E3 2015: Bethesda assures fans that Fallout 4's canine pal Dogmeat is invincible

Loveable canine companion Dogmeat has been a big part of Fallout 4's impressive marketing campaign, leading fans to wonder whether he, like his Fallout 3 counterpart, could accidentally hop onto a landmine and be blasted into a thousand chunks of flesh.

Don't fret, dog lovers. Despite being pelted with laser-fire, whacked with sledge-hammers by angry super mutants, or caught in miniature nuclear explosions, Dogmeat can never die. He'll remain at your side all through the game, if you want him to.

From @BethesdaStudios' Todd Howard: Dogmeat cannot die #Fallout4 #BE3 pic.twitter.com/0hSaF42xoD

— Bethesda Softworks (@Bethblog) June 16, 2015

Bethesda revealed the news in the tweet above. So no more reloading the game every five seconds when the four-legged idiot decides to jump face-first into a radscorpion's stingy bits. Praise the lord.

Fallout 4 is out on November 10 for PC and consoles, a damn sight earlier than anyone expected. Whether there will be other companions besides Dogmeat, and whether they will be invulnerable too, remains to be seen.