The Fallout TV series premieres today, April 10, and it does something no Fallout game ever has. This story contains spoilers for the TV and game series.

Speaking to Tech Radar, Bethesda boss Todd Howard said the games "could never" go back to the past and reveal what the world was like before the bombs went off. But the TV series does this. The first seven minutes of Episode 1 depict The Great War and all it entailed.

"The big [change] was exploring the past," Howard said. "In our [mine and creator Jonathan Nolan's] initial conversations, we knew we wanted to tell a new story that feels like a new chapter in the Fallout series, much like we do with the games, where each one has its own geography and story, but still has all of the hallmarks of previous titles."