West Virginia is proud to be the nuclear wasteland where Fallout 76 is taking place

If you thought that West Virginia would be unhappy to be portrayed as a nuclear wasteland Fallout 76you would be completely wrong.

On Thursday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and the West Virginia Tourist Board announced a partnership with Bethesda Softworks (the studio behind the Fallout Games franchise) to promote Fallout 76. Promotion will include advertising and touring opportunities, with other information being announced later. weeks.

Fallout 76 is a highly anticipated game that should be released on November 14th. Like other games in the Fallout series, Fallout 76 is set in a post-nuclear apocalypse. This time, this wasteland is the future West Virginia.

The West Virginia government is excited about the inclusion of its state in football. In a press release, the justice governor said, "It's time for the rest of the world to see what is a jewel of West Virginia," adding, "I've been saying for years that we have everything: beautiful landscapes, the best people you can And now, we can share a bit of that with people from around the world through the unique lens of this video game. "

Although West Virginia is basically destroyed in the game, there are many references to the state in the game. Fallout 76 features state landmarks such as the Charleston State Capitol and the New River Gorge. There are also folklore monsters from West Virginia, such as Mothman and Flatwoods Monster.

And maybe the biggest thank you to West Virginia is that the official Fallout 76 trailer contains a remix of John Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads". Because how to think of West Virginia without this song? in the head?