2025 has really shaped up to be a landmark year for video game adaptations. Starting from Season 2 of The Last of Us and the long-anticipated Minecraft movie, alongside Until Dawn, several big titles have made their jump to the screen. And now, the year is ending with one of the most anticipated releases of them all: Fallout Season 2, coming this December.
If you've been waiting to return to the wasteland and explore its next major location, New Vegas, here's the complete breakdown of the episode count, weekly release timings, and what you can expect from the new season.
How many episodes will Fallout Season 2 have?
Just like its debut season, Fallout Season 2 will consist of 8 episodes.
The journey starts on December 17, 2025.
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However, unlike Season 1, which dropped all episodes on a single day, Season 2 follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday at 12:00 AM PT (3:00 AM ET).
With this staggered rollout, the season stretches into early 2026, wrapping up on February 4, 2026.
Fallout Season 2: Full release schedule
With the premiere just around the corner, Prime Video has released the complete episode schedule. Here are dates and timings:
Episode 1 — December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM P
Episode 2 — December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 3 — December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 4 — January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 5 — January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 6 — January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 7 — January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT
Episode 8 (Finale) — February 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM PT
Quick Recap: What is Fallout about?
Fallout is a game set in a world that is trying to rebuild itself over 200 years after a devastating nuclear war. It focuses on a hopeful and overly sheltered Vault dweller, Lucy MacLean, who sets out into the ruins of the surface world in search of her supposedly missing father.
On her journey, she encounters The Ghoul, a weathered, mutated bounty hunter with a slowly resurfacing past as a pre-war actor by the name of Cooper Howard. Together, they face violent factions, buried secrets, and a wasteland carved out of corruption and power struggles.
The series juxtaposes the sterile comfort of Vault life with the brutal realities of the outside world, exploring the themes of inequality, survival, and systemic manipulation.
What to expect in Fallout Season 2
Season 2 takes Lucy and The Ghoul westward to New Vegas, one of the most famous locations in Fallout lore. Their journey puts them face-to-face with Mr. House: a calculating, mysterious ruler whose influences stretch across the Mojave.
Here's what the new season promises:
The neon-lit but treacherous territory of New Vegas becomes the main backdrop of the story. Mr. House's dominance-along with his hidden agenda-will play a central role in the narrative.
The past of the ghoul comes into focus where it is expected that Cooper Howard's pre-war life is going to unravel even further, showing how he became The Ghoul and what secrets tie him to the world before the bombs fell.
The darker conspiracy of Vault-tec-Season 1 teased the sinister motives of this corporation. Season 2 digs deeper into Vault-Tec's experiments, manipulations, and its unseen hand in shaping humanity's future
Lucy's family secrets-Lucy's quest for truth brings her on to a path bound by her family's past and their relation to Vault-Tec's operations.
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Factions and conflicts across the wasteland
Expect larger-scale clashes involving the Brotherhood of Steel and probably encounters with the NCR, a faction well-known to any fan of the Fallout: New Vegas game. The season's tone will be defined by power struggles, shifting alliances, and moral dilemmas.
Between an engaging setting, deeper character arcs, and the storyline that made New Vegas so beloved, the bar is high after the first season earned the title of "Best Adaptation" at The Game Awards. Season 2 looks to push the show to even greater heights.
Will you be streaming Fallout Season 2 the instant it's released?
