A mysterious image has been posted on the Fallout London Patreon page, and fans are now hard at work deciphering it, in case it reveals the release date.
Bethesda is planning to release Fallout 5 at some point, but not until after they’ve launched a Skyrim sequel, which recent reports say is now in an early playable build. Unfortunately, that means fans of the former will have to wait a number of years to play the next chapter in the post-apocalyptic story.
Luckily, there are a number of Fallout fan mods to fill the void, either just released, like the Fallout 2 mod Fallout Yesterday – Van Buren, or about to launch, such as the Fallout London fan project.
The Fallout London lead developer revealed a lot about the upcoming Fallout 4 mod when talking to GameCentral last week, but couldn’t tell us the release date. A cryptic image sent to their Patreon backers, however, has fans theorising about the exact day the mod is coming out.
After getting the green light from publisher GOG last week, Fallout London is now working on the final touches before releasing the download. Despite launch appearing so close, there is no release date, leaving fans to speculate.
That speculation has multiplied now that the Fallout London team has posted an image of an in-game character holding up five fingers.
There is no added message to the post and fans believe the number five says something about when Fallout London is coming out.
‘5th of August?,’ Mr. Pill says on Reddit, where the image has been reuploaded.
‘Maybe five days?,’ says Spiderclone, pointing out that that would mean this Friday.
Some are also wondering if it means new information is coming out at five o’clock, but there doesn’t seem to be a single favourite theory among fans.
One fan thinks it’s because the Fallout London Discord server was put into five minute slow mode the day before, which means members can only message once every five minutes.
It was lead developer Dean Carter (Prilladog on Discord) who informed fans about the delay, saying it’s because they’re anticipating a big increase in members once Fallout London releases.
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There are also a good amount of jokes in the Reddit thread, laying into how long it’s taken for the mod to be released.
Fallout London was planned to launch on April 23, but Bethesda released a next gen update for Fallout 4, which made the mod unplayable.
The Fallout London team had to delay the launch, and when they couldn’t get the mod to work anymore decided to add a downgrader, which will remove the next gen update, so that the mod can be played.
Fans’ lack of patience is understandable, as Fallout London looks very promising but has been in development since 2019.
In the meantime, you can listen to what the UK’s former Speak of the House, John Bercow, will sound like in Fallout London once it finally comes out.
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