Fallout 4’s ‘next-gen update’ has been delayed to 2024

Bethesda has delayed Fallout 4’s PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC update to 2024.

“Thank you for your patience with us as we work on the Fallout 4 next-gen update,” it said. “We know you’re excited, and so are we! But we need a bit more time and look forward to an exciting return to the Commonwealth in 2024.”

Bethesda said last year that Fallout 4 would be getting a free current-gen upgrade in 2023.

It’s set to include “performance mode features for high frame rates, quality features for 4K resolution gameplay, bug fixes and even bonus Creation Club content”.

Asked about its progress in August, Bethesda’s now retired head of publishing Pete Hines said the company had its hands full with Starfield, which would be released in September following a couple of delays.

“Dunno if you heard but we are shipping a new game in 3 weeks. Bit of a priority. When we have an update, we will share it,” he said.

Fallout debuted in 1997 and the most recent game in the series was 2018’s online multiplayer title Fallout 76. Season 15 of the game, The Big Score, launched this month.

The last mainline series entry, 2015’s Fallout 4, is also its best-selling one, having shipped 12 million copies worldwide for launch day alone, according to its publisher.

Bethesda’s Todd Howard reiterated last year that Fallout 5 was behind Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 in the developer’s production queue.

Amazon recently released the first trailer for its Fallout TV series, which is coming to Prime Video in April 2024.