https://www.pcgamer.com/we-avoid-the-word-survival-those-comparisons-are-not-really-accurate-says-todd-howard-on-fallout-76/

Everything we know about Fallout 76 so far suggests it's an online multiplayer survival game. That's quite a shift from what we're used to, but Bethesda director Todd Howard says he's keen avoid the word 'survival' as he feels it fails to capture what the game is.

In conversation with The Guardian, Howard says 'survival' takes prospective players' minds to games that don't necessarily reflect Fallout 76.