Bethesda Confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas PS5 Remasters Are in Development
Bethesda announced both remasters in a sprawling social media post about its future plans, though no release dates were given. Obsidian making a new Fallout was also confirmed the same day.
Bethesda Makes It Official
After years of rumors, Bethesda Game Studios confirmed Thursday that remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are currently in active development. The studio revealed the news as part of what it described as a long social media post laying out its plans for the years ahead.
“We also know many players want to revisit previous Fallout experiences,” the studio wrote, according to Push Square. “While we’re not announcing any dates today, we have been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.”
No release windows were given. No platforms were specified either, though the announcement arrived via Bethesda Game Studios’ official social media account on July 17, 2026.
The Oblivion Question
The big unknown hanging over both projects right now is who is actually building them. Virtuos, the external studio that collaborated with Bethesda on the Oblivion remaster released last year, handled a lot of the heavy lifting on that project. Whether these Fallout remasters are in-house efforts or being led by an outside developer remains unconfirmed, as Push Square noted.
That distinction matters more than it might seem. Reader reaction to the announcement in Push Square’s comments was cautiously enthusiastic at best, with Oblivion Remastered casting a long shadow. Several commenters expressed frustration that Oblivion still has not been fully patched more than a year after release. “Don’t forget the state of Oblivion Remastered,” one reader wrote. “I’m still waiting to do a proper playthrough.”
Others were more blunt about the studio’s recent track record. “I want to get hyped. I really do,” one commenter noted. “But damn it if this company hasn’t burned up most, if not all, of its goodwill over the past decade.”
Still, the appeal of the games themselves is hard to argue with. Both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are products of the PS3 generation, meaning PlayStation users have had no native way to play them on modern hardware. For a significant portion of the audience, these remasters represent genuine access to two beloved RPGs rather than just a coat of paint on something already playable.
A Big Day for the Franchise
The remaster confirmation was not the only Fallout news Bethesda dropped Thursday. As separately reported by Push Square, Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas originally, has now been officially confirmed to be creating a brand new Fallout game. That announcement had also been the subject of considerable speculation, and it went official the same day as the remaster news.
The combination makes for a substantial franchise moment. Bethesda appears to be threading together the past and future of Fallout simultaneously, acknowledging that players want to revisit where the series has been while also setting up where it is going next.
For PlayStation fans in particular, the New Vegas remaster carries specific weight. Obsidian’s 2010 RPG has a devoted following that considers it the creative high point of the franchise, and it has never been available on a PlayStation platform beyond the original PS3 release. Getting a proper PS5 version, whenever that arrives, closes a gap that has existed for the better part of two console generations.
The details on developer, scope, and timeline are still missing. But after years of the remasters existing only as rumors, having Bethesda say the words out loud is at minimum a place to start.
Are Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas being remastered for PS5?
Yes. Bethesda confirmed on July 17, 2026, that remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are in active development, though no release dates were announced.
Who is developing the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters?
Bethesda has not confirmed whether the remasters are being handled in-house or by an external studio. Virtuos assisted with the Oblivion remaster released last year, but no developer has been named for these projects.
Is a new Fallout game also in development?
Yes. As part of the same set of announcements, Bethesda confirmed that Obsidian Entertainment is officially creating a new Fallout game.
Were Fallout 3 and New Vegas previously available on PS5?
No. According to community reaction reported by Push Square, both games were previously stuck on PS3 for PlayStation users, making the remasters a long-awaited arrival on the platform.