Todd Howard Confirms Fallout Games Will Remain In The United States

Over the past couple of weeks, Bethesda’s Fallout franchise remains a talking point for the general public online. With the recent success of the Amazon Prime series, it has stretched well beyond the gaming audience – that’s for sure. In total after streaming all eight episode for the first season, 65 million views were generated placing the show #2 overall; just behind The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power.

Additionally, Amazon already gave the green light for a second season. And that has become a major discussion for the direction the series will go. One talking point is the ending for 2010’s Fallout New Vegas. Users online argued the show broke canon to the beloved spin-off. But, game director Todd Howard said the show ties the Obsidian Entertainment title in as canon.

In a new interview with Kinda Funny Games, Howard went on to elaborate on future titles – in some sense. During the discussion, he confirms that Fallout will not stray from its American roots when concerning the setting for its titles. You can watch the segment of the podcast in the video below:

“My view is part of the Fallout schtick is on the Americana naivete. and part of that- And so, for us right now, it’s OK to acknowledge some of those other areas. But our plan is to predominantly keep it in the U.S.” Howard said. “I also like in any sort of world, I don’t feel the need to answer. It’s ok to leave mystery or questions: what is happening here? What is happening here? I think those are good things.

“In Elder Scrolls everybody wants to go to these other, mysterious lands. The worst thing you could do to mysterious lands is remove the mysteriousness. Keep mysterious lands mysterious!” This mindset is a complete polar opposite to RGG Studio. The firm did hint at exploring beyond Japan for its games. And the latest Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth does so now entering the United States through Hawaii.

On the topic of what games could be to entertain a new setting, Fallout New Vegas developers did comment on the path it would take for a new game. In one interview, game director Josh Sawyer did share the Midwest is a great possibility or even exploring New Orleans, Louisiana is on his palette as well. You can read the full report by heading here.

What would you hope to see from Fallout to be its next setting?