{"id":824185,"date":"2025-12-09T16:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:36:42","slug":"fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallout 76 gets chunky, bug-busting update following player surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Fallout 76 has been having a bit of a moment of late. Following the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-fallout-tv-show-was-watched-by-65m-people-in-its-first-two-weeks\">Amazon&#8217;s hit TV adaptation<\/a>, the MMO&#8217;s player numbers have surged, with Bethesda recently announcing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-76-has-now-welcomed-1m-players-in-a-single-day-six-years-after-broken-launch\">over one million of us were all making our way around the Appalachia wasteland in a single day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, following this fresh influx of players, the studio has released a rather hefty patch for Fallout 76 that takes aim at bugs, quality of life improvements and more.<\/p>\n<p>First up, the file sizes for this Fallout 76 update are relatively substantial, so make sure you have all the space you need. They are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fallout-76-gets-chunky-bug-busting-update-following-player-surge\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fallout 76 has been having a bit of a moment of late. Following the release of Amazon&#8217;s hit TV adaptation, the MMO&#8217;s player numbers have surged, with Bethesda recently announcing that over one million of us were all making our way around the Appalachia wasteland in a single day. Now, following this fresh influx of players, the studio has released a rather hefty patch for Fallout 76 that takes aim at bugs, quality of life improvements and more. First up, the file sizes for this Fallout 76 update are relatively substantial, so make sure you have all the space you need. 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