TODD HOWARD

The Tom Cruise of game development – short, ageless, does his own stunts – has been getting away with this stuff for years, but his introduction to Fallout 76, on stage at Bethesda’s E3 presser, showed once again how meaningless PR bluster can be. Fallout 76 is indeed four times bigger than Fallout 4, but it is also four times quieter, four times buggier, and four times as forgettable. Howard’s reputation may not be in tatters, but it’s certainly been tarnished.