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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99Subscribe now Gamescom 2025 schedule Battlefield 6 New Games for 2025 Recommended reading After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots Fallout: New Vegas fans don't have a remake, but they have claimed Goodsprings, Nevada, on viral app of the moment Wplace: "Everyone liked that" Grand Theft Auto "This dude’s gonna single-handedly delay GTA 6 for several years": Bold truth seeker asks if GTA 5 street signs are actually legal, commissions a mod that corrects Rockstar's many mistakes "The longer the game is, the less likely people are to finish": Fallout creator Tim Cain says 100+ hour RPGs are "deep" and all, but they're also intimidating money pits It took me 326 hours to clock a less-obvious reason why Cyberpunk 2077 is the best open world RPG I've ever played: it's a secret comedy game Grand Theft Auto Today's GTA Online is a compulsive loop of long and mostly uneventful drives, but I'm into it I'm going back to the five best post-apocalyptic games I ever played, thanks to Death Stranding 2 giving me a taste for the terrible Fallout: New Vegas Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas probably has one of the lowest NPC unemployment rates among all RPGs, gaming scientist finds, but yeah, it still "sucks s***" to live there Issy van der Velde 26 August 2025 A job doesn't necessarily mean happiness When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Obsidian / Evan Zarsaz, GoFundMe) Have you ever wondered what the unemployment rate in Fallout: New Vegas is? Me neither, but if YouTuber AnyAustin decides to make a video about a topic, you're damn right I'm going to be interested in it – even when he analyzes where GTA 5's powerlines go. For this video, Austin just means the area of New Vegas, not the entire Mojave wasteland. New Vegas is the shining jewel of its titular game – a beacon to travelers and degenerates. It has four casinos, a hotel, and a warehouse inside the city walls, and all but one of the casinos employs human staff. What Is Fallout: New Vegas’ Unemployment Rate? - YouTube Out on the streets there are dancers, a stand up comic, a snack vendor, and even a smuggler. Of the 117 NPCs that Austin believes to live in New Vegas, shockingly, all of them are employed, meaning the city has a 0% unemployment rate. You may like After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots Fallout: New Vegas fans don't have a remake, but they have claimed Goodsprings, Nevada, on viral app of the moment Wplace: "Everyone liked that" "This dude’s gonna single-handedly delay GTA 6 for several years": Bold truth seeker asks if GTA 5 street signs are actually legal, commissions a mod that corrects Rockstar's many mistakes He also notes that Mr. House's robotic security force comprises around 25% of the local population (they aren't included in the employment statistics, because, well, they're robots). If you just look at humans, the extra tourists and NCR soldiers stationed there mean New Vegas is only made up of 45% permanent residents, about the same as the real-life Las Vegas. And just like Las Vegas, Austin also looks at the suburbs, because the Strip itself doesn't tell the whole story. The town of Freeside boasts a 0% employment rate, with a total of 49 NPCs. 14 of them are members of the Kings gang, but even though it ain't honest, it's work. Austin notes that in our own capitalist reality, a 0% unemployment rate is apparently bad, because it would lead to inflation and labor shortages. Sounds like a bad system if you ask me. But, New Vegas isn't in America proper, it's in a video game, and Austin says even though everyone has a job, it still "sucks shit to live in New Vegas." Considering the various factions vying for control, the radiation, and the general degraded state of everything, I'd have to agree. Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. While you're here, check out our ranking of the best Fallout games. My favorite is Fallout 3 because of how lonely it feels. See more PS5 News Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Game Studios Xbox Series X PlayStation Issy van der Velde Social Links Navigation Contributor I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasionally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-driven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2. 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After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots Fallout: New Vegas fans don't have a remake, but they have claimed Goodsprings, Nevada, on viral app of the moment Wplace: "Everyone liked that" "This dude’s gonna single-handedly delay GTA 6 for several years": Bold truth seeker asks if GTA 5 street signs are actually legal, commissions a mod that corrects Rockstar's many mistakes "The longer the game is, the less likely people are to finish": Fallout creator Tim Cain says 100+ hour RPGs are "deep" and all, but they're also intimidating money pits It took me 326 hours to clock a less-obvious reason why Cyberpunk 2077 is the best open world RPG I've ever played: it's a secret comedy game Today's GTA Online is a compulsive loop of long and mostly uneventful drives, but I'm into it Latest in Fallout Fallout: New Vegas fans don't have a remake, but they have claimed Goodsprings, Nevada, on viral app of the moment Wplace: "Everyone liked that" Fallout "was a sequel" to Wasteland, says Interplay co-founder, and "we did everything we could not to be sued by Electronic Arts" after the devs "had to pivot out" of the follow-up After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots Fallout creator Tim Cain says players misunderstand the series' signature "gray morality" and he'd love to make a sequel that truly explores the main theme: "Power corrupts" A Doom-based Fallout fan game has emerged after a 3-year absence, and it looks like the best Fallout in over a decade After revealing he was ordered to destroy his copy of Fallout's source code, OG lead Tim Cain says we're losing game history because companies "take authority but not responsibility" for preservation Latest in News Japanese government auction for used Nintendo DS listing suddenly disappears as the internet realizes, oops, those bundled games are actually flash carts and likely packed with pirated titles 31 years later, XCOM creator Julian Gollop says strategy games are still "where my heart lies" and he wants to make them "more accessible and immersive" – his latest attempt is out today with co-op and Pikmin vibes Framework's modular gaming laptop finally gets an Nvidia GPU upgrade kit, and the whole thing is starting to make sense Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford admits Borderlands has gone "too far" in the past, but promises Borderlands 4 has hit the sweet spot Netflix releases first trailer for Keira Knightley's new thriller, and it's like The Girl on the Train but on a luxury yacht "$250 for this is diabolical" - Corsair wants you to forget about a second monitor and buy its new touch screen Stream Deck instead GAME REVIEWS MOVIE REVIEWS The Rogue Prince of Persia review: "I roguelike but don't roguelove this freerunner – there's just not enough to stand out" Shinobi: Art of Vengeance review: "So close to being to a pitch-perfect revival of a classic series, but just can't quite line up the killing blow" Fate of the Fellowship is the most anticipated board game of the year, and it's a thing of absolute genius This is the perfect cozy board game for Fall with its compelling mix of Redwall and city-building Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater review: "Little surprised me in this rigid remake, but it's still one of my favorite games of all time" Weapons review: "A twisted fairytale that bests Barbarian" The Fantastic Four: First Steps review: "An occasionally thrilling heroic adventure that sits safely within a B-tier MCU range" Superman review: "A triumphant reinvention and a promising start for the DCU" Jurassic World Rebirth Review: "An unscary sequel that needed a little more time in amber" M3GAN 2.0 review: "A bold sequel with a slightly underwhelming conclusion" Peacemaker season 2 review: "Darker and sadder than the first year, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with the 11th Street Kids." 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