Fallout 76 Fans Nuke Phil Spencer Following Xbox Studio Closures

At the end of the Fallout TV series, it's revealed that Hank MacLean nuked the NCR capital Shady Sands.

Fallout: New Vegas reimagines the gambling capital with a retrofuturistic aesthetic in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, run by a pre-war CEO clinging onto life by projecting himself through monitors as a talking head. It's easy to see why it's become one of the most iconic parts of the series.

In a development you don't see every day, following the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, swarms of fans have expressed their outrage by positively review bombing the game on Steam. This reverse review bombing campaign has resulted in several thousand Positive new reviews rising to the top since the news of Bethesda's Microsoft-mandated restructure broke last week.

Following a devastating week of Bethesda studio closures, which coincides with the Fallout franchise's recent bump in popularity (thanks to Amazon's excellent adaptation), it was only natural for the pressure to erupt somewhere. In a legitimately hilarious turn, vengeful Fallout 76 players have been venting their spleens on Phil Spencer's in-game encampment, repeatedly detonating nukes on top of it, reducing the surrounding landscape into an (even more) uninhabitable wasteland.

is known for having a unique and charming world with as many unanswered questions as answered ones. Conspiracies are ingrained into the franchise's DNA as much as the whimsical nature of the world is, and the wild setting of means that its theories can be just as outlandish. Bethesda has been shrewd in giving its fan community many answers, letting the mystery build over time from entry to entry.

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The Fallout TV series introduces a trio of new, interconnected vaults - 31, 32, and 33. We find out by the end of the show that 31 holds a bunch of pre-war Vault-Tec employees in cryostasis and that the other two shelters are breeding pools for when they awaken.

Bethesda is rolling out a new Fallout 4 update across all platforms on May 13, packing new graphic options, fixes, performance improvements, and more.

The Fallout 76 player who nuked Phil Spencer's in-game camp wasn't protesting the recent closure of Bethesda studios but had instead been planning the attack for weeks.

Microsoft is officially entering the mobile gaming store scene this summer. With the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King formalized, the legal precedent of Epic vs. Apple settled, and the European Union disrupting the digital market, Microsoft and Xbox believe the time is right to vie for a piece of the market.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has spoken more about the company’s decision to close four Bethesda studios earlier this week.

The news that Microsoft's Xbox division shuttered three studios and folded a fourth into ZeniMax Online is still ringing throughout the entire games industry at a time when layoffs and studio closures are almost a weekly certainty.