Amazon casts Walton Goggins for its 'Fallout' show

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Amazon Studios has a show based on Bethesda's Fallout coming out in the future. The studio said it planned to kick off production later this year. We get a casting update for the video game adaptation. Actor Walton Goggins joins the cast in one of its lead roles. Amazon hasn't revealed what role he'll play, but reports claim he could play a ghoul. In Fallout parlance, this refers to someone who mutated due to radiation exposure from the nuclear war. 

The series was announced back in 2020, and it looks like things are finally picking up. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy of Westworld fame are behind the production, with Nolan directing the pilot. Executive producers of the show include Bethesda's Todd Howard, the game director of Fallout 3 and Fallout 4.

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These Bethesda games will get an FPS boost on Xbox

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When Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X and S in February, it added an FPS boost feature to improve backwards-compatible Xbox One titles on the new consoles. However, when it was introduced, only five titles received that upgrade. Now, five other Bethesda games will be getting a frame rate boost on the Xbox Series X and S: Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Prey, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, and Dishonored: Definitive Edition.

These games will see their frame rates double from 30 to 60 frames per second, with some playable even at 120fps. It isn't known though when these titles will be getting the upgrade, but Engadget speculates it could come with the next major update of the new consoles.

Bethesda promotes 'Elder Scrolls Online' DLC with Twitter-based choose-your-own adventure

With the recent release of Elder Scrolls Online's Markarth game pack, Bethesda ANZ is holding a choose your own adventure-type story on Twitter. It starts with deciding what path you will take and then branches into other choices where you either end up fighting, making friends, and more.

The Markarth DLC marks the end of the "Dark Heart of Skyrim" storyline that's been a part of Elder Scrolls' recent expansions. And if you want to try ESO for free, the game is free-to-play until December 9.

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'Doom,' 'Doom II' now has widescreen support

Bethesda still isn't done updating Doom. And 27 years since the original title came out, Doom and Doom II are getting official 16:9 widescreen support. The developer tweaked the original renderer to provide native 16:9 support sans letterboxing. So, you get a wider field of view on the original game instead of the existing image being stretched out or having to see big, unsightly borders. Without letterboxing, owners of versions that run on devices like the Nintendo Switch, iPhone, and Android won't have edges cutting into their smaller screens. And for Android users, there's now support for 90Hz and 120Hz devices, too.

The engine now also supports DeHackEd mods, controller support on iOS as well as new touch controls, gyro aiming on the Switch and PlayStation 4 (or using a DualShock 4 controller on the PC), an adjustable FPS limiter on the PC, a 120Hz mode on iOS (most likely for the iPad Pro), and many more.

Source: The Verge