Summary
In celebration of the upcoming Fallout Day, Bethesda has madeFallout 76free to play from October 22-29, which along with the various news expected from this event, has many players excited. When it was first released,Fallout 76had a bumpy start, as not every fan of the franchise received the title as well as expected. Luckily, many players agree that the course has been corrected over the years and the game is now seen much more positively.
The long-awaited Fallout Day, happening annually on October 23, commemorates the start of the Great War in theFalloutuniverse and is planned to deliver valuable information on several upcoming elements of the famous franchise. Throughout its history,Fallout 76players have created their own Wasteland CAMPSand experimented with the title in almost every possible way. Still, many things remain to be discovered in Appalachia with all the additional content that is rumored to be coming players' way in the next few months.
Earlier this week, Bethesda announced thatFallout 76would be free-to-play for an entire week in commemoration of Fallout Day, which players hope will come packed with various news around upcoming updates for the game, as well as anything related toFallout 5’s release date. The free-to-play week has been tried and tested before and proven to be extremely successful, as it was also implemented when the first season of theFalloutTV show premiered. The result was arecord-breaking player count forFallout 76on Steam, which was likely a happy surprise for both players and Bethesda alike.
Bethesda Commemorates Fallout Day With Another Free Week of Fallout 76
Despite the success the title has had in the last few months, its story has not been without controversy. Not too long ago,Bethesda reportedly used a fan’s art without their permission, which sparked a debate between many fans of theFalloutfranchise, mainly arguing over IP rights and the usage of Vault Boy in non-official artwork.
While many players are reportedly excited about the upcomingGleaming Depthsupdate, there are also others who are wary. This is mainly due to issues with the last update,Milepost Zero,during which players were asked toredownloadFallout 76in its entiretyin an effort to make the game’s size smaller. Unsurprisingly, this was not warmly received by many fans.
With Fallout Day right around the corner, players expect Bethesda to make several announcements aboutFallout 76’s future, as well as the TV show’s second season. Several fans reportedly agree that Bethesda’s livestream must make a good impression of what’s to come to offset thenegative effects thatFallout 76’s season 17 event hadon fans' overall perception of the game and its player count. Whether this free-to-play week will be as successful as the last is yet to be seen, but in any case, players have a lot of exploring to do in Appalachia in the meantime.
Fallout 76
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
