You can try Fallout 76 and its new Wastelanders update free this weekend

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You can try Fallout 76 and its new Wastelanders update free this weekendFreeloader weekend in the Wasteland

Freeloader weekend in the Wasteland

Originally ill-fated and now much-upgraded sort of MMOFallout 76is having its moment in the sun at last. It’s still not the bestFalloutgame on the block, but it’s not someplace you’d be utterly embarrassed to invite your mates. To that end, Bethesda are running a free-to-play weekend starting this Thursday. Now that the online Fallout game has made its way to Steam, it’s just that little bit easier to wheedle a Fallout-liking friend into giving it a try with you.

If you give it a go, the good thing about about the big human NPC migration back toFallout 76is that there’s no level requirement to see the new bits. There are new folks to talk to straight down the steps from your vault exodus and a main quest to pick up just down the road.

It’s a whole new Appalachia. 🌄Starting Thursday - May 14th through May 18th, come experience all that#Wastelandershas to offer during#Fallout76’s free to play weekend.pic.twitter.com/O9IGSysB7K— Fallout (@Fallout)May 13, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

As for whether or not Fallout 76 is worth your time now, Nate comes around in hisFallout 76 Wastelanders reviewto an assessment I mostly share. It pretty much comes down to your relationship with Fallout itself.

“I really respect how much it’s improved, and I’ve tried my hardest to enjoy all that Wastelanders has to offer. But at the end of the day, Bethesda have worked their arses off for eighteen months in order to make a game that isalright. For devotees of the Fallout series, it’s probably upgraded to ‘pretty decent’. With another expansion or two in this vein, I’d tentatively say Fallout 76 could be… good. And for the players who’ve stuck with it since day one, Wastelanders must seem like an utter triumph.”

In any case, if you’d been sitting on an irradiated fence about trying out Fallout 76 at last, at least for this weekend it will only cost you your time and not your caps.

You can download it overon Steamor from Bethesda’s launcher. It’s priced at £35/€40/$40 but you can play for free from Thursday, May 14th at 5pm BST / 12 pm EDT until Monday, May 18th at 5pm BST / 12 pm EDT.