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‘Fallout 5’ Officially Confirms Gameplay Update Ahead of Season 3

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2026 has been an epic year for Fallout fans so far — not only did the second season of the hit Prime Video series bleed into the start of the year, but the streamer is already hard at work on Season 3, ensuring that it will return in 2027. News also broke just a few weeks ago that a fifth Fallout game is officially in the works, but with it being prioritized behind The Elder Scrolls 6, it’s unlikely it will be released anytime before 2030. Fallout has become such a popular IP since the first game launched all the way back in the 1990s that fans usually don’t have to wait more than a few months for some new release out of the franchise. Fallout 5 is the release most players are waiting for more details about, and long-time Bethesda boss Todd Howard just delivered an exciting update about the game.

Howard recently sat down for an interview with Windows Central to discuss the future of all Bethesda games, and naturally, one of the new releases to come up was Fallout 5. Howard praised the technical team currently working on Fallout 5, admitting that he was worried the intense demands in the development process would force them to stop and start early in the development stages:

“For the worlds we want to create, and given that we’re going to make Fallout 5, the question was how to do all this work in parallel, without constant stops and restarts. And we are very happy with the result. I can’t stop admiring our technical team — they are just incredible. Our designers ask for a lot of crazy things, and the technical team finds a way to implement it. And I think that’s what defines our games — the feeling that anything is possible.”

While nothing he said alludes to the game being released anytime in the next few years, it does sound like there shouldn’t be any further delays when it comes to getting Fallout 5 into players’ hands. After the success of Fallout 4, the redemption of Fallout 76, and the immense popularity of Prime Video’s Fallout series, it’s safe to say that Fallout 5 will be one of the biggest launches in gaming history.

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Who Stars in ‘Fallout’ Season 3?

Fallout Season 3 is returning its trio of core stars — Ella Purnell as Lucy, Walton Goggins as Ghoul, and Aaron Moten as Maximus — but there are some exciting newcomers joining the cast. The first big name attached to star in Fallout Season 3 was Aaron Paul, who is best known for his Emmy-winning role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. Manny Jacinto, who recently stole in the show in the one-season Star Wars Disney Plus series, The Acolyte, has also joined the cast of Fallout in an undisclosed role.

Check out the first two seasons of Fallout on Prime Video, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Fallout 5.


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Release Date

April 10, 2024

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Amazon Prime Video

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Showrunner

Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan

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Directors

Frederick E. O. Toye, Wayne Che Yip, Stephen Williams, Liz Friedlander, Jonathan Nolan, Daniel Gray Longino, Clare Kilner

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Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan

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