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One of the strongest evergreen projects in Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios portfolio is Fallout 76, the popular multiplayer MMO-lite RPG from Bethesda that's been running since 2018 and retains a healthy community of players across Xbox, PC, and PlayStation to this day.
Over the years, the Appalachia-based Fallout title has received well over 60 free content updates that've each brought new stories, quests, locations, enemies, gear, and more to the game — and just recently, Bethesda launched its 68th, Infestations, alongside news that the next-gen version of the RPG is getting public testing in June.
To celebrate, the studio showed off a brand new trailer for the Infestations update during the Xbox Games Showcase that primarily features a song themed after the patch coupled with a nifty rubber hose-style animation that fits right in with Fallout's typical marketing style. It's a fun watch; you can check it out below.
The Infestations update itself brings a huge variety of intense combat encounters to numerous different locations in Appalachia, with players encouraged to team up with one another in these open-world events and cut down hordes of everything from Super Mutants and raiders to rogue military robots and the deadly wildlife that roams the wasteland.
Successfully doing so will net you various rewards, the best of these being pieces of four-star Legendary gear exclusive to Infestation events. I imagine farming them will be a great way for players to get a large arsenal of quality weapons and armor.
Notably, the trailer also revealed that from June 7 (today!) to June 15, players can log in every day for free daily rewards, which could be everything from new cosmetics to useful gameplay items.
On top of that, Fallout 1st — Fallout 76's controversial premium subscription option that gives members access to exclusive cosmetics, unlimited crafting storage, monthly in-game currency for microtransaction purchases, and private servers to play on — also has a free trial running from June 8 to June 15, effectively giving you a week of it for no cost.
Ultimately, these are some nice offers, and the Infestations update itself brings plenty of chaotic action to Fallout 76. I'm always glad to see the game doing well and getting more content, myself.
How about you, though? What do you think of Fallout 76? I'm curious, so let me know below.
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