FALLOUT 76

Initial release date: October 23, 2018
Composer: Inon Zur
Genres: Adventure game, Shooter Video Game, MORE
Designers: Emil Pagliarulo, Chris Cummings
Developers: Bethesda Game Studios, Battlecry Studios, Bethesda Studios Montréal Inc.
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now, Microsoft Windows
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Fallout 76 is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is an installment in the Fallout series and a prequel to previous entries.[b] Initially set in the year 2102, players control a resident of Vault 76 who must venture out into the dilapidated open world known as "Appalachia" in order to re-colonize the region, and uncover a mysterious plague that has killed off its inhabitants. Fallout 76 is Bethesda Game Studios' first multiplayer game; Bethesda developed the game using a modified version of its Creation Engine, which allowed the accommodation of multiplayer gameplay and a more detailed game world than in previous games.

Fallout 76 was released to generally mixed reviews, with criticism for the game's numerous technical issues, overall design, lack of gameplay purpose, and initial absence of human non-playable characters. The game was the subject of several controversies, chiefly with regard to the quality of physical content, and is notable for its negative reception. A number of Bethesda's responses and attempts to provide ongoing support for Fallout 76 in the months following its launch were met with criticism. The game sold 1.4 million copies by the end of 2018. In October 2019, a premium subscription service called Fallout 1st was added to the game. The first major update, Wastelanders, which introduced human non-playable characters, was released in April 2020, to more favorable reception. Fallout 76 continued to receive an increasing player count over time, peaking in 2024 with the release of Amazon Prime's television series Fallout.