Fallout 4 Survival Mode walkthrough by an experienced player. In this video, we meet Virgil who tells us how to find the Institute. Then it's back to civilisation to get ready for a showdown with a powerful Courser. Fallout 4 is the brand new smash hit RPG video game by Bethesda. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4 and Xbox One and sold 12 million copies in the first 24 hours. The Survival Beta patch was released March 29th, 2016 on Steam for PC players. This patch installed a new hardcore difficulty setting that disabled fast travel, disabled quick/manual saves and introduced a host of real life needs and afflictions to your character including hunger, thirst, fatigue, disease and more. Survival Mode Playlist.