Ex-Bethesda Devs ‘Wouldn’t Be Surprised’ if Fallout 5 Is Outsourced as Bethesda Has Its ‘Hands Full’ With The Elder Scrolls VI
The Fallout franchise has grown significantly in recent years. The success of the Fallout TV show has brought many new fans to the series, including people who were not familiar with the video games before. Because of this new interest, Microsoft and Bethesda may want to continue expanding the Fallout series.
Right now, Bethesda is mainly working on The Elder Scrolls VI. Todd Howard has said before that Fallout 5 will likely arrive many years later, after the new Elder Scrolls game is released. However, some people believe the company could start work on Fallout 5 earlier by letting another studio handle the early stages of development.
Fallout 5 Could Be Handled by Another Studio
This idea was discussed by four former Bethesda developers during a conversation with the Kiwi Talkz YouTube channel. The participants included Bruce Nesmith, former design director; Jonah Lobe, former character artist; Jeremy Bryant, former animator; and Nate Purkeypile, former world art designer.
One of the most interesting comments came from Jonah Lobe, who worked on creature designs in the Fallout series. He shared a theory about how Bethesda might handle the project:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bethesda gave Fallout 5 to a different production studio because I think that um they’re doing more and more of that already. They’re bigger and bigger than ever. I feel like Elder Scrolls 6 the expectations are like beyond like you know above the screen here and so like they really have their hands full with that
Bethesda has used external studios before. For example, the studio Virtuos worked on the development of Oblivion Remastered. Similar partnerships could also happen with possible new versions of Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas.
Still, Todd Howard may prefer to keep a major project like Fallout 5 within Bethesda Game Studios. In the meantime, remastered versions of older Fallout titles could help keep fans interested while the company continues working on The Elder Scrolls VI.
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