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Fallout: London, the impressive Fallout 4 mod that’s basically a whole new game, has a release dateOver five years in the making
Over five years in the making
Image credit:Team FOLON/Bethesda
Image credit:Team FOLON/Bethesda
Fallout: Londonhas been in the works for five years now, culminating in a seriously impressive mod forFallout 4that’s essentially a brand new game set in a radiated England rather than North America. After missing its planned release window in 2023, it now has a full release date - and it’s only a few months away.
Fallout London - Official Release AnnouncementWatch on YouTube
Fallout London - Official Release Announcement
Fallout: London started work back in early 2019, amassing a team of over 50 core developers and more than 200 contributors over the years to create a reimagining of Fallout 4 set here in London. A complete wasteland of the UK? Who could imagine!
Thegame-sized modspans the capital’s boroughs from Camden to Croydon, Westminster to Hackney, with landmarks including Tower Bridge and Houses of Parliament being appropriately post-apocalyptified for players to explore. All in all, the explorable wasteland is said to be equal in size to Fallout 4’s original Commonwealth and its Far Harbor DLC combined. The world is filled with all the British paraphernalia you’d expect too, from pubs and tube stations to buses and telephone boxes.
While Fallout: London’s developers at Team FOLON say the mod is already “content-complete” - with work spanning both reskinned assets from original Fallout 4 and the creation of hundreds of new weapons, clothes, animations and objects, including seven unique settlements - it was pushed back from itsplanned release last yearinto 2024.
A statement from the developers of Fallout London and Team FOLON.Official Release Announcement Video:https://t.co/MfmDExpqGapic.twitter.com/Pz5AGfsHrW— Team FOLON (@TeamFOLON)December 23, 2023
A statement from the developers of Fallout London and Team FOLON.Official Release Announcement Video:https://t.co/MfmDExpqGapic.twitter.com/Pz5AGfsHrW
“We only get one chance at a first release. We aim to deliver a memorable Fallout: London experience and wish to avoid any release issues, such as those that have plagued other community or industry projects recently,” the team said in a statement posted to TwiXer. “Consequently, we’ve made the decision to exercise prudence and opt for a delay.”
The new release date for Fallout: London will be the rather fitting date of April 24th - St. George’s Day. The team added that the delay will let them finish up testing, and has the added benefit of putting the mod’s launch around thetime of Amazon’s premierefor theFallout TV show.
Acknowledging Bethesda’s own plans for their free “next-gen” Fallout 4 update - whichitself was delayed into 2024from a planned release last year - Team FOLON confirmed that they have no plans to release Fallout: London for the new update and “cannot foresee the changes they [Bethesda] may implement”.
