It’s Fallout 76’s global rollout today, or rather tomorrow for us but our today for their tomorrow – confused yet? – with preloading going live last night and the folks down under already diving into the wasteland. For those of us in the US, we’ve still got about 14 hours of waiting ahead of us, but that’s plenty of time to download if you didn’t bother with the beta. Bethsoft notes that if the pre-download button is missing from your launcher, you just need to redeem your retail code on the official website.
For those of you bored and waiting, we’ve rounded up all the coverage of the game since its announcement, and there are already dozens of folks streaming the live game on Twitch.
#Fallout76 preload is available now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Check out our map to see when #ReclamationDay begins in YOUR region. https://t.co/bF3flVJXs0 pic.twitter.com/4EX4amUkoz
— Fallout (@Fallout) November 12, 2018
Looks like our Kiwi friends in New Zealand can now play #Fallout76🇳🇿
Happy #ReclamationDay ! pic.twitter.com/oKU3IfWZlN
— Bethesda ANZ (@Bethesda_ANZ) November 13, 2018
And now, down under, #Fallout76 is live for Straya! 🇦🇺
Here is something we prepared earlier 😊 #OurFutureBegins pic.twitter.com/qPkOfsS2iu
— Bethesda ANZ (@Bethesda_ANZ) November 13, 2018
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