A sequel to the gameFallout Shelterhas been announced withplayer versus player gameplay. However, the game is exclusive to China and it’s unclear whether Bethesda has any plans to release it outside of the country.
TheFallout Sheltersequel is calledFallout Shelter Onlineand it adds quests, exploration, and PvP combat toFallout Shelter’sbase building gameplay.FalloutYouTuber JuiceHead and the publicationMMO Culturehave shared some gameplay from the new mobile game, confirming that players will be able to take their vault dwellers outside of the vault, going on quests to fight enemies and level them up. Players will also be able to battle each other in a 5v5 mode where they team up with others.
In the comments of JuiceHead’s video,Falloutfans say thatFallout Shelter Onlinelooks “amazing” but they may not get to play it. In August 2018, Pete Hines, Bethesda’s vice president of marketing, was asked about the game and if it could be released in the United States and Hines said “it’s developed in China, for China.” Hines’s reply seemed to confirm that in August 2018, Bethesda had no plans to releaseFallout Shelter Onlineoutside of China.
JuiceHead and the otherFalloutfans in the replies of the video agree that it is strange for Bethesda to make the game exclusive to China. China is a huge market for mobile games butFallout Shelterhas been played by more than 120 million people in the west and is themost playedFalloutgameout of the whole series. So, Bethesda could be making much more money by releasing the game outside of China too.
The YouTuber also finds it strange that the trailers forFallout Shelter Onlinehave been recorded in English, if the game is made for players in China. One trailer for the game uses the same style and voice actor as theFallout 76trailers. It’s unclear why Bethesda did this but JuiceHead speculates that it is so that it would make it easy to release the game in English speaking countries if the company did decide to do that.
