Overview
- Chris Avellone said in a TKs-Mantis interview that Bethesda lacks the engineering know‑how to deliver a modern remaster of Fallout: New Vegas.
- Avellone said Obsidian declined a $10,000 milestone to hand over full source code and the build system, which would have let Bethesda recreate the game at will.
- He added that Bethesda may hold parts of the code yet, according to people he spoke with, staff did not know how to assemble a working build.
- He suggested a practical route would mirror Oblivion Remastered by layering Unreal visuals over the original engine, with Fallout 3 serving as a safer first test.
- Both Bethesda and Obsidian now sit under Microsoft, though Avellone warned that shared ownership does not ensure cooperation, and no New Vegas remaster has been announced.