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Fallout 76 is getting NPCs and battle royale

Despite its rough start, Bethesda isn’t giving up on Fallout 76. The company revealed what’ll be coming to the online role-playing game’s future during it Electronic Entertainment Expo event today in Los Angeles. At the show, it showed off the Wastelanders content update, which will add interactable nonplayer characters. It is coming this fall, and it will be free.

Fallout 76 is also getting a battle royale mode, Nuclear Winter. Players will fight to the death to be the last person to survive as a circle of fire encloses around them. It will support 52 players. Nuclear Winter will be available to try starting tomorrow, June 10.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.