A whole batch of fresh information for Fallout fans has just been announced. Todd Howard from Bethesda has also spoken on Reddit, assuring the community: Their suggestions, wishes, and ideas are being heard by the developers.
While mass layoffs are happening at Xbox, Bethesda, which is also part of Microsoft’s gaming division under Zenimax, has shared new information about upcoming Fallout projects and The Elder Scrolls. Remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are in development, and a new fifth installment is now in pre-production.
The long-awaited sixth installment of The Elder Scrolls series remains the primary project that most of the team is working on. Bethesda shared the exact plan on social media and on their website.
Todd Howard, who serves as Game Director and Producer coordinating the development of Fallout and Elder Scrolls, has reached out to the community on Reddit.
“We are always listening”
What does Howard have to say to the fans? Under a Reddit post by user Sepik121, who shares news about Fallout, Todd Howard left a comment.
In it, he writes that he is a “professional lurker” and appreciates the posts and enthusiasm of the community. He would not be making any posts himself, and the team is generally “very quiet” on Reddit.
With the new announcements, they want to change that and show what they have been working on in recent years. Admittedly, the community hasn’t seen anything substantial regarding Fallout and Elder Scrolls from the news; Bethesda has not released trailers or screenshots.
Howard shares an interesting detail next:
You should know that we are always listening – so keep telling us how we can become better. You would be surprised at how many great ideas I get from Reddit. So give your favorite a “upvote” and we’ll implement it. Maybe.
The lead developer admits that he and his team take the wishes and ideas of the community very seriously. However, he does not disclose which of these have made it into any of the games.
In line with this, some users respond under Howard’s comment, asking, among other things, to continue patching the remaster of Oblivion. Currently, it feels like Bethesda and remaster studio Virtuos have abandoned the project, says user GamerLove1.
For the upcoming games, some users also have suggestions: RecruitElite wishes for more and more significant choices to be made by the player in Fallout 5 and TES 6.
However, some in the community do not hold back on criticism. Several times, the accusation arises that Bethesda has released these announcements to distract from the negative headlines surrounding the layoffs: “Given the massive layoffs, it’s very hard to believe anything of it,” writes user FriendlyBelligerent.
It will likely still take some time before Bethesda reveals more about the announced games. Especially Fallout 5 is still a long way off. How do you all feel about a statement like Todd Howard’s? Feel free to write it in the comments. More on the layoffs can be read here: Developers behind Skyrim and Doom are resisting Microsoft’s layoffs, considering them a “significant disruption”
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