LONDON: Action video game lovers are flocking in record numbers to the radioactive wasteland of freshly launched mega-hit “Fallout 4.”
Bethesda Softworks on Friday said that it shipped 12 million copies of the blockbuster game, representing more than $750 million in sales, to meet launch day demand.
The latest installment of the beloved franchise has won praise from reviewers and racked up stellar sales since its global release on November 10.
The company said the new game “is generating record sales at retail outlets and via digital download,” with its launch sales.
Fans waited five years for a new installment in a franchise known for a trademark blend of music, humor, and action in post nuclear war settings.
Bethesda Softworks president Vlatko Andonov described “Fallout 4” as “a masterpiece in game development and storytelling, providing fans hundreds of hours of fun as they explore and are challenged by this fascinating, beautifully crafted world.”
The game opens with scenes showing a young family in a setting that blends 1950s America with the future.
Nuclear bomb blasts send people racing for shelter, and the main character becomes the sole survivor, emerging two centuries after the devastation.
