Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is a rumoured upcoming post-apocalyptic action role-playing video game set in an open world environment being developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Plot
Not much is known about the setting of Fallout 4 so far. Bethesda Softworks's senior producer, Jason Bergman, was asked during an interview to give hints as to the setting of the next Fallout game, he replied with (translated from Norwegian), "You'll get no tips from me. But the Mojave Wasteland was a fun place to explore, wasn't it?
Development
In 2004, Bethesda Softworks acquired the rights from Interplay Entertainment to create and publish three Fallout games (Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 4). Later, in 2007, Bethesda purchased the entire franchise, and Interplay licensed back from Bethesda the rights to a Fallout MMORPG which later resulted in a legal dispute, with Bethesda Softworks and its in-house development studio retaining the rights to all of the Fallout franchise, including an MMO.
In 2008, the vice president of Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines said: "The whole reason we went out and acquired the license and that we now own Fallout is that we clearly intended to make more than one." He also added: "This is not something we're going to do once and then go away and never do it again. When that will be or how long that will be God only knows, but we acquired it specifically because we wanted to own it and develop it and work on it like we do with The Elder Scrolls."
On 8 January 2013, Fallout 3 voice actor Erik Dellums hinted via Twitter that his character, Three Dog, would be returning. On his Twitter account, he stated, "To all my #Fallout3 and #ThreeDog fans: There may be more of the Dog coming! Fingers crossed!". In a follow-up tweet, he stated, "I was given permission to release that tease." This was widely interpreted by the gaming media as a sign that a Fallout 4 announcement is imminent. However, in July of the same year, Dellums tweeted that the game he is working on is not being produced by Bethesda Softworks, therefore it was not the anticipated new Fallout title.
On 12 July 2013, JohnTheRenegade published an article on IGN saying "First things first, I know that Fallout 4 is currently in active development at Bethesda."
On 13 November 2013, an alleged ZeniMax-funded site called thesurvivor2299.com were created. The site contained several coded messages and morse code, and most notably, a timer believed to be counting down to an announcement or teaser trailer for Fallout 4, which was also done with Fallout 3. The messages and morse code was in turn translated by several Fallout fan-sites. On 6 December, Bethesda finally responded in regards to the site stating: "PSA: If you don’t hear it through an official channel like this, assume all rumors and speculation are false." and the site was revealed to be a hoax shortly after.

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