Yep, Fallout 5’s world will be impacted by the happenings of the Fallout TV Show, sayeth Todd Howard

Like Amazon's second series TV show “Fallout” comes out of a hole in the ground with a cog-shaped door, Todd Howard said the word Fallout and stuck a five behind it. He verbally endorsed – or reminded, depending on how you look at it – the idea that events that play out in a TV show have an impact on the next main part of the series, at least in terms of how they're treated in world-building.

To the question Biba News will the show have an impact on Fallout 5cleanliness is nearby. Toddlins replied: “In short, yes.” “Fallout 5 will exist in a world where the stories and events of the series took place or are happening,” he explained. “We take that into account.”

Based on the wording, I'd guess that all he's probably talking about here is the need for similar terminal entries or other in-game rumors that refer to locations in the post-apocalyptic US touched upon by the series to reflect what the adaptation says happened. For example, Everyone's brain is foggy after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam. Or, well, all this nonsense around the capital of NKR is experiencing a boomwhich, to be honest, I just thought was a pretty unnecessary can of worms to open the show.

Is any of this, or possible cheeky references to characters like Lucy and the Ghoul, what particularly worries me about the next single-player Fallout, whenever it finally comes out? Not really, no. Again, I've made it clear that I think the show would likely benefit from not having to spend so much time debating the word “canon.” Is it nice when the worlds of all your things fit together well in a way that can serve the larger narrative, unify the overall story, and also result in a neat corporate synergy between them? Yes, it is, but at the same time this broader construction of knowledge should ideally serve the key stories being told in the here and now of the game or show in the first place, rather than the other way around.

Since both the showrunners and Todd have already there was a conversation about the third series even before the last of them was put into operation, Howard also reported – this time, that Diversity – that both parties are already hard at work deciding how they can make a Fallout game to coincide with the next series.

“In terms of games and TV shows, we are currently writing season three,” Fairly Todd Parents said. “We're currently discussing what we're doing for the third season of the TV show and what elements we can bring to our games around the time it comes out so they don't feel forced or fake.” So, more crossover Fallout 76's Gogginsy Burning Springs Update lining up early, which is honestly a lot better than people having to en masse yell “Where are the new Fallouty bits, now you've whetted my appetite?”

At the time of writing, Fallout 5 still does not have a release date. It is expected to fall around 453689386890290906789, a little later. The Elder Scrolls 6 goes on sale at 303689386890290906789..