Bethesda has a "one-pager" for Fallout 5, but it's still a long way off

As one of Bethesda’s biggest and most beloved series, it’s not much of a revelation to hear the company is already mulling over a new Fallout instalment, but studio director Todd Howard has now talked a little about a potential new series entry, confirming that while an idea exists, Fallout 5 is still a long way off.

Speaking to IGN as part of a Skyrim 10th anniversary retrospective, Howard explained that currently the studio has a “one-pager” for Fallout 5, outlining what it wants to do with the series. However, sci-fi adventure Starfield, due to release next year, and The Elder Scrolls 6 – which was still in its design phase as of June this year – remain the studio’s priority, meaning it could be years before work on the next Fallout begins in earnest.

When asked about the possibility of shifting responsibility for a new Fallout over to another studio – after all, Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian is now also within the Xbox Game Studios family – Howard only offered that “Fallout’s really part of our DNA here”.

“We’ve worked with other people from time to time, he added. “I can’t say say what’s gonna happen…If I could wave my hand and have [Fallout 5] out…you know, I’d like to find a way to accelerate what we do, but I can’t really say today or commit to anything, what’s going to happen when, other than our cadence is Starfield then Elder Scrolls 6”.