Ten years after first launching, Fallout 4 is getting a whole new release, now titled as the Anniversary Edition.
This follows Bethesda’s previously-established re-release scheme which took on the most extreme form with Skyrim, which you can literally play on your fridge. But does this new Anniversary Edition bring anything new to the table or is it just another rehash? Here’s all you need to know.
Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, explained
Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition is launching as a celebration of Fallout 4‘s 10th birthday, with the original game coming out in 2015. That was a huge year for gaming, with titles like The Witcher 3 and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain all coming out at around the same time.
Bethesda’s celebratory re-release of the title will bring along every DLC ever released for the game, all in one package, allowing players to experience the full breadth of content the game has officially received from Bethesda itself. However, official expansions aren’t the only thing that comes with this new edition of the game.
Over 150 community-created mods will be incorporated into the Anniversary Edition, ranging from popular well-known ones to those that are as of yet unreleased, tailor-made for this release. Bethesda claims these mods cover almost everything out there, from small additions like changing Dogmeat’s breed to full-blown quest expansions. This could prove quite substantial for the ten-year-old title, whose modding community remains nonetheless robust.
Lastly, the Anniversary Edition of Fallout 4 will introduce Creations, a new way to upload, download, and share mods. It’s akin to what we saw added to Skyrim and Starfield, which could also mean paid mods, but it’s not guaranteed.
Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition also has the chance to break a lot of mods that you might already be running on other versions of the game, so make sure to take that into account before delving into the Wasteland again.
Modders will probably start making the switch or porting their mods to this new edition, but time will tell if it’s gonna stick with people like Skyrim‘s editions did.
When does Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition come out?
Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition launches on Nov. 10 for the PC and current-gen consoles. Unfortunately, old-gen seems to have been left out of the equation this time around, which could signify that Bethesda is doing much more with the game than meets the eye.
Additionally, the game will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime in 2026, with the official release date to be confirmed. This is yet another major franchise coming to the Switch 2, significantly improving its standing among current-gen consoles and decoupling it from Nintendo’s own ecosystem which it has come to be synonymous with.
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