When pressed about the possibility of cross-play in Fallout 76, director Todd Howard was candid about Sony's reluctance to support the feature at all.

Bethesda has now released a video that they’ve called “Welcome to West Virginia Gameplay Video” despite the fact that there’s maybe 12 seconds of what could genuinely be construed as gameplay in the whole thing. It’s actually not at all different from the video that was part of their E3 conference, but if you want to have a gander at it outside of the E3 setting, here’s a good look at what to expect.

Everybody wants some space of their own and with Fallout 76 offering a map that happens to be quadruple the size of Fallout 4’s uninhabitable radioactive wasteland, there’ll be room to spare. What will there be to see and do however? Nobody knows, besides some of the most rabid vault dwelling fans who actually went to great lengths to piece together a map of their own.

While Fallout 76’s nuclear options will still require some co-ordinated teamwork to pull off, that won’t stop the most determined of players from some solo antagonism, something that Bethesda is already looking at as they examine which systems in their game can be abused for cheap laughs.

From the mighty melody of even Andrew WK failing to rouse the game journos in attendance into party mode to Todd Howard’s reveal of Skyrim finally coming to a smart fridge near you, Bethesda still had some surprises and even a rare look at the future.

This year, Microsoft kicked some serious ass. While their first-party future will still take some time to be realised, Microsoft’s third-party offerings were incredibly exciting. From Devil May Cry 5 finally emerging from the darkness to a hat trick of Gears of War announcements, Microsoft was throwing punch after punch in their press conference, with knockouts aplenty finding their mark. Did you miss all of that hot action? Well here's a handy round-up for you.

Fallout 76 is an persistently online survival adventure, bringing friends together to explore and create in the open-world of West Virgina after the nuclear apocalypse.

Fallout 76, a game that explores the early years of America’s survivors reclaiming a new irradiated frontier that happens to be infested with other vault dwellers and gigantic murderous sloths. Looks like my cup of tea. You know what else is also my cup of hot salad water? Collector’s editions. I’m a sucker for plastic and Fallout 76 has a particularly cool special edition that’ll launch with the game.