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Bethesda Game Studios

January 01, 1970

Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. It is best known for its action role-playing franchises, including The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield. Bethesda Game Studios was established in 2001 as the development unit of Bethesda Softworks, separating from publishing operations. Todd Howard serves as the studio's executive producer, leading it with managing director Ashley Cheng and studio director Angela Browder. As of November 2023, Bethesda Game Studios had 450 employees.[1]

Bethesda Game Studios
Company typeDivision
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Headquarters
Rockville, Maryland
,
US
Key people
Products
Number of employees
>450 (2023)
ParentBethesda Softworks
Websitebethesdagamestudios.com

History edit

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 The Elder Scrolls fantasy universe and the critically acclaimed Fallout 3. Bethesda had created a unique role for itself, “spending years to create massive, open-world, single-player RPGs — hardly a booming genre in the industry at large — to great success, bringing a once-niche PC genre to a broad multiplatform audience,” wrote Gamasutra in their year-end best-of list.[4]

In December 2015, Bethesda Game Studios opened a satellite studio in Montreal under the leadership of Yves Lachance, the former head of Behaviour Interactive.[5] In 2018, two ZeniMaxi-owned studios became part of Bethesda Game Studios: BattleCry Studios was renamed Bethesda Game Studios Austin in March, and Escalation Studios was turned into Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in August.[6][7] Microsoft acquired ZeniMax in March 2021.[8][9]

Technology edit

Main article: Creation Engine

Satellite studios edit

  • 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.
  • Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in 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 edit

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 mobile gaming market with Fallout Shelter based on the same franchise, which gained 50 million players by mid-2016. In February 2017, Howard said that they are in development of another mobile title following onto the success of Fallout Shelter.[12] This was revealed in 2018 to be The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

In 2016, Howard confirmed that while they are developing The Elder Scrolls VI, it was still a long way to the game's release. Meanwhile, two other significant projects are in development which are expected to be released prior to The Elder Scrolls VI.[13] On May 30, 2018, Fallout 76 was announced.[14] On June 10, 2018, during Bethesda's E3 2018 conference, the other project in development was revealed to be the company's first new intellectual property in 25 years, Starfield. During the 2021 Xbox/Bethesda Games Showcase, Starfield was announced to be releasing exclusively for PC and Xbox Series X/S. Starfield released on September 6, 2023.[15][16] On June 14, 2022, Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 would start development after the completion of The Elder Scrolls VI, with the latter currently in the pre-production phase of development.[17]

Year Title Platform(s)
2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Windows, Xbox
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 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2017 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR PlayStation 4, Windows
Fallout 4 VR 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 edit

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Todd Howard Breaks Down His Video Game Career". YouTube. November 15, 2023. Event occurs at 15:05. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "The History of Bethesda Game Studios - Elder Scrolls / Fallout Documentary". June 5, 2018. from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ a b Carless, Simon; Remo, Chris; Nutt, Christian; Alexander, Leigh; Eric, Caoili (December 31, 2008). "Gamasutra's Best Of 2008". Gamasutra. from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Kato, Matthew (December 9, 2015). "Bethesda Opens New Studio In Montreal". Game Informer. from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  6. ^ Dring, Christopher (March 9, 2018). "BattleCry Studios becomes third Bethesda Game Studios office". GamesIndustry.biz. from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  7. ^ Fogel, Stefanie (August 10, 2018). "Escalation Studios Is Now Bethesda Game Studios Dallas". Variety. from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Bass, Dina; Schreier, Jason (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox". Bloomberg News. from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  9. ^ Robinson, Andy (March 9, 2021). "Microsoft confirms its Bethesda acquisition is complete and 'some games' will be exclusive". Video Games Chronicle. from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Petty, Jared (June 14, 2016). "Bethesda Says Two Upcoming Games Are as Big as Skyrim and Fallout". IGN. from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  11. ^ Davidson, John (February 18, 2017). "Bethesda's Todd Howard Hints at 3 New Games". Glixel. from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  12. ^ Makuch, Eddie (February 17, 2017). "Skyrim Director Teases Next Mobile Game". GameSpot. from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  13. ^ Chalk, Andy (June 14, 2016). "The Elder Scrolls 6 is in development, Todd Howard confirms". PC Gamer. from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  14. ^ Schreier, Jason (May 30, 2018). "Bethesda Announces Fallout: 76". Kotaku. from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  15. ^ Makuch, Eddie (June 13, 2021). "Starfield Release Date Set For November 11, 2022 As Exclusive To Xbox And PC". GameSpot. from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  16. ^ Stanton, Rich (May 12, 2022). "Of course Starfield is delayed—what did you expect?". PC Gamer. from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  17. ^ Skrebels, Joe (June 14, 2022). "Todd Howard Confirms Fallout 5 Is Coming After Elder Scrolls 6". IGN. from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  18. ^ Fenlon, Wes (June 11, 2018). "The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play RPG coming to PC and mobile this fall". PC Gamer. from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  19. ^ Ivan, Tom (September 29, 2023). . Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  20. ^ "The Pitt". Fallout 76. from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  21. ^ "Steel Reign". Fallout 76. from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  22. ^ "Steel Dawn". Fallout 76. from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "Wastelanders". Fallout 76. from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  24. ^ "SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2011". Spike (TV network). from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  25. ^ . The Game Awards. Ola Balola. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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It has been suggested that Bethesda Game Studios Austin be merged into this article Discuss Proposed since November 2023 Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville Maryland It is best known for its action role playing franchises including The Elder Scrolls Fallout and Starfield Bethesda Game Studios was established in 2001 as the development unit of Bethesda Softworks separating from publishing operations Todd Howard serves as the studio s executive producer leading it with managing director Ashley Cheng and studio director Angela Browder As of November 2023 Bethesda Game Studios had 450 employees 1 Bethesda Game StudiosCompany typeDivisionIndustryVideo gamesFounded2001 23 years ago 2001 HeadquartersRockville Maryland USKey peopleAngela Browder studio director Ashley Cheng managing director Todd Howard executive producer ProductsThe Elder Scrolls series 2002 present Fallout series 2008 present Starfield 2023 Number of employees gt 450 2023 ParentBethesda SoftworksWebsitebethesdagamestudios wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Technology 3 Satellite studios 4 Games developed 4 1 Expansion packs 5 Awards 6 References 7 External linksHistory editBethesda 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 The Elder Scrolls fantasy universe and the critically acclaimed Fallout 3 Bethesda had created a unique role for itself spending years to create massive open world single player RPGs hardly a booming genre in the industry at large to great success bringing a once niche PC genre to a broad multiplatform audience wrote Gamasutra in their year end best of list 4 In December 2015 Bethesda Game Studios opened a satellite studio in Montreal under the leadership of Yves Lachance the former head of Behaviour Interactive 5 In 2018 two ZeniMaxi owned studios became part of Bethesda Game Studios BattleCry Studios was renamed Bethesda Game Studios Austin in March and Escalation Studios was turned into Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in August 6 7 Microsoft acquired ZeniMax in March 2021 8 9 Technology editMain article Creation EngineSatellite studios editBethesda 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 Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in 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 editBethesda 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 mobile gaming market with Fallout Shelter based on the same franchise which gained 50 million players by mid 2016 In February 2017 Howard said that they are in development of another mobile title following onto the success of Fallout Shelter 12 This was revealed in 2018 to be The Elder Scrolls Blades In 2016 Howard confirmed that while they are developing The Elder Scrolls VI it was still a long way to the game s release Meanwhile two other significant projects are in development which are expected to be released prior to The Elder Scrolls VI 13 On May 30 2018 Fallout 76 was announced 14 On June 10 2018 during Bethesda s E3 2018 conference the other project in development was revealed to be the company s first new intellectual property in 25 years Starfield During the 2021 Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase Starfield was announced to be releasing exclusively for PC and Xbox Series X S Starfield released on September 6 2023 15 16 On June 14 2022 Howard confirmed that Fallout 5 would start development after the completion of The Elder Scrolls VI with the latter currently in the pre production phase of development 17 Year Title Platform s 2002 The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind Windows Xbox 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 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X S 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 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X S 2017 The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim VR PlayStation 4 Windows Fallout 4 VR 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 edit Year Title Game Platform s 2002 Tribunal The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind Windows Xbox 2003 Bloodmoon 2006 Knights of the Nine The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360 2007 Shivering Isles 2009 Operation Anchorage Fallout 3 The Pitt Broken Steel Point Lookout Mothership Zeta 2012 Dawnguard The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Hearthfire Dragonborn 2016 Automatron Fallout 4 PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One Wasteland Workshop Far Harbor Contraptions Workshop Vault Tec Workshop Nuka World 2020 The Pitt 20 Fallout 76 Steel Reign 21 Steel Dawn 22 Wastelanders 23 TBA Shattered Space Starfield Windows Xbox Series X SAwards editGamasutra 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 edit 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 Dring Christopher March 9 2018 BattleCry Studios becomes third Bethesda Game Studios office GamesIndustry biz Archived from the original on March 9 2018 Retrieved March 9 2018 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 Davidson John February 18 2017 Bethesda s Todd Howard Hints at 3 New Games Glixel Archived from 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 SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2011 Spike TV network Archived from the original on September 27 2013 Retrieved October 22 2016 Nominees The Game Awards 2015 The Game Awards Ola Balola November 12 2015 Archived from the original on November 14 2015 Retrieved November 13 2015 External links editOfficial 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