Fallout 76 will be temporarily unavailable on January 21st

Bethesda has announced a temporary server shutdown for Fallout 76what will take place in the coming days. This decision follows player complaints about several serious issues that many believe have occurred Fallout 76 “unplayable.”

Fallout 76 received its 21st major update on December 3, 2024 with the start of the Gleaming Depths season. Since then, more and more players have expressed their frustration with frequent and unwarranted crashes. Of course some of them Fallout 76The performance issues can be traced back to the June 2024 Skyline Valley update, meaning players have been dealing with game-breaking glitches for over 200 days. However, a solution finally seems to be in sight.

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Bethesda Support announced this via Twitter Fallout 76 will go offline for maintenance on Tuesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT). The post doesn’t specify how long the update will last, but confirms that all platforms, including consoles and PC, will be affected. Based on previous maintenance schedules, downtime is estimated at three to six hours, although this has not been officially confirmed. Although the support team hasn’t detailed what issues it addresses, it’s widely believed that the update targets them Fallout 76The raid crashes, causing players to lose rewards.

Fallout 76 will be unavailable due to maintenance, it is not a seasonal update

Bethesda’s support announcement on Twitter left some fans confused. Some initially believed that the temporary shutdown was related to this Fallout 76is the first major update in 2025, Glow of the Ghoul. However, the downtime on January 21st is purely for maintenance and not a seasonal update. It’s also worth noting that fans can monitor server status in three ways:

Bethesda Fallout 76 saw a significant increase in player numbers following the success of Amazon Prime’s live-action adaptation Stand out Universe. Some players suspect that this unexpected growth in fan base may have caused Bethesda to rush out content without giving developers enough time or resources to improve it. However, others argue Fallout 76 has been out since 2018 and these persistent crashes and glitches are hard to justify for a seven-year-old game. On the bright side, Bethesda has remained committed to the game, with regular patches and hotfixes, like the January 21 update, hinting at a potentially brighter future Fallout 76.

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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning developers of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcomes you to Fallout 76. 25 years after the bombs fell, you and your Vault Dwellers – chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – descend into the post-nuclear world of America on Reclamation Day in 2102. Play alone or team up as you explore the Explore the wasteland’s greatest threats, complete quests, build and triumph. Explore a vast wasteland devastated by nuclear war in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest and most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand south to Skyline Valley – a brand new Appalachian region. Investigate the source of the electrical storm circling overhead and uncover the mystery surrounding Vault 63 and its inhabitants, including a shocking new type of ghoul – the Lost One.

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Released

November 14, 2018

Multiplayer

Online multiplayer

Motor

creation

ESRB

M for “mature”: blood and gore, drug references, intense violence, strong language, alcohol consumption

How long to beat

34 hours

Steam Deck Compatibility

Yes

X|S optimized

NO

PS Plus availability

Extra & Premium

File size Xbox Series

97GB (May 2024)

OpenCritic review

Weak

Cross Save

NO

Cross-platform play

NO

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