Gamers are theorizing another Bethesda remaster shadow drop like Oblivion is coming very soon, and I’m buying into the hype

Is a new remaster of an all-time classic Fallout game just a few weeks away? Probably not, but that’s not stopping some from clinging to a dream.

I’m all for baseless speculation, hopium, and copium (Bloodborne 2 is real), but there’s actually at least some reason to believe a big announcement for Fallout is coming within the next few weeks. And it’s all thanks to season two of the Fallout show on Prime Video.

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I’m actually a few episodes behind on this season, so I’ve been avoiding discussing it, but gamers online have been quick to point out that the website for the show currently has a countdown running, and it’s a mystery what lies at its end.

The countdown, shown above in the top right of the image, ends right about when the season two finale arrives on Feb. 4. But we know that it’s coming, as all episodes for the season along with their titles and air dates have been announced. Why would it need a countdown? This must mean that something else is coming, surely, and people like me and some others are starting to convince ourselves it’s a long-awaited and rumored Fallout 3 remaster.

And you know what? I’m in. Screw it. It’s early January, the game releases are slow to start out the year (as always), and I am once again choosing the hype. I blame Bethesda, too, because the company literally just shadow-dropped a long-awaited remaster last year with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, so why not? Let’s do it.

Fallout season two is currently taking place in New Vegas, so it’s also entirely possible that that game could be the one getting the treatment. Personally, I’m partial to Fallout 3 as it was my first title in the series and my favorite thus far. But imagine if it’s somehow both 3 and New Vegas at the same time? Okay, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, but it is fun to dream.

Based back in reality now for a second, I realize this is probably not what’s going to happen. At least not yet. I don’t know what the countdown will end with, but I want to get absolutely merked by Super Mutants with the Washington Monument in view again, so I’m huffing the hopium, and I hope you all join me.

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