--- description: Fallout Shelter is a mobile phone game for iOS and Android you can download and play right now title: This Is the Biggest E3 Surprise in a Long Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1b39cd9dfb289c8/6988547ce53aba6e6d4de2ba/fallout-shelter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Surprise, You Can Play the New _Fallout_ Game Right Now by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 10:51 AM CUT  Bethesda by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 10:51 AM CUT Game maker Bethesda’s first E3 press conference included one very cool surprise: a new _Fallout_ spin-off game that is available right now. After showing off its new consoles and PC titles _Doom_ and _Fallout 4_, Bethesda unveiled a new iOS and Android game dubbed _Fallout Shelter_. It’s not directly connected to _Fallout 4_, but rather something Bethesda Studios game director Todd Howard said the company wanted to build for mobile devices “because it couldn’t be done anywhere else.” In the game, which looks a little like the diorama-style bases in Firaxis’ _XCOM_ reboot, you craft and manage your own vault, working to keep its occupants productive and happy. Howard says the game is free, as in genuinely free, without paywall timers, Internet connection requirements or build queues. _Fallout 4_ is coming out November 10, 2015\. _Fallout Shelter_, a game no one had the faintest clue was coming, is available [on the App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fallout-shelter/id991153141?mt=8 "undefined"). ### See The 15 Best Video Game Graphics of 2014  Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. 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