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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