Obsidian knows you’re itching for another Fallout: New Vegas, but according to the studio’s VP of operations, working on their original IPs is one of the best perks of being under Microsoft.
With Fallout: New Vegas often regarded as the top game in the Fallout series, it’s become a bit of a burden. It’s the title that every new game (which, let’s be real, has been just one so far) gets measured against, and fans are eager to revisit that iconic setting. When Microsoft scooped up Bethesda, it meant that both the Fallout franchise and New Vegas developer Obsidian were back on the same team. This naturally ramped up fan desire for a new installment, especially with the Fallout TV series set to explore New Vegas in its second season.
In a recent chat with The Game Business, Obsidian’s VP of operations, Marcus Morgan, and VP of development, Justin Britch, acknowledged the loud demand for a New Vegas sequel. “Everyone on the internet, on every game we announce, asks: When’s the next Fallout: New Vegas?” Morgan remarked. While it seems like Microsoft would love to rush out a new Fallout title to ride the wave of the TV series, Britch added, “Xbox has been pretty supportive of the stuff we want to do.”
In a twist of fate, an RPG veteran is finally able to move forward with a sequel to a game he created almost 30 years after leaving Fallout 2, thanks to The Outer Worlds 2.
As fans bemoan the absence of Fallout 5 during the Fallout Day broadcast, Todd Howard reassures everyone that Bethesda is “working on even more.”
Obsidian isn’t shying away from The Outer Worlds 2’s associations with Fallout: New Vegas. “The critical path is maybe 10 or 15% of the total content,” they’ve declared, indicating there’s much more to explore.
Morgan went further, sharing, “This year, all three of the games are IP that we’ve created.” He reminisced about a time before Microsoft acquired the studio when they mostly worked on other people’s IPs. Now, they’re relishing the chance to ask, “How do we build our own IP?” Even better, after years of crafting their own franchises from the ground up, Morgan noted, “we’ve got to the part where we have sequels to all of them.”
Meanwhile, fans continue to hold their breath for Fallout 5 and what Bethesda might be cooking up next.