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Fallout 4's free survival mode update is now live on PS4 & Xbox

By Connor Sheridan published 6 May 2016

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Start stockpiling clean water and non-irradiated foodstuffs: survival mode is now live in Fallout 4's console versions. Update 1.5 rolled out on PS4 and Xbox One right on schedule, bringing the all-new alternative game mode and a host of other updates and tweaks to console players a week after they hit PC.

In preparation for #FarHarbor, the 1.5 update for #Fallout4, feat. the revamped Survival Mode, is live on Xbox & PS4 pic.twitter.com/A3UbYMl0K96 May 2016

Bethesda also revealed that it has sent out invites for beta access to the Far Harbor DLC expansion. There's a lot to explore, so you'll want to get started early. Everybody else can start playing Far Harbor when it's officially released on May 19.

Check your inboxes to see if you got into our #FarHarbor Beta for PC/Xbox One/PlayStation 46 May 2016

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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.

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