When Fallout 4 upgrade is coming today as Bethesda rolls out new version

A long-awaited upgrade is arriving to coincide with the new Amazon Prime show.

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Nathan BlissGaming Editor

09:56, 25 APR 2024

A screenshot from Fallout 4 showing a man and a woman in blue and yellow jumpsuits, holding weapons in front of a barren landscape — Fallout 4 is about to get a big upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles, with players on PC, Xbox One and PS4 also getting a free update (Image: Bethesda)

Fallout fans will be getting their first major update in years as a free upgrade is set to roll out today.

The free Fallout 4 upgrade is for current-gen consoles, with last-gen consoles getting an update on console and PC versions of the popular video game too. It comes after the Fallout TV series premiered on Amazon Prime on April 10.

To celebrate the launch of the show, Bethesda is freshening up the game with a slew of long-awaited updates for players. Announced earlier this month, the free update will be for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 promises a new performance and quality mode, support for up to 60FPS, increased resolutions, stability improvements and quest fixes.

A significant PC upgrade is in store for the RPG with support for widescreen and ultra-widescreen, along with fixes to Creation Kit, quest updates, stability updates, mods and bug fixes. The game will also be Steam Deck verified.

As for Xbox One and PS4 players, there will be stability improvements, login fixes and various quest fixes which, granted, don't sound as exciting but are long overdue.

An official Fallout 4 update release time hasn't been announced by Bethesda, the Mirror has reviewed previous rollout times to estimate when the next-gen update arrives.

Fallout 4 update release time

Fallout - Amazon Prime — Fallout is now streaming on Amazon Prime (Image: Amazon Prime)

We predict the free next-gen Fallout 4 update will go live today (Thursday April 25) 5pm BST (12pm EDT / 9am PDT) and 8pm BST (3pm EDT / 12pm PDT). This window is based on historical major updates for the game, albeit the last one was November 2017.

The Fallout 4's 1.10.14 update release time on Steam is logged at 4:58pm BST/ 11:58pm EDT / 8:58am PDT. The previous Update 1.9 on Steam was released 6:32pm BST/ 1:32pm EDT / 10:32am PDT, with the one before that (Update 1.8 on Steam) out at 8:07pm BST/ 3:07pm EDT / 12:07pm PDT. Bethesda has stopped short of officially confirming the release time of the Fallout 4 next-gen update, but if it follows the same pattern as previous updates, we expect it to be released late Thursday afternoon or early evening on all platforms.

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Along with the graphic and stability improvements, Xbox, PlayStation and PC users will get freebies - Creation Club items based around a faction called The Enclave, featuring a new post-update quest.

In addition to workshop items and the Enclave Colonel uniform, players can enjoy the following previously released Creation Club content:

Enclave Weapon Skins
Enclave Armor Skins
Tesla Cannon
Hellfire Power Armor
X-02 Power Armor
Heavy Incinerator

There's also a Makeshift Weapon Pack, which features unconventional weapons such as a baseball launcher, nail gun and piggy bank, as well as a Halloween-themed Workshop, with 38 new spooky decorations, for those of you who want witches and ghouls all over your settlement.