After its infamously rough launch,Fallout 76has grown immensely from what the game once was. Throughout the past six years, tons of new content updates and countless gameplay improvements have flipped the narrative forFallout 76, redeeming the game from its troubled past. With the game in a better place than it ever was and a bright future ahead of it, the upcoming March 2025 update will be a great chance to finally jump into the game for any players who haven’t been convinced byFallout 76’s comeback story so far.
While every new update forFallout 76is typically the new best time to finally jump into the game, the upcoming Season 20 and playable Ghoul update will be a special moment for the franchise that players won’t want to miss. With plenty of returning players anticipated to make a fresh start whenFallout 76’s playable Ghoul characterarrives, this could be the perfect opportunity for new players to tag along and join in on the fun.
Fallout 76 Has Come a Long Way Since Its Rough Launch
It’s no secret thatFallout 76got off to a rough start, but players who have written off the game in the past may be surprised to see how much the game has evolved after its initial release in 2018. Since then, numerous free content updates have continued to shape the game into the best version of itself. In the past year alone,Fallout 76reached record player counts, partly due to the success of theFalloutshow putting the spotlight on the franchise, but still to the credit of the game’s ongoing support.
The numerous updatesFallout 76has received have reshaped the game in major ways, notably improving the new-player experience, introducing new questlines, as well as new endgame activities, overall touching on and improving just about every aspect of the game. Considering all these recent improvements that new players will have the benefit of naturally experiencing, the upcoming Season 20 update is shaping up to be a great chance for new players to finally jump intoFallout 76. Not to mention, there’s still plenty more in store for the game in the near future, with no end in sight forFallout 76’s ongoing support just yet.
Fallout 76’s Season 20 and playable Ghoul updatestill doesn’t have an exact release date, though this update is expected to arrive immediately afterFallout 76’s Season 19 ends in early March 2025.
Fallout 76’s Playable Ghoul Character Will Be a Milestone Moment for the Franchise
The main attraction ofFallout 76’s Season 20 update is theFalloutfranchise’s first-ever playable Ghoul character, offering a completely new way to experience the game with new buildcrafting tools and unique world interactions. Whether or not new players are enticed by the upcoming Ghoul playable character, this update will still be a great opportunity to start a fresh journey inFallout 76, nonetheless.
While some players will be transforming their existing characters into a Ghoul, many longtime players will likely becreating a fresh character inFallout 76to experience the unique features that are exclusive to the upcoming playable Ghoul character. Consequently, there are expected to be tons of players engaging with the early-game content inFallout 76, meaning newer players won’t have to take on the early-game difficulty curve alone.
Considering how much theFalloutfranchise’s community has grown recently, the new playable Ghoul character coming toFallout 76will surely be a special moment for the franchise. Even if players would rather play as the original Vault-dweller character, the game has come a surprisingly long way since its initial launch with countless improvements and new content to experience. With plenty of other players populating the Appalachian wasteland at this point,Fallout 76’s upcoming Season 20 update will arguably be the perfect opportunity to finally join in on the fun.
Fallout 76
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
