Chris Avellone has poured cold water on the idea of ”Fallout: New Vegas 2,” saying Obsidian Entertainment discussed it briefly before the project faded away. He also floated a setting he still likes for a new Fallout game: New Orleans, a city that would fit the series’ taste for decay, weirdness, and dark Americana better than most obvious choices.
That Fallout: New Vegas 2 talk is the sort of thing fans have been feeding on for years, but the reality behind it sounds far less glamorous. Avellone said Obsidian still believed a follow-up might happen for a while, then the prospect evaporated quickly. He also doubts the studio would return to that idea any time soon, which is hardly shocking given how many moving parts a modern Fallout project would need to line up.
Why New Orleans keeps coming up
Avellone’s preferred location did not come from a spreadsheet or a marketing deck. He said a designer or producer suggested New Orleans on another project, and the idea stuck because of the city’s atmosphere and its layered history. For Fallout, that matters: Bethesda’s series has long leaned on regional identity, and New Orleans would give writers a dense mix of architecture, music, superstition, and flood-prone ruin to play with.
He linked that feeling to ”Grendel,” the Matt Wagner comic line, especially one New Orleans story he read while researching Fallout. That connection is telling, because Fallout has always borrowed from pop culture more openly than some fans like to admit. The franchise works best when it finds a real place that already looks like the world ended badly there.
What a Fallout sequel would have to beat
The problem is not imagination. It is timing, ownership, and scale. Even if Obsidian wanted to revisit New Vegas, the studio would be competing with its own legacy while also living under the shadow of Bethesda’s mainline Fallout games. That is a rough business case for nostalgia: fans want the old magic, publishers want a project that can justify the budget.
- ”Fallout: New Vegas 2” was discussed, but the idea faded quickly.
- Avellone does not expect a return to that concept in the next six years, if ever.
- New Orleans is his favorite setting pitch for a future Fallout game.
If Fallout does get another new city, New Orleans would be a smarter bet than another obvious desert repeat. The question now is whether anyone with the rights and the budget wants the same thing badly enough to make it happen.