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Bethesda has blown the lid open on the microtransactions system featured in Fallout 76, revealing they'll employ a currency called Atoms that can be used to buy in-game items.
These won't be gameplay-affecting goodies though. Atoms will be used to purchase stuff like outfits and skins, and you can earn them the old-fashioned way if you don't fancy forking out for them using your hard-earned cash.
There's no pricing details on Atoms just yet, although Bethesda's Pete Hines has indicated you'll have plenty of opportunity to get your hands on them without spending a penny.
'Atoms are thing that we use and hand out as you play the game–quite honestly we throw them at you all the time,' said Bethesda's Pete Hines. 'You get them as little rewards leaving the Vault or the first time you kill a creature or the first time you pick fruits or vegetables from somewhere. It's a little challenge reward. Atoms are used in our shop to buy cosmetics things. So you know, new outfits or skins or things like that. [Things to customise] your character to look unique from everybody else.'
As previously confirmed, you won't be able to pay for Perks in Fallout 76. Phew.
Fallout 76 is due for release on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on November 14, with a beta kicking off on October 23. Despite Sony recently embracing cross-play on PS4, Fallout 76 isn't supporting the feature – at least not at launch, anyway.
