The Fallout TV show from Amazon will be much more than just a retelling of Bethesda’s RPGs, Bethesda’s Todd Howard said in a recent episode of the Lex Fridman podcast (thanks Eurogamer). Howard said that while movie pitches Bethesda received always wanted to retell Fallout 3 or Fallout 4, he was keen that the show will take viewers to a new part of Fallout’s universe and tell a new story.
“For this [pitch] it was, ‘hey let’s do something that exists within the world of Fallout,’ Howard said. “Let’s tell a story here that fits in the world that we have built, doesn’t break any of the rules, can reference things in the games, but isn’t a retelling of the games. [It] exists in the same world but is its own unique thing, so it adds to it. While also, people who haven’t played the games, who can’t experience how crazy cool Fallout is, can watch the series.”
That said, Howard was still careful about not letting anything slip regarding what we can actually expect from the Fallout show.
The series’ plot is still a mystery, with just a slight tease from a recent promotional image to go by. The show currently has no planned air date, but it’s probably safe to say we’ll see the Fallout show before we see a new Fallout game, unless a studio like Obsidian gets the reins to make a full New Vegas-style spinoff again.
You can, however, play an unofficial Lego Fallout game for free right now.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
