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Tuesday17th Oct 2023
News Bethesda Veteran Pete Hines Announces Retirement After 24 Years
"It feels like the time is right"
There's some big news coming out of Elder Scrolls and Fallout creator Bethesda, with the head of publishing Pete Hines calling time on his long-running career at the company. After 24 years of leadership, Hines is retiring and will begin an "exciting new chapter" of his life to explore other interests and passions...
Tuesday12th Sep 2023
Random Someone Recreated Star Fox's Arwing In Starfield
"Do a barrel roll!"
It's been an amazing year for video games so far with a number of high-profile releases such as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur's Gate 3. More recently was the arrival of Bethesda's long-awaited space RPG Starfield. It blends classic Bethesda role-playing action with spaceship dogfights that look like sce
Friday12th Mar 2021
News Bethesda's Future Games Will Be "Where Game Pass Exists"
So that's Xbox, PC and devices that support the service
It's been a big week in the video game industry, with Microsoft officially finalising its $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda's parent company, ZeniMax Media. Microsoft is expected to limit Bethesda's third-party support at a certain point in the future and in a special roundtable discussion,...
Wednesday10th Mar 2021
News Bethesda Will Make "Some" New Titles Exclusive To Xbox And PC
Exact games not yet revealed
Last year, Microsoft announced it would be acquiring Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion. It's now a done deal - with the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, confirming everything has been finalised. So, what does this mean for Bethesda games on other platforms such as the Nintendo Switch? In the same Xbox...
Friday4th Jan 2019
News Bethesda's Fallout Shelter Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Has Now Been "Amicably Resolved"
Official statement released today
You may remember that in June last year, Bethesda filed a lawsuit against Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over the new Westworld mobile game. Over half a year later, Bethesda and Behaviour Interactive have now stated that the lawsuit has been "amicably resolved". Originally, Bethesda argued that Behaviour...
Sunday26th Aug 2018
News Bethesda's Pete Hines Says Switch Game Releases Have Been A Huge Success
Strong support will continue
There's no hiding the fact Bethesda are big fans of the Nintendo Switch. Since the launch of the system, we've seen the company release Skyrim and bring across DOOM and Wolfenstein as well. In an
Thursday2nd Aug 2018
Rumour Free-To-Play Switch Games Won't Be Impacted By Paid Online Service
Fingers crossed
When Nintendo Switch Online goes live in September, games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and eventually Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will essentially be behind a paywall. How this will impact each respective community remains unknown at this point in time. Beyond the big-name Nintendo IP, there hasn’t been much discussion...
Saturday30th Jun 2018
News Todd Howard Says Bethesda Will “Certainly Be Doing Things" With Switch In The Future
A glimmer of hope
While Bethesda Game Studios is busy preparing for the release of Fallout 76, game director, Todd Howard, took some time out in Barcelona to collect his industry legend award at Gamelab 2018. During an interview with Game Reactor, he was asked about the company’s future plans for the Switch - specifically if there were any...
Friday29th Jun 2018
News Warner Bros. Hits Back At Bethesda's Fallout Shelter Lawsuit, Describes Claim As "Baseless"
How will things unfold?
Just last week we reported on the news that Bethesda had filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive over the new Westworld mobile game. The studio claimed that the game uses code that was originally created for Fallout Shelter, and there seemed to be some pretty fishy evidence to back...
Friday22nd Jun 2018
News Bethesda Sues Warner Bros. Claiming Fallout Shelter Code Has Been Stolen
New Westworld mobile game looks suspicious...
Fallout series developer and publisher Bethesda is reportedly suing Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive over the new Westworld mobile game, claiming it uses code originally created for Fallout Shelter. Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play game which recently arrived on Nintendo Switch, tasking...
Thursday14th Jun 2018
Nintendo Download 14th June (Europe)
Every new bit of content hitting the eShops
Welcome to this week's Nintendo Download roundup, your weekly update on every new game, piece of DLC, discount and theme coming to the eShops in your region. As always, drop a vote in our poll if it takes your fancy, and leave us a comment below with your thoughts on the latest additions to Switch, 3DS and...
Nintendo Download 14th June (North America)
New games, DLC, discounts and more
Thursday is here once more, bringing with it the promise of a new weekend on the horizon, and a fresh update to your local eShops. This week's haul of digital delights includes everything from a battle royale phenomenon and an objective-based shooter to a shape-based puzzler and grim-looking platformer. We'd like...
Monday11th Jun 2018
News Bethesda's Fallout Shelter Arrives On The Nintendo Switch Today
Brace for impact
Update: The game is now available to download from the eShop. At Bethesda's 2018 E3 press conference, Todd Howard announced the award-winning free-to-play mobile game, Fallout Shelter, would be coming to the Nintendo Switch later today. The release on console devices marks the three year anniversary of the title. Fallout...
