Bethesda's Fallout 76 might not be the most beloved game right now, but it might help to know that it'll be losing its Bethesda Games Store exclusivity later this year for PC players. This also extends to any and all upcoming Bethesda titles on the platform. They'll still be releasing on Bethesda's launcher, but RAGE 2, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, and DOOM Eternal will be headed to Steam as well. While this was never an impossibility--Bethesda said it was considering releasing Fallout 76 on Steam last year--the significant takeaway is that the company won't be releasing its games as exclusives on the Epic Games Store.

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[Tom Bombadildo]

GG Bethesda, now I won't need your shitty launcher when I want to play the new Wolfenstein/Doom games

 

[supergamer368]

Well at least it isn’t epic, yeah. Glad to hear about DOOM Eternal. Don’t care about the rest, ESPECIALLY FO76.

 

[wurstpistole]

Well, can I add an existing FO76 on Bethesda to Steam??

 

[kumikochan]

Well, can I add an existing FO76 on Bethesda to Steam??

nope

 

[Xzi]

Hah! Fallout 76 was their "flagship" title for the new launcher, and it failed so bad that they're crawling back to Steam just a couple months later. Classic.

 

[RedoLane]

I swear the folks at id software brainwashed the higher-ups of Bethesda, and that's why we'll get Steam releases

 

[tech3475]

A cynical part of me is wondering if they'll pull a Metro and make Doom Eternal an Epic Store exclusive just prior to launch.

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For once, it might be a good thing to preorder as soon as it goes live on Steam.

 

[Kioku]

Yes! Now I can pre-order Doom!

 

[Ev1l0rd]

So... we're celebrating developers not releasing on Epic now?

That's an odd take to me.

 

[Chary]

So... we're celebrating developers not releasing on Epic now?

That's an odd take to me.

I don't see how it's odd, seeing as how every single news post about Epic Games Store has been dominated by users vocally showing their disdain for it. It's been happening since the start of Epic exclusives.

 

[the_randomizer]

Lol, adding FO76 to Steam is a huge mistake.

So... we're celebrating developers not releasing on Epic now?

That's an odd take to me.

Would you rather they release their games on a shitty storefront that's been accused of leaking and gathering personal information? That's sad.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

I don't see how it's odd, seeing as how every single news post about Epic Games Store has been dominated by users vocally showing their disdain for it. It's been happening since the start of Epic exclusives.

Lol, adding FO76 to Steam is a huge mistake.


Would you rather they release their games on a shitty storefront that's been accused of leaking and gathering personal information? That's sad.

More like expressing disdain that it's apparently considered a virtue to not release on a shitty platform.

I'm not expressing anything remotely to say that Epic is good, quite the opposite in fact. Their fuckin launcher is a buncha dogshit. Ignoring the data gathering, there's also issues with how it downloads things that basically result in what should be a 5 minute update on my connection taking up to two hours.

 

[the_randomizer]

More like expressing disdain that it's apparently considered a virtue to not release on a shitty platform.

I'm not expressing anything remotely to say that Epic is good, quite the opposite in fact. Their fuckin launcher is a buncha dogshit. Ignoring the data gathering, there's also issues with how it downloads things that basically result in what should be a 5 minute update on my connection taking up to two hours.

We're not allowed to express joy that it's on Steam and not on Epic? Sure sounds like it to me.

 

[Foxi4]

I don't know why this is a surprise - I distinctly remember Bethesda themselves saying that while the games will launch on the Bethesda launcher, they will eventually be put up on Steam as well.

 

[Rahkeesh]

You can preorder Rage 2 now. I don't think there's even going to be a delay anymore for upcoming games to hit Steam.

FO '76 was released on their launcher before Steam announced a 20% cut for games that sell extremely well. That may well have been enough to tempt them back and it was just a matter of timing for them.