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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
Wednesday14th Jun 2023
News Skyrim Has Now Sold More Than 60 Million Copies, According To Bethesda
Making it the "seventh best-selling game" ever
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been ported and re-released on just about every platform under the sun at this point, and it appears to have paid off for Bethesda. Speaking to IGN this week, the game's director Todd Howard revealed how the legendary action RPG has now sold over 60 million copies...
Saturday1st Apr 2023
News Switch eShop's Massive Bethesda Sale Includes Skyrim For "Lowest Price Ever" (US)
And many other bargains
There's a new Bethesda sale on the Switch eShop and series like Elder Scrolls and Doom have seen some massive price cuts. Both The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and DOOM Eternal are going for their "lowest prices ever" on this particular digital storefront, so if you've been holding out for a sale - now might finally be the time...
Friday2nd Sep 2022
News Skyrim Anniversary Edition Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch (Again)
The Elder Scrolls V might be returning...
If you haven't played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by now, seriously - what's your excuse? This absolutely epic Bethesda-developed RPG has been ported to just about every modern gaming platform under the sun at this stage, and it seems there's potentially more to come on the Switch front. Yes, although...
Wednesday18th May 2022
News Skyrim Anniversary Edition Has Been Rated For Switch In Taiwan, Sparking Rumours Of A Port
Get ready to play Skyrim, again, maybe
It's a tale as old as time: Some big developer announces that their game is available on "consoles" or "all platforms", and conveniently forgets the 100 million Nintendo Switches floating around the world. At least, that's what happened when Bethesda announced last November that the new Skyrim Anniversary...
Friday15th Apr 2022
News Bethesda Sale Kicks Off On Switch eShop, Up To 67% Off Doom, Skyrim, Wolfenstein
And don't forget Quake
Bethesda has launched a Switch eShop sale of all its titles, with discounts of 50% being the minimum while Doom Eternal (and its Deluxe Edition, which includes both DLC packs) both get a chunky 67% sliced off their full price. In real money, that brings the base game down to $19.79 and the Deluxe Edition to $29.69. Elsewhere,...
Tuesday16th Nov 2021
News Phil Spencer: Elder Scrolls 6's Xbox Exclusivity Isn't About "Punishing" Other Platforms
The head of Xbox just wants to deliver a "complete package"
Bethesda, as you might recall, was officially acquired by Microsoft earlier this year for the sum of $7.5 billion. It's naturally raised a lot of concerns about the future of Bethesda games on other platforms, like the Nintendo systems. While we previously heard how future Bethesda titles...
Thursday11th Nov 2021
News Skyrim Anniversary Edition Now Available On "All Platforms", Fibs Bethesda
Switch is missing out
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is unquestionably one of the best games of the past decade, so the fact that Bethesda has re-released it again should come as no great shock. However, while much was made of the potential relationship between Bethesda and Nintendo when Skyrim was featured in the Nintendo Switch reveal trailer (the...
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...
Thursday4th Feb 2021
News ZeniMax Founder Robert A. Altman Has Died
RIP Robert A. Altman, 1947-2021
Bethesda announced on Twitter today the passing of their founder and CEO, Robert A. Altman. "He was a true visionary, friend, and believer in the spirit of people and the power of what they could accomplish together," they said in the tweet, with an attached statement that said they are "proud to carry on the values...
Wednesday20th Jan 2021
Something Oblivion, something new, something Morrowind, something blue
Maybe Bethesda needs some quick cash while they plug away at the new Elder Scrolls game, or maybe they're just trying to capitalise on people getting engaged during the pandemic. Either way, they've just added a new item to their merch website: a 10K Ritual of Mara gold ring...
Tuesday17th Nov 2020
News Microsoft Won't Be Taking Bethesda's Games Away From Nintendo Platforms
But wants to offer "best" experience on its own platforms
There have been some concerns about the future of Bethesda games on certain other platforms since the third-party video game giant responsible for the likes of Doom and The Elder Scrolls series was acquired by Microsoft in September. Fortunately, there's no need to worry (at
Tuesday31st Mar 2020
Video The Best Switch Games To Play When You Can't Leave The House
Because it's raining outside
When you can't go outside what should you do? Play video games, of course! Our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has been indoors a little more regularly than usual as of late, and to help pass the time he's decided to put together a video of the best Nintendo Switch games to play in this situation. Games like...
Sunday26th Jan 2020
Random This Skyrim Mod Makes The Game Look Like The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Breath of the Wildrim
A talented modder who goes by the name of u/ReallyBigSandwich over on Reddit has created a mod for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that makes the game look like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The creator says 'Breath of the Wildrim' is a retexture project based on the
Friday20th Dec 2019
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild And Pokémon GO Feature In TIME's Best Games Of The Decade List
Here are the top 10
Following on from TIME's list of the most important and influential gadgets of the decade, it has now released its top ten best games. With the Switch being recognised as the number one gadget in 2017, you would think a Nintendo game released around the same time would be featured in this list, and sure enough, one has been. Of...
Friday7th Dec 2018
News Celebrate The Game Awards With These Switch eShop Deals (North America)
Up to 50 percent off
If you happen to live in North America, you're in for a treat. In celebration of The Game Awards, Nintendo is offering up to 50 percent off the eShop versions of all nominated games and has also reduced the prices on a few other games that were previously nominated. Nintendo's Super Mario Odyssey is 30 percent off its regular...
Thursday22nd Nov 2018
News Lots Of The Switch's Biggest Games Have Just Received Huge Black Friday Discounts In Europe
Zelda, Mario, Skyrim and More
Seemingly out of nowhere - although no doubt thanks to Black Friday sales - Nintendo of Europe has slashed the cost of lots of top games on Switch, with customers now able to snag some of the best and biggest titles from the eShop at bargain prices in a new Cyber Deals 2018 event. Seeing Nintendo first-party games drop...
Monday5th Nov 2018
News Nintendo's System Specs Have Always Been A "Big Barrier" For Bethesda
Until the Switch came along
Not long ago, Bethesda held a panel at PAX Australia 2018 discussing its games and even speaking about relations with certain other companies. At the time, Bethesda's Marketing Executive Pete Hines said Fallout 76 wouldn't be coming to the Switch and it was also briefly mentioned how the MMO
Tuesday9th Oct 2018
News Skyrim Still Doesn't Support Mods On Switch So Fans Have Taken Things Into Their Own Hands
"Console modding has often been sort of shady"
A large part of the Skyrim experience on other platforms centres around its Creation Club feature; also supported by Fallout 4, it acts as a way to enhance your gaming with a whole variety of mods and extra content available at the click of a button. The feature was created by the game's developer and...
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
Wednesday4th Jul 2018
News It Looks Like Skyrim On Switch Will Never Get Mods Or The Creation Club
"Right now we're doing nothing"
It seems extremely unlikely that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will ever receive the Creation Club feature on Switch, despite it being present on other consoles. The Creation Club feature, which was first introduced into Fallout 4 before making its way to Skyrim, essentially allows players to access mods for the...
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...
Monday18th Jun 2018
News Hackers Create A Way To Replace Models And Text In Switch Games
Already modded Skyrim and Super Mario Odyssey
The Switch hacking community has had another major success this week thanks to a brand new program called LayeredFS, allowing them to replace in-game models and text with pretty much whatever they like. LayeredFS is a tool that works in a similar fashion to those more commonly found on PC, giving...
Wednesday25th Apr 2018
Soapbox How Nintendo Switch Helped Break My Crippling Obsession With Achievements
Breaking the habit
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In today's article, editor Dom admits his problem with platform-specific trophy systems and how their absence on Nintendo Switch has helped him kick a money-wasting,...
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...
Wednesday4th Apr 2018
News Enjoy Bethesda Classics Such As DOOM And Skyrim In Pinball Form
Pinball FX3 gets 3 new tables today
Here's something we didn't imagine would happen - you can now play DOOM in pinball form on Pinball FX3 for Nintendo Switch! Zen Studios has worked out the rights with Bethesda to bring three new tables to Pinball FX3 in one lovely bundle. This action-packed trio is comprised of tables inspired...
Tuesday20th Mar 2018
News Grab Zelda, ARMS, FIFA 18 And More In The Big eShop Sale On 3DS, Wii U And Switch
Bag an EU bargain
With the Nindies Showcase arriving this week (later today, to be exact), what better way to celebrate than some much-needed discounts? Across the European Switch, Wii U and 3DS eShops over 140 titles that have had their prices slashed - including some of the biggest titles to feature on all three platforms. Here are some...
Saturday17th Feb 2018
Talking Point What Games Are You Playing This Weekend?
These are our picks, but what are yours?
It's that time of the week yet again. The working week is finally at an end (well, for some of us, we feel your pain if you have to go to work this weekend), so we're ready to share with you the games playing on our Nintendo Switches and 3DS in the next couple of days. It's a diverse buffet on offer, ranging...
