The busy fall season of video games is now in full swing, and gamers everywhere are now doing their best to decide where to spend their money and time. Luckily, Fallout 76 is offering a beta for those that pre-order, which should help determine whether or not the game will be worth an additional time investment. Thankfully, the beta can now be downloaded by Xbox One owners who pre-ordered the game digitally.

The beta itself will kick off on October 23rd on Xbox One with PS4 and PC betas becoming available a week later on October 30th. Fallout 76's beta's download will be a healthy 43.7GB, so it may be wise to begin the download as soon as possible. Bethesda has previously announced that beta progress will carry over to Fallout 76's full version, so this early access period is a great opportunity for players to get a head start over others that choose to wait until the game officially launches.

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The beta will be a content-complete version of the game, meaning all of the quests and activities from the main game will be featured as part of the beta, minus a few bug fixes and tweaks. Unfortunately, Fallout 76's beta won't be available 24/7 when it launches. Instead, Bethesda will allow windows for players to play and use the downtime to implement bug fixes.

Fallout 76 is Bethesda's first multiplayer game for the franchise, so it makes sense that they would want to get as many people trying it as possible. The response so far seems to be fairly positive, though some fans are apprehensive about the title's online aspects.

There's less than a month until Fallout 76's full release, so fans won't have to wait very long to be able to make up their minds. The beta is also sure to come with a flood of Let's Play videos and impressions on YouTube, so there should definitely be more out there to help fans decide if they want to give the game a shot. So, until Fallout 76's launch, players will just have to start another run through their Fallout game of choice.

Fallout 76 will launch November 14th for Xbox One, PS4, and PC

Source: Reddit