Archive EntryPreservation Record
Fallout 4
Shelf markLIB-0006
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2015Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Fallout 4
- Release
- November 10, 2015
- Developer
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · no physical counterpart on the shelf
- Condition Report
- The archive’s copy exists only as a Steam license. Condition concerns are those of the account and client, not of a disc or case.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- July 26, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- July 26, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 377160
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-377160- Provenance reconciled
- July 26, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 376 hours
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Archive Steam client on Windows PC
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam
- Playback Compatibility
- The retained path of access is the Steam license attached to the archive account.
- Preservation Concerns
- Storefront and account dependency remain the central preservation risks. No separate offline media was acquired with this filing.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated November 10, 2015. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Held on the archive Steam account; access lasts only as long as that custody and Steam’s service for the title.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0008Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (2009)
- LIB-0005Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
- LIB-0006Fallout 4 (2015)this filing
- LIB-0007Fallout 76 (2018)
- Series
- Fallout
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0006.
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
as part of the editorial issue "Fallout Digital Holdings."
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Fallout series lineage and peer accessions linked.
Editorial revision
Curatorial pass — catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for the Fallout Editorial Batch. Release date and cover artwork left open pending verified sources.
Preservation Notes entered
Connections revised
Peer relationship mesh removed; Archival Lineage retained via series.
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed. Release date entered from Steam storefront chronology.
Editorial revision
Part A refinement — diversified archival language; public face completed for Fallout Digital Holdings.