Development was confirmed by Matt Grandstaff on the Bethesda Game Studios blog. Rumors of Nuka-World began circulating three months before the official release after a file hinting at a new expansion was found in Fallout 4 's source code. The expansion was based partly on player feedback expressing a desire for more content involving Raiders. Upon completion of quests, the player is rewarded with both the franchise's fictional currency, bottle caps from Nuka-Cola bottles, and experience points.ĭevelopment of Nuka-World began after Fallout 4 's November 2015 release. Nuka-World 's main gameplay consists of both questing and exploration. The player controls the protagonist during their journey through Nuka-World, a former amusement park, now run by groups of raiders. As with Fallout 4, Nuka-World can be played in both first-person and third-person perspectives. It is set in the eponymous fictional amusement park Nuka-World. It was developed by Bethesda Game Studios, published by Bethesda Softworks, and released on August 30, 2016, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. Fallout 4: Nuka-World is an expansion pack for the 2015 post-apocalyptic action role-playing video game Fallout 4.