Fallout London Release Appears Soon as Dev Declares 'the End Is in Sight'

Expansion-sized Fallout 4 mod Fallout London appears to be nearing release after developer Team FOLON declared "the end is in sight" as it awaits final quality assurance tests.

In a post on X/Twitter, Team FOLON sought to clear up speculation by confirming it had sent "several builds" to CD Projekt Red-owned Steam competitor GOG and is awaiting the "final green light."

"Once they've completed the process of double checking that Fallout: London and its installer work on all supported machines, we should be good to go," Team FOLON said. "Yes, we have our own installer, and downgrader too.

pic.twitter.com/wttIUwAnQx— Team FOLON (@TeamFOLON) July 6, 2024

"It is in all of our interests that this final QA process is carried out in full, and we are very thankful that GOG is assisting. While it may seem like not a lot is going on, we can assure you that the heads of the department have been working non-stop behind the scenes during this time to make the release build as good as it can be. The end is in sight."

Fallout: London was previously due to arrive on April 23, 2024 but actual Fallout developer Bethesda announced a surprise update for Fallout 4, which the mod developer feared would impact its release.

"We've just been tweaking and testing non-stop in order to get things as stable as we can for you all in time for that release," said Team FOLON project lead Dean Carter at the time. "But with the new update dropping just 48 hours later, the past four years of our work stand to just simply break."

The end is in sight.

Carter later lamented how Bethesda, which has made clear it's aware of Fallout: London, failed to inform Team FOLON of its plans. "That has, for lack of a better term, sort of screwed us over, somewhat,” Carter said.

Fallout London is one of the most high-profile mods in development and will let players explore a post-apocalyptic version of the English capital. Players will engage with everything from “stuffy parliamentary aristocrats to a resurrection of the Knights of the Round Table to an uncompromising cult of revolutionaries." It even stars Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion actor Neil Newbon.

Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has confirmed Fallout 5 will arrive after the Elder Scrolls 6, which is still years away itself, but it continues to update MMO Fallout 76.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.