Fallout 4 current-generation update brings some unintended consequences for Fallout: London mod
The upcoming Fallout: London mod is being delayed to accommodate the big current-generation update for Fallout 4.
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There’s a bit of unfortunate news for anyone looking forward to one of the biggest mods yet for Fallout 4.
Team FOLON, the developers of the upcoming Fallout: London mod,sharedon Saturday that the launch of the mod is being pushed back indefinitely. The decision to delay the mod’s release from its intended April 23, 2024 launch date is due to the arrival of theFallout 4 current-generation updatefrom Bethesda Game Studios, which is coming just two days later on April 25, 2024.
Because this update forFallout 4is bringing a number of bug fixes and improvements, it’s possible that it could change how certain things work, rendering some mods more unstable or keeping them from working at all. As a result, Team FOLON has opted to delay the update in order to ensure that the things which break due to the update can be fixed.
When will Fallout: London be released?
Fallout: London no longer has an exact release date. In addition to complications from needing to ensure compatibility once the big current-generation update arrives, the install size of the mod — it’s somewhere between 30 to 40GB — means that it can’t be released on Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5, and will only be available on Windows PC.
Finding a host for such a large file size is also causing problems, but the team is having conversations with GOG, and appear to have a path forward for providing the mod to anyone that owns Fallout 4 through Steam, GOG, or hopefully the Epic Games Store.
Because the team doesn’t know the extent of the fixes that will be needed, an exact release window can’t be provided. It might be just a few days, or it could be a couple of months.
Analysis: An unfortunate but obvious decision
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While I know this news will be disappointing to anyone who has been looking forward to this mod (including myself!) it’s not shocking news. Updates means things change, and with Bethesda games, that means mods need extra work to ensure they work. The Fallout: London development team is talented — to the point thatBethesda previously hired their lead writer— and I’m sure they’ll get this done as quickly as humanly possible.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
