The Fallout series has existed for almost three decades. During these near-30 years, Fallout has spent all of its time within the borders of the United States of America. With Fallout Day this year, we wanted to think about where the franchise should go next. Maybe another state within the USA—or perhaps a different country entirely?
**Shack Chat: Where Should the Fallout Franchise Go Next?**
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### Canada/Alaska
**TJ Denzer, Wants a Frostier Fallout**
Almost every single Fallout game has taken place in the southern United States (except for Fallout 3, which also included an excursion to Pittsburgh). But I’m ready for a far more frosty Fallout. Throughout the series, we often hear about how an invasion of Alaska was one of the starting points of the US/China war that erupted into nuclear conflict and scorched the world.
The only actual dip into that particular lore we’ve ever received was the simulation in Fallout 3’s *Operation: Anchorage*. So I guess I’d like to explore the northern end of North America for a Fallout game. What’s going on in Canada? What’s Alaska looking like after that initial invasion?
Don’t tell me—show me.
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### Northeast Ohio
**Asif Khan, Avid Weather Reporter**
Fallout 76 has expanded into Southeastern Ohio, but I think it’s time to take a trip up what remains of I-77. Relics of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Cleveland Browns Stadium, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would all be cool areas to be recreated in the post-apocalyptic universe of the Fallout franchise.
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### Antarctica
**Sam Chandler, The Terror**
My first thought was that I’d like to see Australia in the next Fallout game. However, after watching *Mad Max*, I’m not sure how different a Fallout experience that would be (I’d still love to see Aussie culture in a Fallout world, though).
What I haven’t seen, however, is a harsh environment like the polar caps shown in a post-nuclear fallout world. Would all the snow be melted away? What’s beneath the snow? Have prehistoric creatures thawed out?
Antarctica is a location steeped in geopolitics, with many countries laying claims to various regions, making it a veritable boiling pot of ideologies. Imagine the weird vaults that Vault-Tec might have created there! What strange and wacky experiments could they be running?
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### London
**Donovan Erskine, Went There Once**
London and all its gorgeous iconography would be perfect for Fallout. My mind immediately goes to *28 Days Later* as a blueprint for what a post-apocalyptic, worn-down London could look like.
Mix in some Power Armor, Deathclaws, and a bunch of factions, and you could have a hell of a Fallout game. Yes, I know a fan mod exists, but I’d still prefer a game made from the ground up by Bethesda.
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### Northeast United States
**Steve Tyminski, My Neck of the Woods**
Where should the next Fallout game take place? I think I’m going with the Northeast United States. Imagine a game set in New Jersey and/or New York around iconic locations like the George Washington Bridge, Empire State Building, Ellis Island, and the Statue of Liberty.
There could be tons of places to start a Fallout shelter, as well as several locations for groups of people with different ideas on how to rebuild life after the bombs.
The Northeast experiences extreme weather—it can get really hot or really cold—so it could offer all kinds of harsh environmental challenges to deal with. It would be fascinating to see what a Fallout game taking place in my neck of the woods, aka the New Jersey/New York area, could look like.
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Those are the locations we think Fallout should explore next as a franchise. Would you like to see the Vault Dweller visit a new U.S. state, or do you think it’s time to see how the rest of the world is faring?
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