Fallout: Living In Infamy Will Keep You Busy Until Fallout 5

News broke in 2025 that Fallout 5 had only just been completely greenlit by Bethesda's parent company, Microsoft, which was a disappointing revelation for those who had hoped the developer was squirreling away behind the scenes.

The reality is that The Elder Scrolls VI is going to be the priority for some time to come, with everyone's favorite post-apocalyptic RPG taking a back seat. Even with the momentum given to the franchise by the Prime Video show, the best we can hope for over the next few years is a remaster of Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

In the meantime, we do still have Fallout 4 to while away some hours, and if you've seen everything the base game has to offer, then a new collection of fan projects could be the best way to freshen up the experience.

Tired Of Waiting For Fallout 5?

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If you're as bored as I am waiting for the next game in the series, there are plenty of ways to jazz up Fallout 4. One of the best is an extensive mod list available over at Nexus Mods called Living in Infamy. Featuring a staggering 177 mods in total, the overriding goal is to increase immersion with the visuals, and via tangible gameplay changes.

First and foremost, you're getting a ton of bug fixes for a game that's notoriously riddled with them. There are also plenty of quality-of-life additions, including animations for digestibles and chems, additional sound reverb and ambiance, as well as footsteps and realistic sound design.

Living In Infamy Is Packed With New Content

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Aside from improving the minute-to-minute experience across the board, the modlist also comes with plenty of new content to get stuck into, instead of heading to the Glowing Sea yet again.

The Raider Overhaul mod will see you encountering a significantly increased variety of enemy types, and they'll be a lot more difficult to kill. At the same time REAL.AI improves the behavior of NPCs in any given situation, from combat to settlements.

Also included in the pack is Arbitration, which is arguably the most exciting mod of the bunch. It allows players to manually adjust a ton of different settings within the game, applying tweaks to everything from grenade detection distance to fall damage to detection distance when near enemies.

There's far too much new Fallout content to cover everything here, so head over to the official page for the modlist if you want to learn more. As is usually the case with mods, it's all totally free as well, so you don't have to risk any of your hard-earned cash.