Fallout Rumors Fly As Bethesda Airs 'Please Stand By' Message Ahead Of E3

by Brandon Hill — Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 04:12 PM EDT

It appears that Bethesda has some new Fallout-themed gaming in store for us at this year's E3. The company posted a tweet this morning with a "Please Stand By" image, which we all by now know means that the release will be Fallout tinged.

Given that the only text in the tweet is #PleaseStandBy, we can only speculate at this point as to what this teaser means. The most obvious answer could be that Bethesda is planning to port Fallout 4 to the Nintendo Switch. Fallout 4 was released two and a half years ago for the PC, Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.

#PleaseStandBy pic.twitter.com/5IUjkURCcM
— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) May 29, 2018

And given that Bethesda has already released DOOM (surprisingly) and Skyrim to the Nintendo Switch, it wouldn't be tooterribly surprising to see the game appear albeit with compromises made to visual fidelity.

Another possibility is that Bethesda could be looking to offer a remastered version of Fallout 3 for modern gaming platforms. Fallout 3 was released on October 28^th, 2008, so it's almost time for the 10-year-anniversary. We know that developers like to cash in on the remastered "gravy train", so this is also a probable outcome.

Or this could be something entirely new, maybe along the lines of Fallout Shelter. A job listing posted around this time last year suggested that Bethesda is working on a "bleeding-edge AAA freemium game". Perhaps that is what we'll see announced in the coming weeks.

Tags: E3, bethesda, Fallout

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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