Fallout 3 tipped to get Oblivion-style remaster

Bethesda surprised us all earlier this year with the release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. As it turns out, they may have another big remaster cooking up – Fallout 3. 

We've been hearing rumours about a Fallout 3 remaster for years. However, now that Bethesda has discovered this new method with Virtuos, allowing them to completely overhaul the graphics while leaving the underlying code untouched, a remaster is more feasible than ever.

With The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, the game essentially runs the original game under the hood, with an Unreal Engine 5 wrapper to handle graphics. This means that the entire game remains intact from the original release, with no extra work required to rebuild systems and mechanics. This also has the added benefit of carrying forward mod support.

While Bethesda has not publicly announced any plans for a remaster for Fallout 3, VGC claims to have heard that the project does exist and is being actively worked on, with plans to make it similar to the Oblivion remaster.

If true, it would help Bethesda bridge its massive gap between major projects. Right now, the company is hard at work on The Elder Scrolls 6, but as we learned recently, the game is still ‘a long ways off'. Unfortunately for Fallout fans, this also means that Fallout 5 is no closer to release, and likely won't see the light of day until after 2030.

While not a remaster, recently Bethesda did also release an Anniversary Edition version of Fallout 4, although the update has not been particularly well received amongst PC players.

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