The Fallout franchise is easily one of the biggest and best RPG series of titles in the history of gaming. The last entry in the franchise, Fallout 3, is arguably one of the best games of all time.
Between its sprawling, retro-fitted post-apocalyptic landscape, its engrossing story and its unique and compelling shooter mechanics, Fallout 3 is one of the more addictive games of the last generation. You could literally lose days playing it.
Like all committed Vault Boys and Girls, T3 has been keeping a weather-eye open for any signs of a sequel to Bethesda Softworks’s open-world beast. So it’s with no small amount of joy we uncovered news that Fallout 4 may well indeed be in the pipeline...
Like all committed Vault Boys and Girls, T3 has been keeping a weather-eye open for any signs of a sequel to Bethesda Softworks’s open-world beast. So it’s with no small amount of joy we uncovered news that Fallout 4 may well indeed be in the pipeline...
Fallout 4: Earliest signs
The existence of Fallout 4 was first confirmed when Fallout fan site The Vault noticed Bethesda had registered a trademark for the game with the Office Of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM).
The OHIM, incidentally, has been the source of several high profile leaks for Triple A video games, due to the fact that gamers trawl it for news of games they hope are currently in development.
When reached out to for comment, Bethesda remained stoically silent. However, long-time observers will note that it didn’t issue a flat-out denial, as has been the case up until now.
The OHIM, incidentally, has been the source of several high profile leaks for Triple A video games, due to the fact that gamers trawl it for news of games they hope are currently in development.
When reached out to for comment, Bethesda remained stoically silent. However, long-time observers will note that it didn’t issue a flat-out denial, as has been the case up until now.
Fallout 4: Teaser Site
UPDATE:
Prepare for some bad news; it turns out that the thesurvivor2299.com is an elaborate hoax. According to a piece published on Edge's website, the creator of the site has admitted it has no connection to any title that Bethesda may be working on. Still, props to the hoaxer! They fooled pretty much everyone.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Gaming website IncGamers posted a link to a site that popped up in recent days, bearing the Vault-Tec logo and a countdown. The countdown is set to expire on December 11th, 2013.
The site also emits a ‘beeping’ noise, which on closer inspection, turned out to be a repeated Morse code. The fans over on the Fallout subreddit have already decoded it and apparently it reads: “CQ CQ CQ DE OZ PSE AS”.
While that might not mean much to anyone who isn’t a fan of the series, according to IncGamers, it could translate as: ““Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, This is/From OZ (Oscar Zulu), Please Wait.”
This could refer to the Signal Oscar Zulu radio signal that players can pick up on their PIP Boy in Fallout 3.
Bethesda hasn’t officially confirmed that the site is in fact a teaser for Fallout 4. However, as IncGamers points out, one would imagine that the Bethesda trademarks would have to be removed from the site if it wasn’t on the level.
One would be right. A little more digging by Sixth Axis has revealed that the site was registered by ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softwork.
The site also emits a ‘beeping’ noise, which on closer inspection, turned out to be a repeated Morse code. The fans over on the Fallout subreddit have already decoded it and apparently it reads: “CQ CQ CQ DE OZ PSE AS”.
While that might not mean much to anyone who isn’t a fan of the series, according to IncGamers, it could translate as: ““Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, This is/From OZ (Oscar Zulu), Please Wait.”
This could refer to the Signal Oscar Zulu radio signal that players can pick up on their PIP Boy in Fallout 3.
Bethesda hasn’t officially confirmed that the site is in fact a teaser for Fallout 4. However, as IncGamers points out, one would imagine that the Bethesda trademarks would have to be removed from the site if it wasn’t on the level.
One would be right. A little more digging by Sixth Axis has revealed that the site was registered by ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softwork.
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