The Fallout Present Is Canon, Regardless of Followers’ Questions, Todd Howard Says
The Fallout TV present is canon, Bethesda boss Todd Howard has as soon as once more confirmed, assuaging fan hypothesis that the present retconned Fallout: New Vegas. Spoilers for the present comply with.
Howard re-confirmed the present’s canonicity, after initially revealing this in 2023, and explainedHoward defined the way it matches into the broader timeline in an interview with IGN. The Fallout present is at present the newest canonical entry within the franchise, going down in 2296, 9 years after Fallout 4 and 15 years after New Vegas.
Fan confusion arose from the destruction of Shady Sands. The city is likely one of the extra vital recurring areas within the franchise. It is likely one of the first cities within the unique recreation and is mentioned because the capital of the New California Republic in New Vegas. Within the present, characters Lucy and Maxmius discover a crater the place the town as soon as was. An in-show timeline states that the autumn of Shady Sands happened in 2277, simply 4 years earlier than New Vegas. The destruction of the NCR capital earlier than the occasions of the sport would appear to be an outright contradiction.
Howard mentioned, “All I can say is we’re threading it tighter there, however the bombs fall simply after the occasions of New Vegas.” Bethesda studio design director Emil Pagliarulo additionally confirmed on Twitter/X that New Vegas was nonetheless canonical. He wrote, “After all it’s. We have by no means instructed in any other case.” An indication from the present additionally states that Shady Sands is the primary capital of the NCR, implying it was changed or supplemented with different capital cities.
None of this outright explains the obvious contradiction, however plainly the present rearranges or provides to beforehand established canon, moderately than outright overwriting it. With the show teasing New Vegas itself on the finish of the season, extra clarification will seemingly come.
