Do you like classical music? Is your life set to a beautiful symphony invoving violins, pianos, and the occasional tuba? Do you yearn for the surreal event that will be tunes from the Elder Scrolls being played on a radio station that your grandparents might listen to?
]]>Skyblivion, the massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV in Skyrim’s engine, is now in its currently scheduled release year - 2025.
]]>Last year, around this time, I wrote a feature arguing that Starfield, with its perfectly OK, but a bit synthetic and cold universe, was 2023’s actual game of the year.
]]>The second series of Amazon's Fallout TV show has already commenced filming, and even if we've still likely got plenty of time to wait until we see what Lucy, Maximus and The Ghoul get up to in New Vegas, that doesn't mean people aren't excited.
]]>One of the most interesting things happening with Fallout right now, as we close out what's been a very newsworthy year for the franchise, is Fallout 76 taking a crack at letting players turn their wasteland wanderers into ghouls for the first time.
]]>“You can't see it on [the device this interview was recorded using], but my smile is very big,” lead producer Bill LaCoste says, when I ask him how he feels about the year Fallout 76 has had, in what’s generally been pretty historic 12 months for the Fallout series as a whole.
]]>I emerge from the dodgy pool filled with dodgy barrels, geiger counter screaming like a white noise machine, and take it all in.
]]>If you were starting to think that Ella Purnell was set to become some sort of gaming icon, you'll be devastated to hear she ain't really into video games and would like to stop landing video game roles after Fallout and Arcane.
]]>While some of them have been taking a little longer to arrive than first planned, Fallout: London's post release patches have certainly been delivering plenty of fixes, and the next one, patch 1.03, will be taking things to a whole new level - arriving alongside the massive mod's first bits of DLC.
]]>Filming for Fallout season 2 has finally started, and The Ghoul himself Walton Goggins has shared a little look at himself in the makeup once more.
]]>Fallout: London, the massive Fallout 4 mod that's recently gained some pretty stiff competition in the 'cool radiation-themed things that people love, but suffered from some gnarly launch bugs' department thanks to Stalker 2, featured some really interesting cameos.
]]>Obsidian Entertainment's latest RPG Avowed is almost here, and one of the devs behind it says he's never felt more confident in a game like this one.
]]>Fallout fans have been staging an annual community get-together in the real-life town of Goodsprings for a few years now, with help from the owner of the Pioneer Saloon, as a celebration of Fallout: New Vegas day. 2024's edition looks to have been a good time, with lots of cosplayers having made their way out to Nevada, so they can roleplay as anything from an NCR ranger to Todd Howard.
]]>UPDATE (14/11/24, 8:40 AM GMT): VG247 has recieved the following statement from a Microsoft spokesperson: "We respect our employees’ rights to express their point of view as they have done today. We will continue to listen and address their concerns at the bargaining table."
]]>Most Fallout fans now have their eyes set on looking forward to the second series of Amazon's Fallout TV show that's already in the works. However, one of the big talking points surrounding the release of its initial season earlier this year was this - should there have been a new Fallout game ready to drop around the same time? Well, Xbox's Phil Spencer has now offered his view on that.
]]>Obsidian knew what it was in for as it was developing Fallout: New Vegas, but that didn't stop it from sticking with its guns.
]]>Popular modding site Nexus Mods recently announced an update to its policies on paid mods, and, as ever with the topic that seems very much to be a never ending source of controversy, the response from players and modders was a bit complicated.
]]>Paid mods are always controversial. Just look at Bethesda’s latest attempt at creating a system designed to facilitate such a thing having proven pretty much as polarising as its predecessors, even if things have died down a bit since that bit of Starfield Trackers Alliance mission controversy back in June.
]]>There always are a lot of cool-looking modding projects in the works for any Bethesda game at any point in time, so there's a chance that if you don't eat, sleep and breathe mods for work like I do, there's a chance Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is one that's flown under your radar.
]]>Starfield might not have had the warmest of receptions amongst all Bethesda fans, but a former Skyrim designer thinks a sequel has a good chance to be a great game.
]]>As part of its first ever proper broadcast celebrating Fallout Day, Bethesda showed off a bunch of stuff coming to Fallout 76 soon and down the line. There were pets, playable ghoul gameplay, and a dungeon with a giant snake. Todd Howard also made a cameo.
]]>It's October 23, aka Fallout Day, and the folks behind massive mod Fallout: London have elected to celebrate in their own special way - by officially revealing that their creation has now been grabbed on GOG/com by over a million players.
]]>We still don't know when Fallout season 2 is releasing, but it might not be that far away, as filming is apparently starting very soon.
]]>A Starfield modder who's already re-created the iconic prison cell from the start of Oblivion says it's part of a group project dubbed "Starblivion", that they hope will end with an "Elder star system" featuring a re-creation of Cyrodiil.
]]>The team behind Fallout: Vault 13, a modding project dedicated to remaking the very first Fallout game in Fallout 4, has announced that it's made the decision to "suspend" development.
]]>The big Fallout: London update that's been brewing for a little while, Patch 1.02, finally arrives today, October 18. It's bringing with it a huge amount of fixes and tweaks as previously teased, and drops around the time the mod's closing in on having been picked up a million times.
]]>October 23 is coming up, which only means one thing - what's grown into the Fallout version of May the fourth. It's the anniversary of series' world getting a nuclear makeover on that fateful day in 2077, and for the first time, Bethesda's commemorating the occasion with a broadcast that'll feature both developers and community folks.
]]>Helldivers 2's next big patch is now set to drop tomorrow, October 15, because Arrowhead forgot to factor weekends into its plans when it announced that 60 day plan during the summer. The good news is that the studio's made up for this minor oversight via a cheeky video teasing what's coming in the patch, including one inclusion that's seen Johan Pilestedt get in on the jokes.
]]>Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo has put the sci-fi RPG up there with the Elder Scrolls and Fallout, though I'm not sure he gets to make that call.
]]>When I first sat down and really dug into Starfield after it came out last year, I was between jobs.
]]>In the view of Bethesda design director Emil Pagliarulo, Starfield, in a lot of ways, is one of best things that the studio's ever made, even if he acknowledges that it "might not be everyone's cup of tea".
]]>That Fallout TV show was pretty great, ey? In fact, it even landed a hefty number of Emmy nominations before taking home a couple of them. Now, Prime Video and Kilter Films are also celebrating the fact it has crossed the 100 million viewers threshold worldwide after roughly six months on Amazon's streaming platform.
]]>Warning: Spoilers for the main quest of Starfield's Shattered Space DLC lie ahead.
]]>Warning: Minor spoilers for the opening few missions of Starfield Shattered Space lie ahead.
]]>Today, September 30, is the day. Starfield's Shattered Space DLC is set to release and Bethesda's handily provided all of the details you'll need to before you touch down on the home planet of House Va'ruun. So, here's what time Starfield Shattered Space will release in your region, and how to start it.
]]>It's been a little while since Fallout: London last got a fresh patch, but Team FOLON's now offered an update explaining what it's been working on with regards to Patch 1.02. Long story short, some extra help's been drafted in to help improve how it performs, and you shoudn't have to wait too much longer to check the fixes out in-game.
]]>She's been making gaming videos for almost a decade now, but Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry has announced she's semi-retiring.
]]>Starfield's Shattered Space expansion arrives in exactly a week's time as I write this, with a September 30 relese date having been pencilled in a little while ago. If you're delving back into the game this week ahead of going to see what on Earth's up with House Va-ruun when the DLC, a new mod boasts some fitting threads that should help you get in a great serpent mood.
]]>If you're looking forward to digging into Starfield's Shattered Space expansion when it arrives later this month, you're in luck, as Bethesda's just put out a fresh deep-dive video that sees some of the DLC's developers talk you through what you'll be in for when you head off to discover what on Earth's up with House Va-ruun.
]]>Jason Damron, the voice actor behind The Storyteller - the main character of a long-running and popular fan-made Fallout lore video series on YouTube - appears to have died.
]]>While it might not be the awards you were expecting, the Fallout show has in fact won a couple of Emmys.
]]>Ever natter to yourself while you're playing Skyrim? It's ok, we all do it, even if it's just yelling expletives whenever we're playing on legendary difficulty and get ambushed by a dragon while overcumbered. Now, though, a Twitch streamer's taken this kind of thing to the next level, by turning their broadcasts into a live vlog from Tamriel thanks to a mod that lets them voice the Dragonborn in real time.
]]>Stop what you’re doing. You know the Starfield moon buggy, the one that arrived for free last week, after being revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live? Well, it’s now followed in the footsteps of Skyrim’s dragons and the actual spaceships it shares the settled systems with by being turned into Thomas the Tank Engine by modders, because of course it has.
]]>Is Fallout supposed to make you think about society? I'd argue that, at its best, it is, with capitalism being an obvious candidate to explore, given the mainline series' unflinchingly corporate American atomic age-inspired setting and the whole resource war that led up to the bombs being dropped. Though, according to co-creator Tim Cain, that isn't the central crux of Fallout theme-wise.
]]>Starfield finally got its first land vehicle this week, via a free update Bethesda revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live alongside the Shattered Space DLC’s release date. While it almost definitely won’t convert you if you weren’t already interested in playing more of the game, it is at least spawning an inevitable array of interesting vehicle mods.
]]>OK, OK, I know all about the memes. But you can say ‘dead game’ as much as you want and you still won’t be able to undermine one, incorruptible truth: Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion looks great. In a behind-closed-doors presentation at Xbox’s booth at Gamescom ‘24, Bethesda gave me about 15 minutes of information on the game’s upcoming DLC pack, and I have to tell you: I’m sold. It actually reminded me of Dead Space, more than anything.
]]>We pretty much expected this one, but we’re still glad to see it confirmed. Starfield’s first expansion, Shattered Space, has been officially dated, thanks to a new teaser that dropped during Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live.
]]>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is reportedly set to arrive in PS5 not long after it initially releases later this year as a timed exclusive. Yep, it's looking like the game about exploring crypts, punching Nazis and doing those same things in the opposite order may well be the next title to go multiplatform as part of that new strategy Xbox has begun employing in 2024.
]]>The team behind Skyblivion, the massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV - yep, the one where everyone’s faces look a bit hilarious - in Skyrim’s engine, has just shared some fresh quest gameplay. There’s a bit of Mages Guild, a bit of a scuffle on a farm, and all of it looks pretty great, aside from the odd bug.
]]>Team FOLON, Fallout: London’s creators, have long been open about their desire for people to create mods that put fresh twists on or add stuff to their massive mod, and they’ve now done a bit of leading by example in that regard, with a mod that injects some chaos into your playthrough via Baldur's Gate 3-esque dice rolls.
]]>Fallout: London’s massive, but naturally there’s still some stuff that didn’t quite make it into the Fallout 4 mod. For example, in addition to the whole cut Wild Card questline that’ll be arriving in a future update, the team had a go at making rideable horses and bikes.
]]>“Don’t.”
]]>The infinite debate about what is and isn't an immersive sim continues to rage on, as one of the co-creators of Dishonored says he thinks Skyrim is one.
]]>The first big patch for Fallout: London has now arrived and is full of fixes for the various technical teething issues which afflicted the launch version of the mod, just as Team FOLON had said it would be.
]]>Fallout: London has been a big hit with fans, and it sounds like the team that made it wants to stick together to make their own games.
]]>“I studied at University College London where they have the Jeremy Bentham auto-icon and the whole concept of that is weird,” Fallout: London project manager Dean ‘Prilladog’ Carter tells me.
]]>Right, so, as you know, us Fallout fans have been really hard done by when it's come to modders and companies doing things with this series we like so far in 2024. It definitely isn't like we've had a Fallout TV Series, Fallout 76 things, and most recently Fallout: London's release, all giving us Fallout stuff to do.
]]>Paying for mods. If you’ve ever said those three words to anyone who plays games or makes mods for them, odds are you got a pretty strongly held opinion in response, or at least an acknowledgment that - as many Facebook relationship statuses say - it’s complicated.
]]>Fallout: London, the DLC-sized mod — which is a complete lie given how gargantuan this mod is — from Team FOLON launched on July 25. Now that the team at VG247 has had enough time to wet their appetites and see what this highly-anticipated mod is all about, we decided to discuss and share a few of our favorite things across post-apocalyptic London.
]]>So you’ve wandered into Fallout: London’s Westminster and found yourself headed for the Palace, only to be turned away until you have a petition full of signatures from London’s wacky array of leaders. You spend your time doing just that, only for it to, well, be for nothing. As you venture down beneath the ‘Palace’, the All to Pot quest begins.
]]>As you finally reach the borough of Westminster in Fallout: London, you’ll find that life there is a little more pleasant than it is across the rest of the city. There are no ghastly mutations around each and every corner, nor are there any hostile factions trying to kill you. Though, there are plenty of posh toffs that’ll comment on how you stink. The folk at Westminster University, however, are quite nice.
]]>This might surprise you, but Fallout: London - the big Fallout 4 mod - is proving pretty popular among Fallout modders who aren’t part of Team FOLON. Some of the bigger New Vegas fans among them have even started bringing that game’s faction rep and disguise systems to Blighty.
]]>As you might be aware, massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London managed to recruit some pretty big names to go alongside its core voice acting pool.
]]>As you progress with the main quest in Fallout: London and eventually wind up in the borough of Westminster, where things are slightly rosier and less ruined than the rest of London, your next goal will be accessing the Palace of Westminster. Of course, these folk aren’t going to let you walk right in, and you will need signatures from the leaders of all four London boroughs to be let inside.
]]>Fallout: London has its fair share of issues, and despite them, the mod — which applies a British overhaul to Fallout 4 — is brilliant fun. As you progress with the main quest and strive to find out who you are and what the hell is going on in post-apocalyptic London, you’ll eventually arrive in Westminster where there’s been another train crash.
]]>If you’ve run into a door you can’t get through while exploring the English capital in massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London, as anyone who’s played more than a few hours almost certainly has, you may well have unknowingly stumbled across a location used by a cut main quest line. The arc in question is a Fallout New Vegas-style Wild Card option, and it’s set to be deployed properly in a future update.
]]>Massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London has had a launch filled with plenty of technical teething issues that have impacted a lot of players’ attempts to delve right into Ol’Blighty right out of the gate.
]]>Fallout: London is a wasteland; one that's full of danger and precarious situations. But as you pop out into post-apocalyptic London, you arrive with a bang after your train crashes off its rails somewhere near Greenwich. The crash takes its toll, of course, leaving you with the Railway Spine and Lab Rat afflictions to cure.
]]>In your irradiated adventure across Fallout: London you meet an array of wacky characters and, as you’d be right to expect from any massive RPG, you can recruit a few of them to become your companions. After all, being a lone wanderer can be hard work, so having some company isn’t a bad idea.
]]>As you explore the British wasteland of Fallout: London, you’ll meet plenty of characters to love and loathe. Some of the folk you run into can tag along as your companions too, if you play your cards right, and having a companion is a pretty good idea. They can carry your stuff and take aggro for you, but of course, some of them can be liabilities.
]]>One of the most impressive things about Fallout: London is just how much stuff there is to collect. Before you’ve been exploring long, your pockets are sure to be full to bursting with junk for crafting and shiny equipment.
]]>In the time I've spent with it so far one of my favourite things about massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London are its fun little parodies and jokes about iconic UK brands and staples. However, there's one parody company you'll find throughout post-apocalyptic England that I'd argue doesn't feel like it fits in as well as others, and I'm clearly not alone, as there's already a mod to swap it out.
]]>As you frolic around Fallout: London, seeking out unusual call boxes, dolls, and plenty of strange folk, you can also encounter multiple companions to come on your journey with you. One such companion who doesn’t shut up is Arthur Mountbatten, a smartly-dressed ghoul that has found himself in a bizarre predicament.
]]>Fallout: London has a few companions for you to meet that you certainly won’t forget in a hurry. One that you can find a few hours into the game is Keira. Trapped in the Bank of England’s Vault with some brainless Ghouls for company, Keira is more than happy to invite herself along on our adventure once we rescue her.
]]>As you make your way through the Rads and rubble of post-apocalyptic London, it isn’t too long before you wind up at the Bank of England in Fallout: London. A key location during the Heaven Slayer quest and running rampant with hooligans, it becomes your job to show these folk who is boss while looting gold bars and key cards.
]]>Amazon's Fallout TV show has rightly earned about nine million plaudits since it came out, and the latest comes from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. During a call outlining the company's latest batch of financial numbers, we've learned the extent to which the show boosted the player counts of Fallout titles on Game Pass.
]]>Following its release, those delving into massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London have been faced with a number of teething issues. The good news is that the modders are very much on the case and have been busy prepping fixes, though it's taken an outside modder to help those whose characters can't stop munching on pet food.
]]>As you stumble out of a secret underground bunker at the start of Fallout: London, it doesn’t seem like things can get any worse. But as your first tube ride ends very, very abruptly in a horrifying crash, you’re left debilitated with the “Railway Spine” affliction.
]]>Fallout: London is a full DLC-sized mod, packed with loot to discover and quests to complete. Some of the best parts in official Bethesda RPGs always come from the side quests and Fallout: London is no different, with tons of interesting characters - each with their own backstory - waiting to meet the Lab Rat Wanderer around every corner.
]]>As you step foot in post-apocalyptic London and explore all that Fallout: London has to offer, one thing you certainly do not want to neglect are Perks. These function as additional Skills for your character to unlock, improving their capabilities in combat, chem-consuming, conversation, and much more.
]]>As you wake up in a strange laboratory in Fallout: London, being gawked at by two goggled scientists, you are presented with the option to select some starting Traits for your character. This is where your character’s journey begins and you can start morphing them into an agile brawler, careful assassin, or whatever else your headcanon conjures up.
]]>Archie is one of multiple companions you can recruit and befriend in Fallout: London, and while he can be quite amusing, you’re likely better off with any companion other than this young boy. He does a whole lot of flailing around and screaming, and frankly, the novelty wears off quite quickly. He’s a good lockpick, though!
]]>Fallout: London, a fan-made mod for Fallout 4 that completely overhauls the game, is a huge feat. Of course, with any large project like this, there are going to be issues that the modders will slowly iron out over time, but there’s no denying the achievement that FOLON is.
]]>The Commonwealth had plenty of companions for you to love and loathe, so it comes as no surprise that the gargantuan mod, Fallout: London, offers some brand-new companions for you to befriend or dismiss. One such companion who you can adopt early on is Churchill the dog, who can be incredibly helpful for finding loot and sneaking past enemies.
]]>England’s capital has always been a hotbed of culture, so it’s no surprise that Fallout: London’s nuclear fire only seems to have fanned the flames, with multiple factions based on classic British fashion, history and military units all stalking the streets of the Big Smoke.
]]>Fallout: London is brilliant, representing an authentic slice of post-apocalyptic action made by a dedicated team of talented developers.
]]>Whether you've been looking forward to playing Fallout: London for ages, or just heard about it recently, the good news is that it's finally time to do just that. However, unlike with mainstream releases, there's a bit more of a process involved in getting started this time around - especially if you're playing through Steam. But, if you're wondering how to install Fallout: London and get it set up so that you can play, you're in the right place.
]]>A few months ago, when Bethesda suddenly announced that the Fallout 4 next-gen update a lot of players had been waiting for would finally be arriving on April 25, there was one question instantly on a lot of people's lips - what does this mean for Fallout: London.
]]>Those of you eagerly awaiting Fallout season 2 will probably be happy to hear that it's apparently running "ahead of schedule."
]]>It's a big day for the labour movement in the games industry, as 241 Bethesda staffers have formed a union.
]]>Massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London's developers have confirmed that their creation is back in their hands and is "no longer down to GOG", but are urging prospective players not to get too excited quite yet.
]]>Most people who watched Bethesda and Prime Video's Fallout series agree it was pretty great, and we can't wait for season 2, but what about its chances at nabbing a bunch of awards in the meantime? Well it's also off to a great start in that regard, with a whopping 16 Emmy nominations.
]]>It looks to have taken a lot longer than we all might have initially expected, but there's finally a Starfield mod that adds Star Wars' Mos Eisley Cantina to the game as a fully-fledged location you can hang out in between those new-ish bounty missions.
]]>The project lead of massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London has said that the reason its developers haven't revealed its latest release date is due to them having signed non-disclosure agreements.
]]>This is not a drill. UK political memes look set to inflitrate the Fallout universe via Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London. Having already confirmed some pretty huge names voice acting-wise, the mod's Project Lead now looks to be suggesting a former MP known for yelling things is also on that list.
]]>A spokesperson for GOG.com, the PC storefront which is set to distribute massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London, has confirmed to VG247 that it's currently not in line to be playable via Epic Games store-bought copies of the game at launch.
]]>Fallout: London's project lead has confirmed that the massive mod will need to downgrade your copy of Fallout 4 to a version from before the next-gen updates that dropped earlier this year in order for you to be able to play it. The reason cited is that the next-gen version of Bethesda's RPG "isn't stable enough".
]]>Those of you excited for Fallout: London better get yourselves ready, as the mod's devs have shared a promising update.
]]>Back in 2020, when Avowed was first announced, the internet had a pretty specific opinion of what sort of game it was going to be. It was Xbox’s Skyrim, right?
]]>An apparent accidental mix-up has seemigly seen Fallout 76's Atom Shop temporarily feature some fan artwork without the express permission of its creator. According to said, fan - Fallout fan film creator Zack Finfrock - allegedly copied artwork has since been removed from the store, and Fallout 76's creative director has even gone as far as offering Finfrock the chance to work with Bethesda in an official capacity in the future.
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