While thesurvivor2299 website was a hoax (but a darn good one, we have to admit), the most recent spate of Fallout 4 rumors seem to be real. Documents leaked to Jason Schreier at Kotaku.com show that Fallout 4 is in development at Bethesda, and it looks to be set in Boston.
Shreier was able to confirm the documents—which are from the casting call for a project with the code name Institute—as being the real deal. There were rumors way back in 2012 that Bethesda devs have also been looking around MIT—coincidence? We think not!
While none of the details in the leaked documents can necessarily be trusted (game developers aren’t above handing out completely misleading scripts in order to protect their secrets), they are interesting nonetheless. Here’s a few that caught our eye:
1. The player starts by waking up in a cryogenic chamber.
2. There is a radio DJ named Travis Miles.
3. And an engineer named Sturges who is described as a cross between Buddy Holly and Vin Diesel (what?)
4. The Institute is MIT in the post-nuclear apocalypse world
So, while there’s still a whole lot of if, thens, what-ifs and maybes, this is still more solid information then we’ve had before!
Bethesda remains mum on all of this, but hopefully we can expect an announcement soon-ish. Certainly by GDC or E3? Maybe? Pretty please, Bethesda?