Hot on the heels of the very good Fallout television series on Amazon, Fallout 4 is getting a bunch of new features, fixes, and content courtesy of a big “next gen” update that’s set to go live on April 25.
You may recall that this update was actually announced back in 2022 as part of Bethesda’s 25th anniversary celebration for Fallout, with a rollout slated for 2023. As 2023 faded into memory with no sign of the update, it was eventually pushed into 2024: We speculated at the time that Bethesda was holding it back for a release alongside the Fallout series, possibly to give Fallout 4 a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners-style sales boost, and now here we are, not quite spot on but close enough to count in my book.
The update is aimed primarily at bringing Fallout 4 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles with improved graphics and 60 fps gameplay, but it’s also coming to previous-gen consoles, and yes, PC too.
The PC update will add support for widescreen and ultra-widescreen displays, update some quests, make fixes to the Creation Kit, and add a number of “stability, mods, and bug fixes,” including to the Japanese and Chinese language versions of the game, which will have access to mods restored. Fallout 4 will also finally be Steam Deck verified, and it will be released on the Epic Games Store.
Also part of the update are Enclave-themed Creation Club items including new weapon and armor skins, the Tesla Cannon, Hellfire and X-02 power armor, and the heavy incinerator, and a new quest called Echoes of the Past that will challenge players to stop the Enclave from establishing a foothold in the Commonwealth. The Enclave, you’ll recall, is a fascist paramilitary organization that served as the primary antagonist in Fallout 2 and also played a major role in Fallout 3, in which it suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Brotherhood of Steel.
There’s also a new Makeshift Weapon Pack featuring a baseball launcher, a nail gun, and a piggy bank, and Halloween decorations for your settlement.
The Fallout 4 next-gen update will go live on April 25 on Steam, GOG, the Microsoft Store, and the Epic Games Store.