Unconfirmed: Fallout 4 Documents Leaked, Boston is Setting

Apparently the editors at Kotaku managed to get their hands on some documents that were distributed by Bethesda Softworks or one of their affiliates as part of a casting call for Fallout 4, and if validated, we just might know where the game is going to be set. Word is:

“War. War never changes,” is the classic introduction used at the beginning of Fallouts 1, 2, and 3. That speech is typically narrated by actor Ron Perlman, although this page seems to suggest that the player-character will read the monologue this time around.

Other documents describe a mission set in the Institute Fallout’s post-apocalyptic version of MIT and references to other Fallout locations that have been mentioned but never shown in other games, like the Commonwealth, which comprises what’s left of Massachusetts.

One character in the documents who, again, may not show up in the actual game is named Preston Garvey. One script describes a mission in which Garvey sends you to salvage a fusion core from a museum in the Commonwealth.

The casting documents describe some of the other characters in the next Fallout’s wasteland, like a radio DJ named Travis Miles and an engineer named Sturges who is described as “a cross between Buddy Holly and Vin Diesel.” Casting calls for both the male and female versions of the player character note that the player begins the game in a cryogenic sleep chamber.

Again, it’s worth noting that these details may have been invented for the casting call, and they may change during development. We also don’t know whether the game will be called Fallout 4, or whether Boston will be the sole setting or just one of many.