Bethesda has confirmed that Fallout 5 will arrive after The Elder Scrolls 6, a game slated for release in 2026, meaning it could arrive first. between the end of that year and 2027, at the best case. This means that in short, it would become the endgame for the current generation, although we cannot rule out that it is also a cross-generational title.
The current generation of consoles will hit the market at the end of 2020. Taking into account the life cycle of the previous generation of consoles, it is very likely that the PS5 and Xbox Series until 2028although the new generation could arrive much earlier, in fact, as we recently told you, the possibility that Microsoft the launch of the successor to the Xbox Seris X in 2026.
What graphics engine will Fallout 5 use?
This game will be based on the same graphics engine that we saw in Starfield, the Creation Engine 2, although I imagine that with the time Bethesda has to develop the long-awaited Fallout 5, they will take the opportunity to introduce improvements on both a technical and optimization level. In this sense, it should also be noted that it could be optimized to take advantage of the potential of the PS5 Pro and even the hypothetical successor Xbox Series X.
The results that Creation Engine 2 offered in Starfield They have many lights, but also some shadows. In general, the graphic quality is good, there is an important jump that makes it clear that we are facing a game that clearly surpasses the previous generation, but it has shortcomings in some aspects, such as facial animations, some parts of geometry. used in storyboards and facial animations and needs further optimization.
Possible requirements: should be similar to Starfield


A while ago we offered you an estimate of the possible requirements for Fallout 5 and it’s strange because they ended up being very similar to those of Starfield, which makes me think that we were right and that could be approximately final requirements this new installment of the famous Bethesda franchise.
Minimal requirements
- Windows 10 as an operating system.
- Intel Core i7-8700 or Ryzen 5 2600X processor (6 cores, 12 threads).
- 16 GB of RAM.
- GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or Radeon RX 5700 graphics card.
- DirectX 12.
- SSD with 125 GB free space.
Recommended requirements
- Windows 10 as an operating system.
- Intel Core i5-12600K or Ryzen 5 5600X processor (6 cores and 12 threads with high IPC).
- 16 GB of RAM.
- GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card with 12 GB of graphics memory or Radeon RX 6950 XT with 16 GB of graphics memory.
- DirectX 12.
- SSD with 125 GB free space.
On a technical level, it is very likely that Fallout 5 uses upscaling and image generation technologies from NVIDIA and AMD, ie. DLSS 3 and FSR 3. It remains to be seen if said game will implement some type of ray tracing, but with the open world approach of the franchise I think it would be quite complicated given the level of demand this would entail.
In terms of gameplay, we can expect a gaming system similar to what we saw in Fallout 4, where the action and VATS mode were combined in a pretty good way. This was one of the games I put the most hours into and became one of my favorites, so I wouldn’t mind if Bethesda took direct gameplay inspiration from it.
In terms of history, it is clear that everything will revolve around a dystopian post-nuclear future, and that we will play as one of the lucky survivors who managed to hide in the Vault-Tec shelter in time.