Amidst endless demand of a new Fallout game, Bethesda Game Studios continues to focus on anything but.
"I totally get the desire for a new kind of ‘mainline’ single-player game, but those things take time," said Howard in a new interview.
It may be years away, but whenever it arrives, Fallout 5 needs to improve on its predecessor in several areas.
"For us right now, it's okay to acknowledge some of those other areas, but our plan is to predominantly keep it in the US," Howard says.
Howard says Bethesda is trying to shorten the long gaps between new instalments in its major franchises.
During a recent interview, Bethesda's Todd Howard seemed to allude to two unannounced Fallout projects being in development.
Following the success of Amazon's TV show, Microsoft is reportedly looking to fast-track development on the next Fallout.
With Starfield's ups and downs, you have to wonder if Bethesda should have focused on delivering the next big Fallout instead.
Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.
We'd love for the next Fallout game to let us explore the post-nuclear remains of any of these six locations.
Howard also notes the show "wasn’t the translation of an existing story. It was, what would the next thing be? It just happens to be a TV show."
"Our series sits in relation to the games as the games sit in relation to each other. It’s almost like we’re Fallout 5," says executive producer Jonathan Nolan.
BGS' Todd Howard says that the team will be working on Fallout 5 once Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 have been done with.
Unsurprisingly, whatever Fallout 5 will end up looking like will be something fans will have to wait a very long time to see.
We'd be interested to see the next mainline Fallout game tackle one of these five potential settings.
Todd Howard speaks about the future of the Fallout franchise.
At least they have a sense of humour about it...
Bethesda's heavyweights can teach each other a thing or two.
Even with the traditional AAA game development cycle, Bethesda games seem to take longer than usual.
