Fallout New Vegas Is Getting the Remaster We’ve Been Waiting For
Fallout New Vegas, widely considered one of the best games ever made, is finally getting a remaster. A new report from Windows Central’s Jez Corden confirms that both games are getting full remaster treatments, bringing two of the series’ most beloved entries into the modern era.
The news comes after months of speculation fueled by leaks, TV tie-ins, and a mysterious countdown timer on Amazon Prime’s Fallout Season 2 promo site. Many players hoped that the timer would lead to a sudden announcement. According to Corden, that is not what the timer is teasing, but the remasters themselves are absolutely real and still in active development.
Corden says Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas will receive remasters similar in scope to last year’s Oblivion Remastered. That project used Unreal Engine 5 for new visuals while keeping Bethesda’s older engine under the hood for core gameplay systems. If Fallout follows the same model, players can expect upgraded assets, better lighting, cleaner combat, and modern quality-of-life fixes.
A sprint mechanic alone would be a huge upgrade for these older titles, which launched before sprinting became standard in RPGs. Updated color grading could also give Fallout 3’s Capital Wasteland a cleaner look without removing the bleak charm that originally defined it.
New Vegas in particular has been the focus of fan requests ever since the Fallout TV series shifted deeper into Mojave territory. Season 2, returning to iconic New Vegas settings, reignited interest in the game and sparked constant calls for a modern re-release.
Both Fallout 3 and New Vegas are notoriously difficult to run smoothly on modern PCs. Even dedicated modding guides warn players to prepare for crashes, frame issues, and outdated file structures. Clean remasters would finally give fans a stable way to revisit these classics without technical headaches.