Fallout 76 is planning Fallout 4-style off map expansions

Fallout 76

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

A suit of power armour styled to look like an astronaut. He is holding a tiny USA flagA player character sitting at a piano in a gloomy lounge (clearly an opulent lounge by post-apocalyptic standards thoughA screenshot of the front gate of Foundation, sort of resembling an old timey fort made from scrapTwo Brotherhood Of Steel soldiers in massive power armour standing either side of an officer in fatigues

When Fallout 76 launched in 2018 it was, frankly, Rust’s younger cousin wearing the clothes it stole from Fallout 4’s closet. After two years of updates – quests, companions, factions, and more – Fallout 76 waddles like a Wastelander and quacks like one too. I chatted with Fallout 76 project lead Jeff Gardiner and lead quest designer Brianna Schneider about where the game is headed, and the answer could be out of Appalachia.

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