Fallout 4's next-gen update delays the release of "DLC-sized" fan mod Fallout: London

The mod – which allows us to visit the previously unexplored post-apocalyptic environment of London – was slated to drop on 23rd April 2024, but Dean Carter – team lead of the voluntary dev team – confirmed over the weekend that the arrival of the long-awaited next-gen update for Fallout 4, which drops just two days after London's scheduled release, means "the past four years of [Team Folon's] work stands to simply break".

Watch on YouTube"As you can imagine, this will impact us and will cause complications for our release," Carter explained in an update video (see above).

"On the technical front, being able to play Fallout London with the new potential engine improvements and the performance upgrades is fantastic," Carter added.

"It's simply not just the case of blocking the updates and hoping for the best because if you don't do it properly, it'll also break, and we can't just ask you to drag things back in time – that's just not on the cards.

"We want this as close as a real game release as we can and offer all of you the best experience that you can get for everyone, but it's just looking like this update will mean that that will take some time."

Carter is unable to provide a replacement date due to the uncertainty about how the next-gen update affects the mod's core systems, but says that while Team Folon "may get lucky with a day one fix, it's unlikely" or "it might be a month from there".