Fallout 76 Alien Event is Live Now
While Fallout 76 was met with significant controversy following its launch in 2018, Bethesda has been adamant with its support for the game in the years since. Fallout 76 has seen consistent updates over the last three-and-a-half years adding new content with Bethesda recently partnering with Rust developer Double Eleven for future content coming to the game. Now, the game's newest event will feature the return of a fan-favorite element of past Fallout games for a limited time.
Fallout 76's constant updates have added a significant amount of content to the game initially panned for a lack of things to do and lacking the franchise's traditional NPCs. The massive Fallout Worlds update released last summer added customizable servers to the game for the first time, giving players free rein to change major aspects of their own personal worlds like jump height, removing fast travel, and even infinite ammo. Now, Fallout 76 has officially announced the arrival of aliens to the game's world of Appalachia, a popular side story in past Fallout games, with new enemies and cosmetics.
Fallout 76 Gets New Update
Bethesda officially announced the arrival of alien ships to Appalachia through the official Fallout Twitter account with the event starting shortly after the post. From the event's start through May 10, players will be able to find UFOs roaming the wild as random encounters. The introduction of aliens comes as a replacement for the ongoing Meat Week with Fallout 76 shelving the event after being plagued with several complaints from players about missing event rewards.
The return of aliens to the newest Fallout game has been teased since last year with Bethesda revealing in a content roadmap that the game would feature the return of
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