Fallout - 4

Release Date

Fallout 4 will launch in 2015, according to Bethesda's online store. Its estimated ship date is listed as "TBA 2015," both before and after Fallout 4 is added to your cart. This date could be a placeholder.

Setting

With the reveal trailer, it has been confirmed that Fallout 4 is set in the Massachusetts area of the East Coast, including the city of Boston. Certain areas of Boston appear to be in good condition, whether they survived the bombs or were rebuilt since the Great War, including one district near Fenway Park called Diamond City which features inhabitants dressed in baseball attrire and a giant nail bat.

Images depict mutants wandering wastelands, robotic or armored scavengers, and places of business built onf the rubble of old Boston.

Iconic locales include the Massachusetts State House and establishing shots of the Paul Revere statue in a thunderstorm.

Also appearing is a modified version of the USS Constitution. Old Ironsides appears to have been retrofitted as an airship

Also depicted is a ruined version of the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the famous Revolutionary War battle.

Story

Not much about the story is known at this time, but rumors suggest through casting calls that a male and female version of The Player are indicated, and both begin in a cryogenic chamber, perhaps similar to those seen in the Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta DLC mission Among the Stars. The rumors also talk of the Main Character's great-grandfather who knew the end was coming after returning from war in 1945.

Weapons and Armor

Close-ups of the still reveal a number of iconic Fallout items:

 

Visible in this still: the Power Armor, Nuka Cola, a canine companion, comics, a Vault poster, and Abraxo.  

A chain-fed heavy weapon and a disassembled Mr. Handy are visible.

Pip and an arsenal of weapons, including a laser rifle. 

An unidentified, customized weapon.

Rumors

According to documents leaked to Kotaku by a source associated with the Fallout 4's voice acting casting call, the next Fallout project is code-named The Institute. [1] the word "Fallout" never actually makes an appearance anywhere. The contents of the documents make it quite clear that the game is Fallout 4.

 

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The beginning of one page starts with “War. War never changes,” perhaps the single most well-known line in the Fallout series. It discusses the main character’s great great-grandfather, who served in the army in 1945. Expecting that the bombs that ended World War II would be a harbinger of absolute atomic warfare, the narrator expresses surprise that it took until the 21st century for the world to end in nuclear fire.

Though much is unknown about Fallout 4's characters, at least one voice actor has confirmed his involvement with a Fallout project. Erik Todd Dellums, who voiced Galaxy News Radio DJ Three Dog in the game, tweeted that it looked like he would be reprising his role in the near future. Dellums later confirmed Bethesda gave him permission to release the tease. [2]

In the leaked voice-acting documents other characters are revealed, including another DJ named Travis Miles, a character named Sturgeswho is an engineer described as "a cross between Buddy Holly and Vin Diesel," and Preston Garvey, a character who The Player interacts with in the sample script.

A depiction of The Player from the leaked documents.