‘Fallout 76’ won’t have cross-play support

Bethasda’s upcoming release Fallout 76 won’t be playing nice with different systems. The company’s Pete Hines announced on Twitter recently that while the multiplayer game encourages players to work together or compete, this always-online game won’t support cross-play. The possible reason? Sony. Game director Todd Howard previously talked about how Sony was to blame for this lack of support. Hines wouldn’t point to Sony directly but he said “there are a number of reasons” why the game isn’t getting cross-play support. So, for now all of your Fallout 76 gaming will be restricted to one system. The game is coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in November.

Source: GameSpot

Bethesda clarifies it isn’t leaving Steam behind

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You might have heard the news that Bethesda has opted to launch Fallout 76 on its own Bethesda.net launcher instead of on Steam. It had some of you questioning whether this meant Bethesda was no longer going to release its titles on the platform. Bethesda’s Pete Hines clarified with IGN during an interview at QuakeCon that this wasn’t the case, even if the company is focused on developing its dedicated service. “We did not announce ‘all future Bethesda games will not be on Steam,’” he explained. “That is not what we saw. We said ‘this game will be available exclusively on Bethesda.net.’”

And the reason for this was that the video game publisher thought this would be “the best way for us to provide the best experience and service to our customers is to be dealing with them directly, and not through someone else.” Hines also left up in the air the idea of Fallout 76 eventually coming to Steam. He said, “Is it possible? I guess, but I honestly couldn’t give you any guarantee one way or the other on whether it will or won’t.” Now, the question is when will Bethesda let consumers try out the upcoming B.E.T.A. It hasn’t announced yet when it’ll be coming out. Fallout 76 is set to come out on November 14 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

‘Fallout 76’ won’t come to Steam when it launches

Bethesda’s Fallout 76 will not be launching on Steam when it comes out. The game publisher confirmed to PC Gamer that when the upcoming online-focused RPG launches on November 14, it will be a Bethesda launcher exclusive. “The PC version of Fallout 76, for both the B.E.T.A. and the launch, will be available only via Bethesda, not Steam,” the company said. At least that will be the case during the launch. This will mark the first major Bethesda game to skip Steam during its launch. But it isn’t the first game from the company that has been Bethesda launcher exclusives. There was Quake Champions and Fallout Shelter. But both eventually came to Steam. This might also be the case for Fallout 76.

Bethesda also made the announcement that the beta will be the full version of the game and all progress made there will be saved for the launch.

‘Fallout 76’ will launch a closed beta test in October

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Bethesda just posted on the Bethesda.net forum that its upcoming online role-playing game Fallout 76 will be holding its closed beta test this Octobers. Invites will be going out that month to select people who pre-ordered the game from a participating retailer. And the beta will start small and then grow over time as the game is set to launch on November 14^th. The beta will be available on the PC, Sony PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Xbox One. Those who pre-order will need to have a Bethesda.net account and will need to enter a redemption code found in their receipt or email confirmation to be eligible for an invite.

The game is still going through iterations, according to Bethesda. But the developer plans to share more information on the game during the Fallout 76 panel at QuakeCon, which is happening from August 9^th to 12^th at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.

Source: Variety