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August 22nd, 2023

THE GALAXY TRIBUNE
EDITION #009

Fallout 76’s Season 14 Release
August 20th, 2023 by Whuddup



Hello Wastelanders! It’s that time again to get ready for the brand new Season 14 release for Fallout 76 starting on August 22nd! This new season will be released as an exciting new Presidential Scoreboard update including new power armor and weapon skins, decor, player frame, player icons, and much more!

This new update is the largest yet, including several brand new Presidential themed Power Armor skins for the Hellcat, Excavator, and the T-60 sets. As well as for the Union Power Armor, Ultracite, and X-01 Sets. However, the most exciting Power Armor Set is the new Deep Space Set, sporting both the Enclave and USSA logos. It is also worth stating that every single item portrayed in this article are all obtained by leveling the Scoreboard, and are NOT found in plan form in the Wasteland. Included in the Season 14 update will also be 'several new skins for your Weapons to match your brand new Power Armor, much of which still has that Presidential theme. Starting off with the amazing Presidential .50 cal, Light Machine Gun, and Tesla Rifle, you’ll be defending your 2nd Amendment rights in style'!











On top of the new Presidential weapon skins, there will also be 2 new Unique Weapons added with Season 14 that can be obtained through the Scoreboard. Starting off with the Mace of the Republic, which looks like it’s straight out of the real life House of Representatives:



And last but not least the new Unique 10mm Pistol dubbed the Circuit Breaker, which according to research from various data miners, will have +50% Armor Penetration, +5% Reload Speed, as well as deal Energy Damage. The Unique perk will pertain to the last shot in the magazine, 'which will cause an explosion dealing 100 damage, 50 energy damage, as well as cause temporary paralysis or stun to any enemy it hits, lasting 10 seconds''. It is important to note that these damage numbers provided will NOT be affected by any resistances an enemy may have.



Leaving behind the Power Armor and Weapon skins previously detailed, let's take a moment and look over all the brand new C.A.M.P. Utility Items for all you builders out there, including a brand new display case, the Wine Rack, for showing off any rare items you may come across. Next will be a Military Cryo Freezer, a type of food storage box to prevent any kind of spoilage, as well as being able to hold up to 150 items, which is an improvement from similar items from the Atomic Shop. Next is a Miner Collectron, which will specialize in bringing you various ores for metalworking, and new skins such as the Tesla Power Connecter, and a new skin for the Fermenter.





Alongside the Presidential Scoreboard will be the yearly Meat Week event featuring the meat connoisseur Grahm and his loyal sidekick Chally the Moo-Moo! Alongside the usual festivities such as the Primal Cuts event and Grahm’s Meat Cook, there will be brand new rare items for Wastelanders to collect. These are just some of the brand new plans coming to Meat Week! As well, the rewards we know and love will continue to be obtained in the game, such as the Meat Tenderizer, a large spiked makeshift hammer, The Pepper Shaker, a heavy automatic shotgun built to mow down waves of enemies.

I hope to catch you out in the Wasteland for Meat Week happening from August 29th to September 12th! For more screen grabs of the new items or more information, please go to the release article.

The Active Wanderer Interview (002)
August 13th, 2023 by CookOLo

Exploring the Wastelands again, we at Galaxy News Network journey to find another active member of the Fallout community to get to know just a little more about them. Scouring around the mod scene, we found that person. Shadowtwili is a member of the Fallout community who is simply enthusiastic about upcoming Fallout mod projects, like Fallout: Miami, America Rising II: Legacy of the Enclave, and much more! Just being on the respective Discord Servers of these mod projects, you will most likely see Shadowtwili expressing not only enthusiasm but also intrigue about what these mod projects have to offer:

1) How did you get into Fallout in the first place?

"I've had my first experience with Fallout when I was just a wee, sand eating kid when my cousin showed me Fallout 3, I thought it was neat, but never played it, did buy the game and later FO4 but never played that either for years and years. Couple months ago I was bored and remembered my cousin playing Fallout so was like, sure why not, and been addicted ever since”.



2) You seem to be really into these Fallout modding projects, any reason for that?

"Yes! It is because while base Fallout 4 was awesome, I love the exploring and discovering of new lands in a post-apocalyptic world, so I started looking around for mods that added new areas because the difference between Boston, Nuka-World and Far Harbor were very striking to me, and well I kept encountering mods like Project Mojave, Point Lookout, Project Zeta and that led my to the CW [Capital Wasteland] discord which led me to the Fallout: Appalachia and Fallout: Miami communities!".

3) What is your opinion of the franchise (especially its modding scene) right now?

"I have a very high opinion of both the franchise and modding scene, sure neither are perfect (in my opinion waaaaay to[o] much "tiddy" mods), but nothing in life is perfect and there's still a treasure trove of mods to be found when you want/need something added or fixed in the game!'''"



4) Is there any favorite mod that you have in any of the games?

"Yes, that has to be America Rising, I never got to finish it because I discovered America Rising II was b[ei]ng made and I wanted to experie[n]ce it all through that mod, but the small part of America Rising I did play left a very good impression on me and started making me a[n] Enclave fan, instead of a BoS (tho I do think all the Fallout factions are cool!)"

5) What Fallout mods are you most looking forward to?

"''America Rising II: Legacy of the Enclave. This one adds the Enclave as one of the main factions to the game with which you can finish the game [with]! Whats not to like?

''Fallout: Miami. This one adds new factions (including a[n] Enclave group!), new lands (Vacation Wasteland!), new drinks (Pop!), new creatures (mingo's!), and entirely new storylines to continue the Sole Survivor's story!''

''Fallout: Appalachia. Adds the world of Appalachia from Fallout 76 to Fallout 4 as a new land to explore, it'll delve in the background of the Rust Devils and where they came from, it adds new recipes and allows you to continue the story of the Sole Survivor, with a focus on player choice!''

You can go there at the start of the game, or after finishing the main story and the main faction you sided with will help you.

''If you sided with the Brotherhood of Steel, you get to restore Fort Atlas while the Institute will have surviving remnants there, or the other way around. Stuff like that, it's great!''"

6) Has Fallout impacted your life in any way? And if so, how did impact your life?

"Not really, no. I've always spend way to[o] much time on games, and I still do with Fallout."

The Galaxy News Network wants to thank Shadowtwili 'for this interview! We wish their enthusiasm with Fallout mods and their love for Fallout as "[o]ne of [their] favourite game franchises" continue!'

Fallout 4 is finally DRM-Free!
August 17th, 2023 by CookOLo

On August 17, 2023, GOG announced that Fallout 4 is going to be available on their store platform as DRM-Free!

What is DRM in the first place you may ask? Well, 'DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. It constantly checks that you have actually purchased the product that you're using instead of circumventing it. However, with some DRM tech, it can sometimes be resource intensive, especially with games, decreasing frame rates in order to keep the DRM going.'

For Fallout 4's sake, removing DRM also created a side effect with the removal of Creation Club in GOG copies of the game. Luckily, that is the only side-effect as all the other features of Fallout 4 are still there. If you're interested in buying this copy of Fallout 4, GOG is running a 75% off deal as of August 20, 2023, so check it out!

Former Fallout 76 Lead Joins to Led New Studio
August 17th, 2023 by CookOLo

People move throughout an industry all the time, and that's no different in the game development industry. And for Fallout's sake, 'many developers have done that. However, let's take a peak on a specific developer who has been recently announced in joining a new studio!'



Mark Tucker was a former design director for Fallout 76, working at Bethesda Game Studios Austin (formally BattleCry Studios LLC) for around 10 years. He left the studio in May 2023 for a "dream job opportunity" that'll be "shar[ed] more in the future." As of August 17, 2023, that future has come.



NetEase Games just announced a new game development studio, T-Minus Zero Entertainment. With this new studio, there comes new leadership, and that would include Bethesda veteran Mark Tucker'. He'll be serving as game director for "a third-person online multiplayer action game based on a new sci-fi IP."



'We, not only at Galaxy News Network but also the Fallout community, would like to wish him well in his future endeavors. If you want to learn more about this new studio, check out the article!'