Microsoft is in early talks for a Fallout New Vegas sequel

[Daniel Sims]

Why it matters: When Microsoft acquired the Fallout property via the Zenimax (Bethesda) merger, many almost immediately started fantasizing about giving previous acquisition Obsidian another shot at the franchise. Recent comments on a podcast indicate that dream is becoming possible.

During this week’s episode of GiantBomb’s GrubbSnax podcast, VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb said that, according to his sources, people at Microsoft have entered very early talks mentioning developer Obsidian and a sequel to the 2010 RPG Fallout New Vegas. Anything that comes out of these talks would be years away, as Obsidian already has other projects on its plate, but it could put the Fallout franchise back into the hands of some of its original creators.

The Fallout franchise is mainly known for the Bethesda-produced games: Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. Some of the developers who worked on the original Fallout and Fallout 2 at Black Isle Studios later helped form Obsidian Entertainment, which released Fallout New Vegas—still a well-liked entry in the series. Obsidian and Bethesda are now under the Microsoft umbrella, making a follow-up more possible than ever.

Another RPG studio Microsoft acquired—inXile Entertainment—has spent the last several years working on follow-ups to Wasteland, to which the original Fallout was a spiritual successor. The current head of inXile has worked on both franchises over the years.

The prospect of a Fallout 5 or New Vegas 2 is undoubtedly a very long way from realization. Bethesda is busy with both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. Obsidian has The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed under development, so its plate is full. That leaves inXile, but it has an unannounced project it is building on Unreal Engine 5.

That said, if Grubb's sources are correct, Redmond is at least considering handing the Fallout reins to studios outside of Bethesda. And surely Obsidian would live another shot at New Vegas since The Outer Worlds was something of an homage to that stellar work.

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[terzaerian]

I'm just waiting for the "exclusive to MS store and/or Game Pass" shoe to drop.

Because Microsoft is going to drop that shoe the moment they think they can get away with it.

 

[yRaz]

I'm just waiting for the "exclusive to MS store and/or Game Pass" shoe to drop.

Because Microsoft is going to drop that shoe the moment they think they can get away with it.

maybe, but atleast Microsoft sees what's really going on here. Bethesda has gone "woke", become politically correct and they are now putting out crap games. Give the Fallout IP back to obsidian and let them actually make a good game. Fallout 4 sucked story wise, 76 is still a dumpster fire...just, why did they even think that was a good formula for a game?

Anyway, give fallout back to Obsidian. I want a game that forces me not choose between good and evil but 2 shades of grey. Further, I don't want it to be some dialog box that has no effect on the game, I want game changing consequences for every decision I make that aren't immediately obvious at the time.

 

[Dimitriid]

The fact that Microsoft is handling this and not Bethesda (We know how *that* went in the past when dealing with Obsidian) and that a certain person apparently isn't immediately named seems like a good sign to me.

What do you know: I guess I am capable of reacting entirely positively to a news item after all.

 

[terzaerian]

maybe, but atleast Microsoft sees what's really going on here. Bethesda has gone "woke", become politically correct and they are now putting out crap games. Give the Fallout IP back to obsidian and let them actually make a good game. Fallout 4 sucked story wise, 76 is still a dumpster fire...just, why did they even think that was a good formula for a game?

Anyway, give fallout back to Obsidian. I want a game that forces me not choose between good and evil but 2 shades of grey. Further, I don't want it to be some dialog box that has no effect on the game, I want game changing consequences for every decision I make that aren't immediately obvious at the time.

Don't get me wrong, Pete Hines must be fuming - to have their stupid launcher and one of their crown jewel franchises taken away in the same week? Glorious. I'm just too used to Microsoft always following up good ideas with awful ones as that does seem to be their pattern.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

This will ship before D4 probably, but not before 2026.

 

[terzaerian]

This will ship before D4 probably, but not before 2026.

Hopefully, this time it won't be hobbled by an arbitrary Christmas deadline.

 

[Uncle Al]

No doubt MicroSludge will try more antic's to squeeze more money out of users ..... and they will fall flat on their face again .... don't they have a company historian that keeps track or these things or is their new goal to see how many times they can fail???

 

[Squid Surprise]

No doubt MicroSludge will try more antic's to squeeze more money out of users ..... and they will fall flat on their face again .... don't they have a company historian that keeps track or these things or is their new goal to see how many times they can fail???

Yeah... they clearly suck... I mean... they're only worth about a trillion dollars and are one of the largest (and most profitable) companies in the world...

I'm just waiting for Elder Scrolls VI...

 

[terzaerian]

Yeah... they clearly suck... I mean... they're only worth about a trillion dollars and are one of the largest (and most profitable) companies in the world...

I'm just waiting for Elder Scrolls VI...

Nobody accumulates a trillion dollars providing value for money to others.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Nobody accumulates a trillion dollars providing value for money to others.

Nobody accumulates a trillion dollars being stupid or incompetent...

 

[terzaerian]

Nobody accumulates a trillion dollars being stupid or incompetent...

Microsoft's long-term strategy of cutting costs by passing them onto the consumer in the form of poor QA and poor security is, to them and their grubby shareholders and mad raving fanboys, genius.

Not so much for everyone else that has to live in the dysfunctional world they make.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Microsoft's long-term strategy of cutting costs by passing them onto the consumer in the form of poor QA and poor security is, to them and their grubby shareholders and mad raving fanboys, genius.

Not so much for everyone else that has to live in the dysfunctional world they make.

I hardly think they're the only ones doing that... and it clearly works...

 

[terzaerian]

I hardly think they're the only ones doing that... and it clearly works...

No sh*t, Sherlock. It's sh*tty when anyone else does it too. And just because "it works" in the pure business sense means it's an ethical or good thing to do. Invading Ukraine is clearly "just working" for Russia's territorial goals too.

 

[Squid Surprise]

No sh*t, Sherlock. It's sh*tty when anyone else does it too. And just because "it works" in the pure business sense means it's an ethical or good thing to do. Invading Ukraine is clearly "just working" for Russia's territorial goals too.

My original comment was defending MS from the person who said they "failed" over and over... I am not making any judgements on their inherent "goodness"...

Although... comparing them to Putin would make them virtually saints...

 

[Tantor]

I hardly think they're the only ones doing that... and it clearly works...

So you're saying that if thugs conspire to beat you up it's ok? Because "they're not the only ones doing that and it clearly works."

Whatever floats your boat...

 

[Squid Surprise]

So you're saying that if thugs conspire to beat you up it's ok? Because "they're not the only ones doing that and it clearly works."

Whatever floats your boat...

Apparently you haven't read my other posts... I'm not commenting on the inherent "goodness" of MS... merely their effectiveness...

If a thug beats me up and takes my wallet, I can accuse them of being evil... but not of being incompetent!