The Fallout 76 release date for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is November 14. Unless of course you live in Finland[1] or New York[2] where it appears that copies of Fallout 76 have released early. At this point in the year, with every game from Spider-Man to Red Dead Redemption 2 seeing a street date break as it's known in the industry, this should come as no surprise. Though in the case of Fallout 76 it seems pointless when you consider that you need to be online to play the game. Officially, Fallout 76 servers are slated to go live on November 14, which makes this five day early release rather pointless right now.
That said, an early Fallout 76[3] release confirms what Bethesda has been hinting at, you will need PlayStation Plus (PS Plus) to play the game. The Fallout 76 box art states the requirement of an Internet connection in addition to a PS Plus subscription in order to play it. What we don't know right now however, is if Fallout 76 will have a mammoth day one patch similar to other games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4[4]. Hopefully, this will be confirmed in the days leading upto its official release.
Fallout 76 release date in India
While Fallout 4 performed solidly in India, it's unlikely that Fallout 76 will see that much demand for local retailers to sell the game early due to the fact that it's an always-online role-playing game - not exactly the most popular combination in a country where fast, consistent Internet isn't uniformly available and an audience with a penchant for faster, arcade-styled fare. Expect it to be available in India in line with the official...