Fallout: New Vegas Remastered? Bethesda’s Marketing Team Might Have Just Slipped Up
Bethesda might have just pulled the pin on a hype grenade after an official ad listed Fallout: New Vegas for platforms it definitely shouldn't be on.
Every few months, the Mojave starts calling. I try to ignore it. I try to tell myself I’ve seen every ending and shot every damn cazador in its twitching face. Then a "leak" happens, and I’m right back in the basement, huffing hopium like it’s Discount Jet. This time, the smoke isn't coming from a sketchy "insider" on a Kazakhstani image board. It’s coming from Bethesda themselves.
I’ve spent a decade hearing rumors about Obsidian getting another crack at the franchise or a Bluepoint-style remake. It’s usually bullshit. But when an official marketing arm lists a fifteen-year-old game for current-gen consoles, it’s hard not to pay attention.
The Reddit Smoking Gun
The folks over at the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit spotted something that immediately sent the community into a tailspin. A Reddit ad from the official BethesdaUK account was doing the rounds, aiming to guide players on which Fallout game they should jump into first. It’s standard corporate fluff, except for one glaring "error" that sticks out like a Deathclaw in a daycare.
Under the section for New Vegas, the ad lists the available platforms as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Now, if you’re a normal person with a life, you might not see the problem. But if you’re like me and you’ve memorized the compatibility charts of every console since the Bush administration, you know that is a massive red flag.
The Platform Problem
On the Xbox side of things, seeing "Series X" isn't a huge shock. New Vegas is playable there via backwards compatibility, and it even runs at a buttery 60 FPS thanks to FPS Boost. It’s the "PlayStation 5" tag that’s the real kicker.
New Vegas was a PS3 title. Because Sony’s architecture back then was a godforsaken mess of Cell processors and nightmares, the PS5 can't natively play those discs. The only way to touch New Vegas on a modern PlayStation is through the PS Plus streaming service, and even then, it’s the janky original version without the DLC. Listing it as a native PS5 title suggests there is a version of the game that actually exists for that hardware.
A Genuine Leak or Just Bad Interns?
We have to be realistic here. Marketing departments aren't always staffed by people who know the difference between a remaster and a hole in the ground. It is entirely possible that some overworked social media manager just googled "current consoles" and slapped the logos on the ad without thinking. It happens more often than I’d like to admit in this industry.
However, the timing is suspicious. With the Fallout TV show still fresh in everyone's minds and the "Next-Gen" update for Fallout 4 finally out of the way, Bethesda would be idiots not to capitalize on the New Vegas nostalgia.
What a Remaster Would Actually Mean
If this isn't a fuck-up, I’m hoping for more than just a resolution bump. New Vegas is a masterpiece held together by duct tape and prayers. It needs a modern engine, stable frame rates, and maybe, if we’re lucky, some of that cut content Obsidian had to leave on the cutting room floor back in 2010.
I'm not holding my breath for a full remake from the ground up. Bethesda is busy with Starfield DLC and the glacial crawl toward Elder Scrolls VI. But a solid remaster handled by a reliable support studio? That’s exactly the kind of move that would print money. Until we get a formal "stop speculating, you idiots" from Bethesda, I'll be sitting here, polishing my Ranger armor and waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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