UPDATE: The Fallout London mod is out now, available to download from GOG.
If you download the mod via GOG, it will work with Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition from both GOG and Steam.
Fallout London is compatible with the pre-patched version (1.10.163.0) of Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition. A next-gen compatible version of the mod is currently in development, but it does not have a release date yet.
The GOG version is exactly the pre-patched one (1.10.163.0), which the PC storefront maintained “in order to provide time for modding communities to update their mods.” This means you’ll be able to launch Fallout London installation right away.
The Steam version of the game is after the next-gen update, making it non-compatible. This means you’ll have to downgrade your game to the compatible pre-patch version before proceeding with installation.
To simplify the mod installation itself, GOG worked with Fallout London developer Team FOLON to create a dedicated launcher that installs the mod with one click via GOG Galaxy or offline installers. All you need to do is have a copy of Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition installed (either on GOG or the downgraded Steam version), grab Fallout London from GOG, run the mod launcher (by clicking ‘Play’ on Fallout London’s game view in GOG Galaxy or its offline installer), and then play.
ORIGINAL STORY: The hotly anticipated
The mod 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.
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.
As a result of Bethesda’s Fallout 4 updates, the release of Fallout London is slightly fiddly. If you get the mod on GOG, it’s compatible with Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition from both GOG and Steam. But the Steam version of the game is after the next-gen update, making it non-compatible, which means you have to downgrade your game.
Meanwhile, GOG has confirmed that Fallout London won’t be playable via Epic Games Store-bought copies of Fallout 4 at launch because the storefront doesn’t support update rollbacks.
Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has confirmed Fallout 5 will arrive after the Elder Scrolls 6, which is still years away itself, though massively multiplayer online game Fallout 76 continues to be updated.
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