Fallout Shelter
2015 simulation video game
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2024 | Bethesda released The Elder Scrolls: Castles, a spiritual successor to Fallout Shelter. |
December 2020 | A multiplayer board game adaptation of Fallout Shelter was released. |
June 2020 | Fallout Shelter Online was released in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea as an MMO sequel to the original Fallout Shelter game. |
June 2020 | Fallout Shelter was downloaded more than 170 million times. |
June 2019 | Fallout Shelter was downloaded more than 150 million times and grossed $100 million in lifetime revenue. |
January 15 2019 | Westworld mobile game is removed from Google Play and Apple stores following Bethesda's lawsuit, with existing players allowed to continue playing until April 16, 2019. |
June 21 2018 | Bethesda files a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive, alleging that the Westworld mobile game is a 'blatant rip-off' of Fallout Shelter. |
June 10 2018 | Fallout Shelter is released for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, marking the first Fallout game on a Nintendo platform. |
February 2017 | Studio director Todd Howard estimated the game had 75 million players. |
February 7 2017 | Fallout Shelter is released for Xbox One, supporting Xbox Play Anywhere for synchronized data and achievements. |
July 2016 | Fallout Shelter is released for Windows PC, extending the game's reach to desktop computer users. |
July 14 2016 | Update 1.6 launches, adding a quest system, new enemies (Feral Ghouls and Radscorpions), and releasing the PC version of the game on Bethesda.net. |
June 12 2016 | Fallout Shelter reached over 50 million players. |
2015 | Nominated for Best Mobile/Handheld Game at The Game Awards 2015. |
2015 | Won Mobile Game of the Year at the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. |
2015 | Won Best Mobile Game at the 33rd Golden Joystick Awards. |
October 15 2015 | Update 1.2 introduces cloud saving, survival mode, Russian language support, and adds Piper from Fallout 4 as a special dweller for iOS. |
August 13 2015 | Fallout Shelter is released for Android devices, accompanied by a major update adding new enemies like mole rats and deathclaws, and introducing a Mister Handy robot butler. |
July 16 2015 | Two weeks after its release, the game earned significant revenue through microtransaction sales, becoming the third-highest-grossing game in the iOS App Store. |
June 30 2015 | First game update adds Preston Garvey from Fallout 4 as a special dweller, available through lunchboxes, along with his unique Laser Musket weapon. |
June 26 2015 | Fallout Shelter became the most popular iOS game, rising to the top of the iOS game charts. |
June 14 2015 | Fallout Shelter is officially announced by Bethesda during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), revealed as a free-to-play iOS game to be released the same day. |
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