Bethesda is celebrating the release of Fallout season 2âs penultimate episode by thoroughly upsetting the franchiseâs online multiplayer fanbase. It just released the Mojave Bundle for Fallout 76: a $30 DLC pack that features some nametags, a couple of items for your in-game camp, and the NCR Ranger Power Armor worn by Maximus in the previous episode. Thatâs half what the entire game cost back when it launched in 2018.Â
Those who stuck with Fallout 76 throughout its many highs and lows in the aftermath of its very rough launch in 2018 arenât impressed. The decision to lock the cool new Power Armor design behind such a pricey one-off payment has been made worse by the fact that you canât even purchase it through the in-game microtransaction store, the Atomic Shop.
That means that if youâve been saving up your Atoms, the premium currency used to purchase items, either by completing daily and weekly challenges or by slowly accruing them through your monthly $13 Fallout 1st subscription, youâll still have to shell out an extra $30 just to get this fancy-looking skin. All of Fallout 76âs seasonal updates are free, but thatâs not making it any easier to swallow for some fans.Â
This is CRAZY. They love making you pay a stupid amount of money for NCR stuff. https://t.co/gfqLCuUSaR pic.twitter.com/aXgFIYhmct
â RyGuy (@rydirium) January 29, 2026
âI canât stay silent about how aggressively cash-grabby Bethesda has become since Microsoft acquired them,â reads one post over on the Fallout 76 subreddit. âBut what makes it even worse is that the game is still full of bugs and issues that havenât been properly addressed. Clearly, Bethesdaâs focus isnât on fixing the game or delivering a solid experience anymore â theyâre just trying to squeeze every cent out of players.â
As PC Gamer pointed out, you can currently buy every single mainline Fallout game, from the OG Fallout all the way up to Fallout 4 (and even Fallout 76 itself), for less than the price of the Mojave Bundle. The fact that players who have been grinding for Atoms donât even get a discount makes it even worse.Â
Meanwhile, Fallout 76 itself has been on a week-long free trial and is currently on sale for just $8. Itâs almost like the $30 power armor is Bethesda trying to make it up on the back end. Genuinely impressive that theyâve managed to make Amazon look borderline charitable by comparison, considering they just dropped the first season of Fallout on YouTube for free.
