Rumored Approval of Fallout 5 Could Signal Trouble for Starfield

Alright, let’s dive into this messy swirl of gaming updates and speculations. So, here’s the scoop—kind of vague, but bear with me. Fallout 5 is supposedly a go. This whisper—more like a shout—from Jez Cordon over at Windows Central says Zenimax is greenlighting it. Yeah, I know, maybe at the expense of some other big MMO thing, Project Blackbird or something. It’s like, Elder Scrolls Online team’s side gig is getting ditched, I guess? Who knows.

It’s been what, nearly a decade? That’s like eternity in gaming years, so Fallout 5 has become this kind of inevitable thing. Like, duh, of course, Bethesda’s revisiting it. But the gossip timing is weird, right? I mean, Starfield’s freshly in diapers—hasn’t even hit its terrible twos yet. Bethesda was supposed to be pouring love into it for years. Or so we thought.

But, here we are, Starfield is like… struggling? It didn’t exactly rock the world, not like Skyrim or Fallout 3. Kind of a bummer. There’s still this tiny glimmer that it’ll pull a 180 with updates and flashy DLC. But, nah, it’s limping along. Plus, that Shattered Space DLC was, what’s the word… underwhelming? Major fan letdown. Bethesda dropped big talk about 2025 plans and then—crickets. Peeps are starting to doubt if more Starfield DLC is even gonna happen.

This Fallout 5 chatter doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s like a side-eye at Starfield’s launch woes. Fallout’s got some fire right now with Fallout 76 and that new TV show. Meanwhile, Starfield’s looking more like a cold leftover. So, maybe, just maybe, it makes sense to slide those resources over to Fallout 5. Bethesda could be thinking, alright, comfort zone, here we come. Go with what works, am I right?

Anyway—hold up—where was I going with this? Right, bottom line: Fallout’s hot, Starfield’s not, and everyone’s waiting to see what happens next. Maybe 2025 will spill some secrets. Or we’ll just keep guessing. Who knows?