Update:

Bethesda has taken to Twitter to confirm that the trademark filing is, in fact, a hoax.

"The German trademark filing that's making the rounds is a hoax," the company wrote. "This didn't come from our offices."For all the latest Fallout news, stay tuned to IGN.

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Original Story:A trademark application for the brand "Fallout: Shadow of Boston" has been registered in Germany. The application - spotted by an eagle-eyed user on NeoGAF earlier today - describes the product as "computer game discs; Downloadable computer game programs; Computer games program downloaded via the internet". Details are light, but the trademark owner - listed as Bethesda Softworks LLC of Rockville, USA - has recorded that the first language is English, and the second French.Rumours of the new Fallout instalment have been circling as far back as 2012 , when an anonymous user on Reddit stated that they'd noted that Bethesda had been "scoping out and researching Boston".We've reached out to Bethesda for comment and will update you just as soon as we know more.

Vikki Blake is a games writer and a bonafide - albeit slightly jumpy - survival horror survivalist. You can find her twittering over at @_vixx