Is Outer Worlds canon to Fallout?

Even though The Outer Worlds is a completely separate franchise from the Bethesda-owned Fallout series, the game contains strong indicators both Fallout: New Vegas and Obsidian's latest entry in the sci-fi RPG genre are connected and take place in the same universe.

Is outer worlds connected to Fallout?

Outer Worlds is clearly a spiritual sequel to Fallout, featuring a similar role-playing system, retro-futuristic aesthetic, and penchant for dark humor. But Outer Worlds also reckons with one of the biggest narrative tensions in Fallout — and role-playing games in general.

Is outer worlds just like Fallout?

ahem, sorry, I keep slipping with the name. This week's The Outer Worlds is a brand-new game, set in a brand-new universe, but in nearly every way that counts, it's a Fallout game. For one, the team at Outer Worlds creators Obsidian Entertainment includes team members from the original Fallout's development.

Is The Outer Worlds just Fallout in space?

Because, let's be honest, “The Outer Worlds” is a Fallout game in all but the name. Sure, it's in space and the engine is different. It also forgoes the massive open world format that the Fallout series is known for in favor of smaller sealed off sandboxes. But that's pretty much where the differences stop.

Is Fallout and Outer Worlds made by the same company?

It's easy to say that The Outer Worlds is just Fallout: New Vegas with a new coat of paint. They're games of the same genre employing similar gameplay loops, settings and tones. They're even made by the same developer: Obsidian Entertainment.

Are Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds in the Same Universe?

Has Bethesda always owned Fallout?

In 2007, the Fallout franchise was acquired by Bethesda Softworks from Interplay Entertainment and the development of Fallout 3 was handed over to Bethesda Game Studios.

Does Bethesda own the rights to Fallout?

Bethesda Softworks owns the rights to the Fallout intellectual property.

Is NASA in Fallout?

Notes. The USSA is a fictional equivalent of the real-world NASA in the alternate timeline of the Fallout world. It is mentioned in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4, even though NASA is mentioned once in Fallout 2 as well.

What planet is Fallout on?

Summary. Earth is the 3rd planet from the star Sol in the Milky Way galaxy. It is home of Humanity as well as at one time a thriving biodiversity of life. Following a global thermo-nuclear war in the year 2077, almost all life on the planet was wiped out.

How many Outer Worlds endings are there?

The Outer Worlds essentially has three different endings: the good ending, "Save the Hope"; the bad ending, "Sacrifice the Hope"; and the crash and burn ending, because of course there's got to be a way to sink even lower than the plain old "bad" ending.

What year is outer worlds set in?

The game takes place in the year 2355 in the Halcyon System.

Is The Outer Worlds a dystopia?

Set in a dystopian future where corporations have begun colonizing distant worlds in order to further their business interests, players take on the role of a colonist sent by one of these corporations to the Halcyon galaxy.

Is Outer Worlds made by the people who made Fallout?

Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the creators of the Fallout series, served as the game's directors, taking inspiration from Fallout, Firefly, Futurama, Deadwood, and True Grit.

What carries over from Fallout Worlds?

All Character progress you make is linked and saved to that specific World when you leave your game. Note that characters linked to a Public World will be deleted once that Public World is no longer available from the play menu.

Is Fallout: New Vegas connected?

The main story of New Vegas takes place in the year 2281, four years after the events of Fallout 3 and 204 years after the bombs fell. It is not a direct sequel, but does feature the return of several elements found in Fallout 2.

Is Far Harbor a DLC in Fallout 4?

Fallout 4: Far Harbor is an expansion pack for the 2015 video game Fallout 4, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Far Harbor was released on May 19, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as downloadable content (DLC).

Is the entire world nuked in Fallout?

Essentially all countries were destroyed during or before the Great War. During the energy crisis that happened prior to the Great War, Europe invaded the Middle East and (after a terrorist cell detonated a nuke in Tel-Aviv) a limited nuclear exchange occurs.

Was every country nuked in Fallout?

There is no proof of any entire countries untouched by the war, but there are some areas which avoided the nuclear fallout. In the Point Lookout DLC for Fallout 3, Point Lookout State Park is described as a place where "the bombs didn't actually fall, but the world has left it behind".

Which Fallout are canon?

The Fallout canon includes: Fallout (1997) Fallout 2 (1998) Fallout 3 and its add-ons (2008)

Does Russia exist in Fallout?

In the Fallout universe, the USSR did not dissolve in 1991, and continued to exist well into the 21st century. The Soviet Union had a consular service and a foreign service, and had strong consular relations with the United States.

Does America still exist in Fallout?

After two hours of apocalyptic destruction, the war was over and the world was destroyed. The fallout decimated society as a whole and the United States, as it was previously known, ceased to exist.

Which Fallout is in California?

Fallout: New California was split into two installments, the first was released in 2013, and the beta for the second installment was released on October 23, 2018. As with Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout: New California has a radio station that comments on the actions of the player as the story progresses.

What caused the nuclear war in Fallout?

Result. The Great War was a global thermonuclear war on Saturday, October 23, 2077, caused by the Sino-American War.

Did Fallout 4 make money?

In 2016, Fallout 4 was also one of the leading paid games on Steam, where the title generated 35 million U.S. dollars in revenue. Additionally, it was one of the most anticipated games in 2015, as Fallout 4 managed to generate 750 million U.S. dollars in sales within its opening weekend.

Does Fallout 4 have slavery?

Slavery appears in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, Fallout 3 and its add-on The Pitt, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and its add-on Nuka-World, and Fallout 76.