naiwa 2026-04-21

The co-founder of Obsidian and the creative director of the original broke down the problem — and it turned out to be serious.

Chris Avellone, co-founder of Obsidian Entertainment and one of the key developers of Fallout: New Vegas, spoke in an interview with the YouTube channel TKs-Mantis about the prospects of a remaster of the cult RPG. In his opinion, Bethesda lacks the necessary technical foundation: "Simply put, I don't think Bethesda has the engineering knowledge to create a New Vegas remaster." The central problem, according to Avellone, is the absence of the source code: at the end of development, Obsidian was offered to transfer all source files for $10,000, but Bethesda apparently never acquired this package. Without it, recreating the game is technically much more difficult.Avellone suggested a logical alternative sequence: if a remaster is to be made, it would be more reasonable to first work through the process on Fallout 3, identify arising problems, and only then move on to New Vegas. In the context of the conversation, the remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion came up — Avellone has not played it but noted that he heard mixed reviews: the visual part was liked by some players, while the overall reaction was rather critical. According to available data, the Oblivion remake was developed jointly with Virtuos using Gamebryo and Unreal Engine 5. Avellone did not confirm rumors about a Fallout 3 remaster following a similar scheme but called such an approach a…