On February 7, a weekend of gaming was tainted with frustration as PSN suffered a platform-wide outage. During the outage, it was uncertain how long it would last, meanwhile, online services were limited and gamers were prevented from playing games that require an online connection on PlayStation consoles, affecting Fallout 76 fans, as well as countless other gaming communities. However, the outage has since been fixed as of February 8, and Fallout 76 fans in particular can look forward to a much better experience this coming weekend.
Shortly after the PSN outage was fixed, PlayStation officially announced that players who own a PS Plus subscription will be compensated. Furthermore, Fallout 76 is offering its own form of in-game compensation for players. Alongside the in-game event that was already scheduled, there will now be a Double SCORE Event in Fallout 76 from February 13-17, giving players the perfect chance to finish off the Season 19 rewards track, just in time for Fallout 76’s Season 20 update arriving in March.
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Fallout 76’s PSN Outage Compensation Is a Sweet Treat
During what should have been a prime time to game on the weekend, PlayStation players were unable to access online games because of a sudden and mysterious PSN platform outage over the weekend. The lack of communication throughout the outage made things especially frustrating, so many fans were eager to hear official news about the cause of the outage, and when it would be resolved. Surprisingly, when the news finally did break that the outage was resolved the next evening, PlayStation wasn’t the only source to offer fans compensation.
Fallout 76 is Ending Season 19 With a Bang
In a kind gesture, Fallout 76 is offering players in-game compensation for the PSN outage in the form of a Double SCORE Event. During the weekend of February 13-17, players will be able to earn double SCORE for completing their daily Season challenges. In addition to this, a Double XP Event was already scheduled on Fallout 76’s current Community Calendar, and now, both of these events will run simultaneously.
The Double SCORE event in Fallout 76 from February 13-17 will also be available for players on PC and Xbox platforms.
Especially for players who missed out on completing their Seasonal challenges during the PSN outage, this combination of double SCORE and XP weekend in Fallout 76 will help players finish the current Season’s rewards track before the Season 20 update arrives next month in March. Since there’s still no exact release date for this fast-approaching update, players won’t want to wait to claim all the Season 19 rewards if they haven’t already, or they could be missing out on unique rewards. Naturally, this weekend will be the perfect chance for players to finish Season 19 with a bang.
Fallout 76 Ends Season 19 on a Positive Note Despite the PSN Outage Controversy
What makes Fallout 76’s Season 19 one that players won’t want to miss is that it finally puts the spotlight on one of the Fallout franchise’s most famous factions, the Enclave. With no promise that the Enclave could ever be the focus of another Season in Fallout 76, Season 19 may be players’ last chance to collect various Enclave-themed memorabilia.
Ultimately, the PSN outage occurring over the weekend was unfortunate timing, to say the least, which is why Fallout 76’s compensation is such a kind gesture. With both a double SCORE and XP weekend happening all at once, Fallout 76 is arguably making up for a big controversy with a weekend-long celebration to bring Season 19 to an end on a more positive note.
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
