Bethesda Game Studios News Articles
Sunday28th Oct 2018
News Bethesda Confirms It Won't Be Bringing Fallout 76 To The Nintendo Switch
It can't be done
Bethesda has been one of Nintendo's biggest third-party supporters during the Switch generation so far, but unfortunately, its latest release - Fallout 76 - won't be coming to the hybrid system. At a PAX Australia panel yesterday, Bethesda's Marketing Executive Pete Hines said the multiplayer Fallout game would not be released on...
Friday26th Oct 2018
News Elder Scrolls Online Isn't Coming To The Nintendo Switch Because It "Will Not Fit"
"It is one of the largest games ever made"
Bethesda has done a fantastic job supporting the Switch since it was released. So far, the company has been able to bring across multiple big-name titles - all of which have been positively received. As you might recall, the first of the lot was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2017. The game's success led...
Monday27th Aug 2018
News id Software "Still Uncertain" If Rage 2 Would Ever Work On Nintendo Switch
Bethesda's Pete Hines provides response
This year's QuakeCon revealed Bethesda and id Software would be bringing DOOM Eternal to the Nintendo Switch, with the help of port specialist Panic Button. As fantastic as the announcement was, unsurprisingly it left fans of id's work wanting more. Tim Willits, id Software studio director, then...
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
Wednesday15th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal's Protagonist Is Faster And More Powerful Than Ever Before
Unleash the demon inside
Based on the extended trailer shown at this year’s QuakeCon, DOOM Eternal looks to be the most intense entry in the series so far. In an interview with Gamereactor, the creative director Hugo Martin said this was primarily because the team had worked on making the game's hero faster and more powerful than ever before:...
Monday13th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal On Switch Will Target 30fps
"No sacrifice to the experience"
Following the reveal of DOOM Eternal, more information regarding the Switch version of the game has begun to emerge. Eurogamer had the chance to sit down with the game's executive producer Marty Stratton and the creative director Hugo Ma
Sunday12th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal's PvP Component Won't Be An Extension Of Existing Multiplayer Mode
Internally developed as well
At QuakeCon, Bethesda announced DOOM Eternal was coming to the Nintendo Switch at some point in the future. The game will be handled by port specialist Panic Button and will include a new "Invasion Mode" where players can enter other player’s campaign runs. It's no surprise the game will also include other...
Sunday1st Jul 2018
Video Digital Foundry Gives Panic Button's Wolfenstein II Port The Tick Of Approval
A technical feat
The folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at Panic Button’s latest Switch conversion, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. While it doesn’t take the crown as the best version of the game, the engineers behind the “impossible port” have still done a sound job recreating the experience with no sacrifices in terms of...
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
Video Here's How Wolfenstein II On Switch Compares To Last Year's Home Console Version
A wolf in sheep's clothing?
Wolfenstein II is a towering technical achievement on Switch; sure, it's not as detailed as the other versions but the fact that you can play it on a system small enough to fit in your rucksack is nothing short of stunning. However, people love comparisons so we've decided to pit the Switch port (running in docked mode)...
Tuesday26th Jun 2018
News No Plans For More Wolfenstein Switch Ports, But Panic Button Is "Totally" Up For It
"That's a Bethesda discussion"
Wolfenstein II launches on Switch this week, and if it's anything like DOOM, then we're in for a treat. The port will be handled by the same studio that converted both DOOM and Rocket League to Nintendo's console - Panic Button - and given the high praise Wolfenstein has received on other formats, it's hard not to...
Wednesday11th Apr 2018
News Bethesda Talks Plans For Future Support On The Switch
Fallout, please?
Lots of noise has been made about third party support on the Switch, with many claiming that this is finally the generation that Nintendo reobtains the trust of major third-party publishers and starts getting big hitter releases alongside other consoles. While the jury is still out on how this is going to pan out, Bethesda is one...
Monday26th Feb 2018
News Hackers Are On A Mission To Port More Doom To Switch
We heard you like Doom
Last year, the unthinkable happened - the Switch got a new Doom game, the first since the '90s. A remarkable technical accomplishment, Doom gained rave reviews - but if industrious hackers have their way, it won't be the last slice of hellish FPS action we get on Switch. As reported by Kotaku, there are other Doom games...
Tuesday20th Feb 2018
Video What's It Like To Play DOOM With Motion Controls, Then?
Alex finds out, using science (kinda)
DOOM was updated today with motion control support, bringing Splatoon 2-style aiming to one of the most impressive technical showcases on Switch. This significant update has caught the attention of quite a few Switch owners, and if you've previously passed on purchasing the game, it could be the selling point...
Thursday16th Nov 2017
Video Digital Foundry Gives Its Full Analysis of Skyrim on Nintendo Switch
It's pretty darn good, basically
In another week of big releases, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a welcome upcoming arrival on the Switch. It's impressive to have a game like that on a portable device, and we've explained why it's worth a serious look in our Skyrim Switch review. A big question that swirls around ports, naturally, is...
Monday16th Oct 2017
News DOOM Confirmed for Nintendo Switch Launch on 10th November
Welcome to your DOOM
One of the most notable third party releases coming up for the Switch later this year is DOOM, which held up really well in our hands-on preview; an impressive feat for the diminutive system. While we knew that the game was targeted for a Q4 release this year, Bethesda has revealed today that the launch date will be 10th...
Monday25th Sep 2017
News DOOM Will Be 720p When Docked, And Unsurprisingly There's No 'Motion' Aiming
9GB multiplayer download is due to using a 16GB cart
When we went hands on with DOOM on Nintendo Switch we were rather impressed with what we saw, albeit getting such a technically impressive game on the system is clearly a challenge. Demo events had attendees playing in portable mode to accentuate the technical achievement, though left some...
Wednesday13th Sep 2017
News Doom Will Bring Hell to Switch This Holiday Season
Gear up, marine
In one of the biggest surprises of today's Nintendo Direct broadcast, Nintendo confirmed that Bethesda's Doom will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in the Holiday season. Originally released in May 2016, it was a critically acclaimed new entry in the series that delivered intense 60FPS gunplay. It's a particularly fascinating...
Wednesday23rd Aug 2017
News Digital Foundry Comes Away Very Impressed With Skyrim On Switch
"The port is looking very strong"
Our friends over at Digital Foundry have been stomping around the show floor at Gamescom in search of tasty news, but they perhaps weren't expecting to find one of the Switch's biggest upcoming releases hiding in plain sight. Bethesda hasn't made a big song and dance about it, but the forthcoming Elder Scrolls V:...
Thursday23rd Feb 2017
News Bethesda's Todd Howard "Can't Say" If Skyrim on Switch is the Special Edition
Oh, boy…
It goes without saying at this point but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is not a new game by any stretch of the word. The original release came out back in 2011, and the game only recently re-entered headlines when Skyrim: Special Edition saw a release this past fall. When it was announced that Skyrim would be coming to Switch, many assumed...
Friday16th Dec 2016
News Minecraft Is Getting Fallout DLC And It's Coming To The Wii U
Taking the nuclear option
While Nintendo fans have been cruelly denied the chance to play the recent entries in Bethesda's Fallout series, there's some good news on the horizon - no, Fallout 4 isn't confirmed for the Nintendo Switch before you get too excited - but the Wii U version of Minecraft is getting Fallout-themed content via a new DLC...
Tuesday22nd Nov 2016
News Nintendo Switch Has "Probably The Best Demo I've Ever Seen" Says Bethesda's Todd Howard
"I love it. We're definitely going to be supporting it"
The amazing response to the reveal of the Nintendo Switch has been tempered slightly by the fact that Nintendo is clearly keeping its cards close to its chest - as well as apparently making sure that all development and publishing partners are locked down with NDAs. This hasn't stopped a...
Wednesday16th Nov 2016
Rumour Nintendo Switch Will Have Super Mario And Skyrim At Launch, Splatoon Coming As Pack-In
Loose lips
With Nintendo going into full-on lockdown mode as far as Switch details are concerned the rumour mill is operating at full capacity. The latest report to come out of LetsPlayVideoGames - the site which has already been proven correct on several key Switch details and purports to have several sources close to Nintendo - is that the...
Wednesday7th Aug 2013
News Bethesda: Wii U Is "Not On Our Radar" Right Now
Company has no Wii U titles in development
Back in September last year, Bethesda — developer behind the hugely popular Elder Scrolls series — was undecided as to whether or not it would be bringing its games to the Wii U; at that stage, the idea wasn't denied nor confirmed, as it previously announced that Skyrim was a "definite possibility"...
Friday7th Sep 2012
News Bethesda Yet to Decide on Support for Wii U
Clearly not in a hurry
Bethesda Game Studios is a big deal in the video game industry; the company is behind major titles such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which it developed, and it handled publication of Fallout: New Vegas. Both are epic, open-world titles with enough content to devour dozens of hours, yet if your gaming has been restricted to...
