Each faction has unique perks associated which should be considered when deciding which Faction to choose.
It is a treacherous road ahead but your journey can be made more forgiving should you ally yourself with one of the four factions. Now, your goal is to traverse The Commonwealth region in search of your son who may or may not be alive. In the game, you play as a troubled protagonist referred to as “Sole Survivor” who has just awakened from cryogenic stasis, and your last recollection is witnessing the murder of your spouse and kidnapping of your son. The gameplay takes place ten years post-Fallout 3 and 210 years after “The Great War”, which had caused catastrophic nuclear devastation across the United States.įallout 4 is set in the post-apocalyptic city of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts region known as “The Commonwealth”. As the name suggests, Fallout 4 is also the fourth main entry in the Fallout series. Currently, there isn't word if these promotions have a similar end date to what Bethesda is doing with Fallout 3, but fans shouldn't be surprised to see a trend develop.Fallout 4 is an action role-playing video game that was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks for the Xbox One. Even Gears of War: Ultimate Edition got in on the action by giving players access to all of the other titles once they're available through backward compatibility. Ubisoft is packaging both Rainbow Six Vegas titles in with a pre-order of the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege, and Square Enix is also utilizing this tactic for people who pre-order Just Cause 3 on the Xbox One by granting a free copy of Just Cause 2 as well.
Also, we would be shocked if Skyrim didn't make the cut, since Bethesda confirmed work on an Xbox One port as part of their Fallout 4 current-gen development preparation.īethesda is not the only company using this new backward compatibility feature to entice pre-order incentives for Xbox One owners either. There are obviously some omissions, including The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, but remember that this is just the beginning. Just recently, Microsoft released the official backward compatibility game list, which includes titles like Borderlands and Mass Effect among the 100 in the first wave.
Microsoft is set to launch the new Xbox One Experience tomorrow for all current Xbox One owners, and while the update includes a number of tweaks and updates, the crown jewel for many will be the Xbox 360 backward compatibility. Purchasing the game digitally will grant you access to Fallout 3 in 7-10 days from the date or purchase through a private message.
The expiration date was discovered on the Fallout 4 Xbox One game page, which states that "through February 8, 2016, purchase Fallout 4 and receive Fallout 3 on Xbox 360." Interestingly enough, the Fallout 4 page on continues to use vague language saying the offer is only available for a limited time. While this promotion has been known for quite a while, one aspect that recently surfaced is the expiration date for the deal, which is February of next year.
Originally announced during Bethesda's E3 show a few months ago, Xbox One players who either pre-ordered a copy of Fallout 4 or purchase the game digitally through the Xbox One store will receive a code to download Fallout 3 for free thanks to the console's new backward compatible feature. Fans discover that the Fallout 4 Xbox One promotion which gives a free copy of Fallout 3 to people who pre-ordered or purchase digitally actually expires early next year.