Fans of post-apocalyptic shooter Fallout 4 have noticed updates named ‘newvegas2’ within the recreation’s back-end information – which appear to reference a follow-up to Fallout: New Vegas.
On Tuesday (April 4), Fallout 4‘s Steam information got depot updates titled ‘newvegas2’. Yesterday (April 5), the sport’s changelog prompt most of the newer depots have been eliminated — however the information named newvegas2 are nonetheless seen through SteamDB.
While the information counsel an replace to Fallout 4 is being ready for launch, it’s unclear what that replace will entail.
That being mentioned, some followers have speculated that the replace has been code-named ‘newvegas2’ to tease a sequel to Obsidian Entertainment‘s role-playing recreation Fallout: New Vegas, which Bethesda printed in 2010.
On the opposite hand, it’s extra probably the ‘newvegas2’ information reference upcoming content material for Creation Club, that are paid mods which were curated by Bethesda. It wouldn’t be the primary New Vegas content material to reach on this method — again in 2018, the sport’s Anti-Material Rifle was added through Creation Club.
However, one workforce of modders went a step additional and added the New Vegas Strip to Fallout 4, with plans to port all the Mojave Wasteland into the sport.
In October 2022, Bethesda confirmed a current-gen replace for Fallout 4 is deliberate to launch in 2023 and can embody “bonus Creation Club” mods. It’s attainable that the ‘newvegas2’ caches on Steam comprise New Vegas-related content material for Creation Club.
Though new Creation Club content material is the likelier reply, rumours surrounding a attainable sequel to New Vegas have swirled in recent times. In 2022, it was reported that Obsidian and Microsoft are in “very early” talks relating to Fallout: New Vegas 2, whereas Obsidian founder Feargus Urquhart later shared that the studio is eager to make one other Fallout title.
“Of course, if we ever acquired the chance to make one other Fallout recreation, we’d make it,” mentioned Urquhart. “There’s not even a query of whether or not or not we might do it, it’s simply will the chance come up?”
Earlier this yr, the workforce behind Fallout: London showcased town’s killer postboxes and railway system.
