‘Fallout’ Season 2 Is Releasing On Prime Video Sooner Than Expected

I’ve played the Fallout video game series but I wouldn’t call myself a superfan. I enjoy the world of these post-apocalyptic stories. The retrofuturistic dystopia. The charming wasteland with its bright, twisted sense of humor. I’ve always enjoyed the tone and the story more than the actual gameplay. As with many Bethesda games, I find the combat lackluster and the open worlds eventually become tedious.

This is probably why I never went super far down the Fallout lore rabbit hole. And that’s probably also why I wasn’t bothered by some of the changes and tweaks Amazon made in the first season of its adaptation, which I adored. A lot of fans were upset by the show because of various canonical discrepancies and I totally understand that. I just personally wasn’t bothered by any of it, likely because I’ve never been that invested in this universe.

Season 1 of Fallout introduces us to the wasteland and its inhabitants, including the plucky Vault Dweller, Lucy (Ella Purnell), the rather green squire, Maximus (Aaron Moten) of the Brotherhood of Steel and the deformed, long-lived bounty hunter known only as the Ghoul (Walton Goggins). The first season sets up a compelling mystery with some fun twists and turns, leading us down a path of revelation and horror. We learn some surprising truths about the nature of Lucy’s reality and the origins of the nuclear apocalypse, the mysterious Vaults and the Ghoul’s backstory in a different era.

The whole thing leads to a conclusion that had many fans incredibly excited for a potential second season taking place in New Vegas (the location of the aptly titled video game, Fallout: New Vegas).

This was back in spring of 2024. All of Season 1’s episodes dropped on April 10th last year (Amazon should have released it weekly but oh well) to critical acclaim and mostly positive feedback from all but the most diehard fans. Now, Season 2 is just around the corner. Amazon hasn’t said what the release schedule will be this time around, but the show is set to drop in December. That’s less than two years since Season 1 came out, which is a much better gap than a lot of TV shows these days.

“The new season will pick up in the aftermath of Season One’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas,” the press release reads. The same press release says that the second season will “premiere” in December but does not mention whether that means it’s being released all at once or episodically (or some combination of the two). We should know more soon, and hopefully it won’t be long before Amazon releases a trailer.

Fallout is produced by Kilter Films, with executive producers Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy and Athena Wickham. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, creators, and showrunners. Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios, executive produces along with James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.