E3 2015: Fallout Shelter Announced and Now Available

Tonight, during Bethesda’s E3 press conference, Fallout 4 creative director Todd Howard announced an additional Fallout game. Titled Fallout Shelter, the game is a micromanaging game in the vein of Tiny Tower, The Sims, or Dungeon Keeper. Players will be tasked in managing their own vault shelter, as well as its inhabitants. The game has been developed for iOS and Android, and will release following the Bethesda conference.

Vault shelter denizens will be the focus of Bethesda’s new mobile title

Although the game is a mobile title, Howard has promised that the game will be completely free-to-play. There will be no cool-down-timers, and no gems. Of course, there will be an opportunity to purchase additional “lunchboxes,” filled with various loot, but everything can be earned without spending a penny. To top it all off, the game will be free to purchase from the App Store or Google Play Store.

Announced in-between trailers for Fallout 4, the app is apparently a full-fledged mobile game, with more complexity than most mobile games while staying true to the touch-screen controls of the mobile platform.

Are you excited about Fallout Shelter? What about Fallout 4? In general, how did you think Bethesda did at E3 this year with its press conference? Shout out in the comments below, and be sure to keep it locked to www.thenerdstash.com for all your gaming news throughout E3 and beyond.

David Silbert

David is an everyday college student studying Economics in Philadelphia. Originally from Boston, his main interests include avoiding Yankees fans, jamming on the saxophone, and of course, playing video games.