Lost Fallout: New Vegas footage reveals major location changes & cut NPCs

A YouTuber has uncovered a huge collection of lost Fallout: New Vegas content after picking up several Xbox 360 development kits from a second-hand store, and it could change modding for years to come.

Fallout: New Vegas is easily one of the most popular iterations of the Fallout franchise. This is largely due to the stellar story and beautiful world, but it’s also owed to the massive modding community, who have kept the game alive despite it being released back in 2010.

Well, now it’s about to change for good, as YouTubers Games’ Past have released tons of brand new footage of the game from months before it released, as well as all the files needed to access this content, changing the game for modders.

Unseen footage of Fallout: New Vegas unearthed by YouTubers

After explaining that they recovered three Xbox 360 dev kits from a second-hand store, they revealed that they uncovered tons of old New Vegas content, including pre-release builds from months before launch.

One of the builds is more than two gigabytes larger than the final retail version, which signals how much content was changed before the game shipped, and how much new footage they got hold of.

The footage shows early versions of key locations and characters that never made it into the finished game. Several areas look noticeably different from what fans know today, like the New Vegas Strip and the Prospector Saloon.

Some of the cut material lines up with information that has surfaced over the years through the PC version, but this discovery goes much further. The most striking change involves Oliver Swanick, who has a pretty different voice in the early build.

Despite this, the biggest surprise is the presence of full PDB files. These files contain detailed debugging information that modders have never been able to access for New Vegas. This means the community will soon have a massive new window into the game’s inner workings. The files include symbols, development references, and under-the-hood data that could reshape modding for years.

The YouTuber plans to continue exploring each dev kit and releasing more findings over time. So it’s likely more is coming soon.