GAME · 2015
Fallout 4
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows
50 archived facts 6 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
8 Facts From the Development of Fallout 4
- #002
Initial plans for Fallout 4 took shape in 2009, when director Todd Howard wanted to explore the world of Fallout before the bombs fell. A team began production on the game that year, including Istvan Pely, the lead artist of Fallout 3, after he finished that game's downloadable content.
- #004
Development of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim held Bethesda's full attention while Fallout 4 was in its early stages. After Skyrim's 2011 release, the studio continued to support it with updates and downloadable content until 2013.
- #006
Fallout 4 entered full production from mid-2013 to mid-2015, after Bethesda finished the updates and downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- #008
Fallout 4 was built on the Creation Engine, which Bethesda had previously used for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, rather than the Gamebryo engine used by Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
- #012
Bethesda revealed that mobile devices would be integrated into Fallout 4 as a second screen, serving as a secondary display for the Pip-Boy.
- #021
Fallout 4 runs on Bethesda's Creation Engine, the same engine originally built for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- #030
At E3 2017, Bethesda announced that Fallout 4 would support Creation Club, an in-game system for purchasing and downloading custom content.
- #032
Creation Club became available for Fallout 4 in August 2017.
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