The footage shows a Mr. Handy, will it be a follower? And if so, will it be upgradable into a Mr. Gutsy? Cause that'd make my brain explode.

Codsworth is no mere Mr. Handy, he is your robobutler from before the war.... as for being able to upgrade him, we don't know yet.

I'm pretty sure Codsworth has been confirmed as a follower. You'll probably be able to upgrade him, but that hasn't been confirmed.

With the new crafting system and armor layer system it only makes sense to let us modify Codsworth...IMO anyways

Hopefully! Also it would be awesome if we could upgrade him from a Mr. Handy to a Gutsy!

Just as long as I can do the same to the dog...

Definitely not confirmed but heavily implied. His flamer thrower is missing so maybe we'll get to outfit him with a new one or a different type of gun? The dog wearing the scarf in the gameplay footage sort of implied it.

Lol imagine if there was companion customization

you want to modify the Dog?

Let me get this straight,... you want to "Modify" the dog....

you mean something like this?

http://s80.photobucket.com/user/saintchanticleer/media/Random%20stuff/ImmortalShazam.jpg.html

or this?

http://pre05.deviantart.net/fb6d/th/pre/i/2012/060/3/a/guard_dog_robot_by_mito25-d4rcuh0.png

Either way BAD HUMAN! No treat for you!

"Remember folks, help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered!"
How's that for modification? Lol

^This. Also a kevlar vest type thing for the dog would be nice.

I was thinking something like the Subdermal armor implant from Vegas for our little doggie! Also titanium teeth implants! One of our local police dogs took a shotgun blast to the face and ruined his teeth. A local dentist fitted the brave pooch with titanium implants, free of charge.

It's definitely confirmed - straight out of Todd Howard's mouth.

It'd be cool to be able to upgrade him, but I don't hate the idea of just having a Mr. Handy follower. He'd be more like a personal assistant and servant who gives you a little hand in combat situations, rather than a dangerous robot who sometimes steals the show.

I sure hope you can upgrade Codsworth. A circular saw and a blowtorch isn't exactly what you want at your side when you're facing down Super Mutants.

Implant codsworth AI into seigebreaker class sentry bot... Just sit back, sip some nuka cola, and watch him tear raiders a new one. Gonna need to back him up against brotherhood though.

I dont think Codsworth will be updatable to the point where you can change his loadout... I just think his programming can be tinkered with. Same with the dog, you will get a perk or two that might make the dog tougher 'Go for the b##s!' which improves both the dogs health and attack scores but thats about it.

Wait, where was it confirmed? If so this is great news.

Codsboy rules.
I hope that after he fry an enemy, he say " I hope you like your meat well done, sir".

I think that interview Todd Howard did where he talked about companions being immortal is where he mentioned Codsworth being a companion, but I can't remember for sure.

Honestly how much is an 'upgrade' from a Mr Handy to a Mr Gutsy, anyway? They all seem to have the exact some tool attachments The only difference is that one has the voice programming of an English valet in a silver case, and the other has the voice of an American drill sergeant in a green case. I'd prefer the silver valet, thanks.

Codsworth still has buzz-saw and flame-thrower attachments, they're just for repairing household appliances (or cooking then cutting cake - poorly).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqQqeEgWb7Q&feature=youtu.be&t=525

Around 8:45.

Oh, I already knew he was a confirmed companion. I was mainly curious if it was confirmed that we could -customize- companions, to a degree. Like replacing Codsworth's missing limb/weapon

Mister Buckingham will rise again! I hope I get to named Codsworth.

Ohhhhhh haha. Sorry for the misunderstanding. On that I have no idea.

Im sure we can do something. . . (looks at dog) um.. maybe keep it simple to something like a spiked collar for him? a powered spike colar.....or one that uses contact fired shotgun shells ! or ...