Bethesda Game Studios
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Website | bethesdagamestudios |
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Bethesda Game Studios is an American
History
Bethesda Game Studios was established in 2001. Previously, Bethesda Softworks, then a developer and publisher, had been reorganized as a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. ZeniMax's Robert A. Altman sought to grow the development unit, which was spun off from Bethesda Softworks as Bethesda Game Studios, starting out with roughly 40 people.[2][3]
By 2008, Bethesda Game Studios was considered one of the industry's top developers on the reputation of
In December 2015, Bethesda Game Studios opened a satellite studio in
Technology
Satellite studios
- Bethesda Game Studios Montreal in Montreal, Canada; founded in December 2015.
- Bethesda Game Studios Austin in Austin, Texas, US; founded as BattleCry Studios, a subsidiary of ZeniMax, in October 2012, and organized as part of Bethesda Game Studios in March 2018.
- Dallas, Texas, US; founded as Escalation Studios in 2007, acquired by ZeniMax in February 2017, and organized as part of Bethesda Game Studios in August 2018.
Games developed
Bethesda Game Studios has principally been involved in the development of role-playing video games with their The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series for consoles and personal computers, most of which have been commercially and critically successful.[10][11]
In 2015, the studio entered into the
In 2016, Howard confirmed that while they are developing
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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2002 | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Windows, Xbox
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2004 | IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
2006 | IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition | PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox |
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | |
2008 | Fallout 3 | |
2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Xbox Series X/S
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2015 | Fallout Shelter | Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One |
Fallout 4 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | |
2016 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition
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Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
2017 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
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PlayStation 4, Windows |
Fallout 4 VR
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Windows | |
2018 | Fallout 76 | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One |
2020 | The Elder Scrolls: Blades | Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch[18] |
2023 | The Elder Scrolls: Castles | Android[19] |
Starfield | Windows, Xbox Series X/S | |
TBA | The Elder Scrolls VI | TBA |
Expansion packs
Year | Title | Game | Platform(s) |
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2002 | Tribunal | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Windows, Xbox
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2003 | Bloodmoon | ||
2006 | Knights of the Nine | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 |
2007 | Shivering Isles | ||
2009 | Operation: Anchorage
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Fallout 3 | |
The Pitt
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Broken Steel
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Point Lookout
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Mothership Zeta
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2012 | Dawnguard | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | |
Hearthfire | |||
Dragonborn | |||
2016 | Automatron
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Fallout 4 | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One |
Wasteland Workshop
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Far Harbor | |||
Contraptions Workshop
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Vault-Tec Workshop
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Nuka-World | |||
2020 | The Pitt[20] | Fallout 76 | |
Steel Reign[21] | |||
Steel Dawn[22] | |||
Wastelanders[23] | |||
TBA | Shattered Space | Starfield | Windows, Xbox Series X/S
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Awards
- Gamasutra's Best of 2008 — Top Five Developer[4]
- 2011 Spike Video Game Awards — Studio of the Year[24]
- 2015 The Game Awards — Developer of the Year (nominated)[25]
References
- ^ "Todd Howard Breaks Down His Video Game Career". YouTube. November 15, 2023. Event occurs at 15:05. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Bethesda Joins Xbox – Roundtable". YouTube. March 11, 2021. Event occurs at 1:02:27. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "The History of Bethesda Game Studios - Elder Scrolls / Fallout Documentary". June 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Carless, Simon; Remo, Chris; Nutt, Christian; Alexander, Leigh; Eric, Caoili (December 31, 2008). "Gamasutra's Best Of 2008". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ Kato, Matthew (December 9, 2015). "Bethesda Opens New Studio In Montreal". Game Informer. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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- ^ Fogel, Stefanie (August 10, 2018). "Escalation Studios Is Now Bethesda Game Studios Dallas". Variety. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^ Bass, Dina; Schreier, Jason (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Andy (March 9, 2021). "Microsoft confirms its Bethesda acquisition is complete and 'some games' will be exclusive". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Petty, Jared (June 14, 2016). "Bethesda Says Two Upcoming Games Are as Big as Skyrim and Fallout". IGN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- Glixel. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ Makuch, Eddie (February 17, 2017). "Skyrim Director Teases Next Mobile Game". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (June 14, 2016). "The Elder Scrolls 6 is in development, Todd Howard confirms". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Schreier, Jason (May 30, 2018). "Bethesda Announces Fallout: 76". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Makuch, Eddie (June 13, 2021). "Starfield Release Date Set For November 11, 2022 As Exclusive To Xbox And PC". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ Stanton, Rich (May 12, 2022). "Of course Starfield is delayed—what did you expect?". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ Skrebels, Joe (June 14, 2022). "Todd Howard Confirms Fallout 5 Is Coming After Elder Scrolls 6". IGN. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Fenlon, Wes (June 11, 2018). "The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play RPG coming to PC and mobile this fall". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Ivan, Tom (September 29, 2023). "Bethesda has surprise launched The Elder Scrolls: Castles". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "The Pitt". Fallout 76. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Steel Reign". Fallout 76. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Steel Dawn". Fallout 76. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Wastelanders". Fallout 76. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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