Summary
Players have decided to attack Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and his personal camp inFallout 76. A new social media post went viral recently, revealing that longtime Microsoft executive Phil Spencer was hit by a nuke inFallout 76.
Fallout 76acts as a prequel to the world-renownedFalloutseries and is the only entry in the decades-old franchise to feature online-focused play. WhileFallout 76’s release in 2018 was incredibly rocky, with players encountering a plethora of bugs, glitches, and gameplay issues, the game has slowly and consistently improved, offering fans of the franchise a massive, detailed, and rich world to get lost in, either alone or with a group of friends. Thanks to the release of Amazon’sFalloutseries earlier this year,Fallout 76reached over 1 million concurrent players, proving the game is more popular now than it ever has been.
This new surge of players meant trouble for Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who was recently hit by a nuke.Fallout 76features a wide variety of weapons, with the biggest threat players can unleash being a nuclear bomb.Nukes take a long time to get inFallout 76, requiring players to go through countless missions and tedious steps. However, at least one player was dedicated enough to acquire a nuke, launching an attack on the Xbox executive. A recent post on Twitter went viral, with a player capturing a photo of Phil Spencer’s camp being decimated by the bomb.
Fallout 76 Players Launch Nuke on Phil Spencer
This rather bold attack against the executive comes at a very tense time for the company, with Microsoft announcing layoffs and the closure of several game studios. Earlier this week, Xbox officially pulled the plug on Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios. The decision to close these studios came as quite a surprise, especially when consideringhow popular Tango Gameworks’Hi-Fi-Rushended up being. WhileFallout 76players may have just been having fun, this nuke may be a reaction to this decision by Xbox and Microsoft.
With bothFallout 76and Amazon’s original series being as successful as they are, many fans are wondering what the future of theFalloutfranchise will look like. Bethesda has been working on the nextElder Scrollsgame for quite some time, though its release is still many years away at this point. In 2022, Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda, claimed thatFallout 5would enter development afterThe Elder Scrolls 6releases. However, with interest in the franchise hitting an all-time high, it’s possible anewFallouttitle will be outsourced to a different studio. Not only would this speed up production on a potentialFallout 5,but it would also provide gamers with something new to enjoy along with Amazon’sFalloutseries, which is already confirmed to be getting a second season.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
