If everything had gone according to plan, you would have one today new fallout can play. Not an official series from Bethesda, but a huge mod that would have taken you to the capital of England. Fallout London However, it had to be postponed at the last second due to a major update.
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Because in just two days you will receive Fallout 4, on which the mod is based, the next gen update, which includes a few technical changes. For Fallout London this is a problem, because a new update usually also means that modifications have to be adjusted. A topic that shouldn't have come up in the first place had Bethesda sought closer contact with the creators.
Fallout London: “Damaged our team and our hard work”
The small team at Fallout London has been working on their own project for years and came up with one months ago fixed release date selected – then April 12, 2024 came. Bethesda announced that they would… Fallout 4 will release the long-promised next gen update on April 25th becomes. Just two days after Fallout London was supposed to be released.
The team pulled the rope at short notice postponed the release of its own mod. In an interview with BBC, Dean “Prilladog” Carter now reveals why this conflict came about in the first place. The reason is pretty simple: During the entire development period, there was only contact with Bethesda's community managers, but not with the people who knew more about the content of the new update. A circumstance that Carter would have liked to have avoided.
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“This has now led to a postponement, which is very damaging to our team and our hard work over the last four years and has disappointed many fans,” said the Fallout London boss in an interview. Many players who were looking forward to the mod would also have started Bethesda allegations close. Although Carter advises against this in his video statement, he is not surprised by the result because in the end it is “inevitable when there is a lack of communication.”
Update on the release of the modification
In an update on the official Discord channel Fallout London also made Carter possible Release of the mod fired. He and his team therefore hope that the adjustments will only be minor and that any possible complications can be resolved as quickly as possible.
In the end, you definitely want the project for them wide range of players release who will switch to the next gen update. However, if the patch were to pose a “significant risk”, Fallout London would still be available for download for the older version of Fallout 4. However, the team currently assumes that this is not too likely.
By the way, that Bethesda works with the Fallout London team not spoken seems a bit strange in retrospect. After all, people were well aware of the existence of the promising project, Two modders were hired away in 2022 and 2021who now work at Bethesda.