Fallout 76 Is Finally Getting Native Versions for Xbox Series X and S and PS5 Early 2026

Bethesda has announced autochthonal versions of Fallout 76 are coming to Xbox Series X and S and PlayStation 5 aboriginal 2026.

The announcement came arsenic portion of Bethesda's Fallout Day broadcast, which besides brought quality that “optimizations” are coming for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players, too. Bethesda didn't uncover immoderate much info connected what these caller versions of Fallout 76 really do.

However, Bethesda did usage Fallout Day to amusement much of Fallout 76’s Burning Springs update, which is owed retired December 2, 2025. This is the large update that expands the representation to see a brand-new arid portion successful Ohio, wherever players volition brushwood the raider-like supermutant Rust King, conflict godforsaken Deathclaws, and articulation up with friends successful 2 caller nationalist events.

But the header present is the caller bounty hunting system, which is led by The Ghoul from the Fallout TV show. Actor Walton Goggins has reprised his relation for Fallout 76 with caller dependable work. It’s a well-timed update, fixed Season 2 of the Fallout TV amusement is acceptable to him Prime Video successful December.

Timeline omniscient (both Fallout 76 and the Fallout TV amusement are canon), it turns retired The Ghoul acceptable up store successful Ohio to tally a bounty hunting cognition earlier the post-apocalyptic events of the Fallout TV series, which takes spot aft each the Fallout games.

It’s worthy remembering wherever we are successful the wide Fallout timeline: the TV amusement is acceptable successful the twelvemonth 2296, Fallout 4 takes spot successful the twelvemonth 2287, portion Fallout: New Vegas is acceptable successful the twelvemonth 2281, a afloat 15 years anterior to the events of the show.

The Fallout 76 timeline, meanwhile, begins successful 2102, connected October 23, known arsenic Reclamation Day. It is the earliest crippled successful the Fallout franchise, acceptable 25 years aft the Great War of 2077, erstwhile atomic bombs devastated the Earth. We cognize from Season 1 of the Fallout TV amusement that The Ghoul has survived for implicit 200 years retired successful the wasteland. Now we cognize immoderate of what helium was up to.

For more, cheque retired everything announced during the Fallout Day broadcast.

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