fallout: London in action below.

Following on from the mod’s long-awaited launch, a free update has now landed for players.

Team FOLON have revealed that the update includes some changes to NPCs and gameplay, in addition to various quest, audio and item fixes and tweaks.

As for those main gameplay tweaks, you can take a look below:

• The effects of the early-game ‘Lab Rat’ and ‘Railway Spine’ afflictions are now more serious (explanation in ‘Broken Angel’). Additionally, upon curing one affliction, you will get a reminder to cure the other one.
• Beer mat stat multipliers fixed.
• Fortify agility added to Corpse Cabbage tea.
• Aluminium Tray now has British spelling and gives Aluminium instead of Steel.
• Thames water radiation affliction reduced from 250 Rads to 169 Rads and removed resistances to fix a bug when using RadX.
• Cigarette buff increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
• Nicotine addiction debuff effects reduced from -1 AGIL and -2 END to -1 AGI and - 1 INT.
• Luger silencer added gun nut 02 requirement to craft.
• Sneering Imperialist perk description fixed.
• Molotov cocktails damage reduced from base game 50 to 30 and radius reduced from 500 to 400.
• Lewis gun, MG42 and Bren added to the heavy weapon category.
• Lewis gun plasma barrel reduced range but increased damage to make it different from the laser barrel.
• EM2 changed to use .280 rounds.
• Empty Bwonez bean cans now weigh 0.1 therefore less than a full can of Bwonez beans.
• Foxes have had a slight nerf to their base attack damage.
• Minebots/Naval walkers have had their health nerfed across the board.
• Legendary Dryads fixed.

The update is available to download now.