Fallout 76 will introduce aliens and post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh this year
Bethesda Game Studios has unveiled its roadmap for Fallout 76 updates this year - and the tarmac is thick with references to past Fallout games. Not to mention the aliens.
Starting in the spring, the studio is plotting an “otherworldly, all-encompassing invasion” dubbed Invaders from Beyond. The extraterrestrial visitors - which have been a fringe element of the Fallout universe since the ‘90s - will prompt public event takeovers, random encounters, and a new seasonal public event. The spring also promises an update to Fallout Worlds, the custom servers Bethesda launched last year in lieu of modding. So far, Worlds has allowed Fallout 1st subscribers to fiddle with settings for difficulty, PvP rules, camp construction, physics, fog, fall damage, and more.
From extraterrestrial visitors to exploring outside Appalachia's borders, a traveling roadshow, and more! #Fallout76 is filled with adventure in 2022.Check out our 2022 Roadmap here: pic.twitter.com/gQyVxStRBXFebruary 21, 2022
The aliens will be followed in the summer by a robot-focused update named Test Your Metal: “Put your armor, weapons and grit to the test in multiple new heart-pounding public events.” I must admit that Fallout 76’s public events have never hit the spot for me; the game’s low player count per server doesn’t lend itself to spontaneous collaboration on limited-time quests dotted around the map. Around the same time as Test Your Metal’s launch, Fallout 1st players can expect scoreboard upgrades too.
By the autumn, Fallout 76 players will be heading to The Pitt, which fans of a certain age will remember as the location of one leg of Fallout 3’s DLC. It wasn’t the addon of choice at the time - personally, I’d prefer to return to the swampy, offbeat
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