She is a little worn out after a day at the office with all her friends. River knows how to hang really hard, too, as seen below in the pictures demonstrating her exhaustion from having spread joy and supported her humans at work. Recently, River also stopped by the Bethesda offices, spreading joy and sporting the most fashionable bandana ever worn by a four-legged creature. While IRL River isn’t prone to eating throats, Dogmeat sure is, and another video revealed how she will work as one of the potential companions in the upcoming game.ĭogmeat hanging with the team, checking out some Battlefront. Aside from Joel and River “ doing frisbee wrong,” the video also shows River believing she is people at a reception desk. Last month, some behind the scenes footage showed the studio working like dogs to capture River’s spirit and bring it to the Fallout universe. Meet River: the real world inspiration for Dogmeat in Fallout 4, who also happens to be the real world companion of lead level designer Joel Burgess and former Bethesda marketing manager Michelle Burgess. But with the lovable companion pooch that’s been the star of most of Fallout 4′s trailers so far, the love of a game designer for his/her dog has been immortalized in the game itself. Usually, you can bet that behind the stress-free smiles of a game developer is some sort of pet lapping up their tears. Which is why it’s always reassuring to see the members of a studio, especially a big one with lots of pressure bearing down on it like Bethesda, smiling and enjoying themselves months before their next major release. Like, tear-all-your-hair-out-and-crawl-into-fetal-position hard.

Dogmeat from fallout 4