UPDATE 10/6/19: Less than 24 hours after it was unveiled in a cloud of abrasive whoops, Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter mode – that’s the battle royale one, if you’re starting to lose track – is now live on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
Nuclear Winter splits 52 players into squads then sets them loose in a fight to the death, all in a bid to be the last team standing – and all while a perilous ring of fire slowly closes in. The current “pre-beta sneak”, as Bethesda is calling it, will run until 17th June.
Eurogamer’s Ian Higton has already tried his hand at Nuclear Winter, and successfully managed to claim victory on his very first go. When asked what the secret to his success was, Ian replied, “A lot of people died really early on. Probably because the gunplay is so terrible”.
First game of #Fallout76 battle royale mode Nuclear Winter and I got a win! Here’s what a win looks like: pic.twitter.com/9ivXUfg5gl
— Ian Higton (@IanHigton) June 10, 2019
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And if you’re wondering what else is occurring as part of Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter update, all your questions will be answered here.
ORIGINAL STORY 9/6/19: One of the biggest criticisms of Fallout 76 on release was its lack of NPCs. Apart from Wooby, the NPC hidden in Fallout 76’s dev room, there hadn’t been any human NPCs in the game – but that’s set to change, as Bethesda has announced NPCs are set to join the game in an upcoming update called Wastelanders.
Oh, and Fallout 76 is getting a battle royale mode.
Announced during Bethesda’s E3 conference, the Wastelanders update is coming later this year and will be free for all players. In order to explain the sudden appearance of NPCs, the update is set a significant amount of time after the Vault 76 opening. To go with the NPCs are dialogue trees, which should hopefully make Fallout 76 feel a little more like a traditional Bethesda title.