With the traditional E3 event we all know and love being cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, a number of publishers have committed to sharing digitally streamed events in its place. Bethesda will not be one of them.
Bethesda's vice president of marketing and communications, Pete Hines, has taken to social media to discuss the company's plans. Despite the no-show, he stresses that Bethesda still has "lots of exciting things to share" in the coming months.
Given the many challenges we're facing due to the pandemic, we will not host a digital Showcase in June. We have lots of exciting things to share about our games and look forward to telling you more in the coming months.
The news will come as a blow to fans of the studio hoping for more news on games like The Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield, and we would have expected to see something regarding the upcoming Switch version of DOOM Eternal.
Square Enix, Ubisoft, Microsoft and Nintendo have all expressed a desire to stream digital events in place of E3, so we're sure there will still be plenty to enjoy over the course of the event's usual week in June.
Sad to hear that we won't have any event from Bethesda? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via gonintendo.com]
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Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas on Switch or GTFO.
@Lordplops that's a weird way to spell Dishonored and Prey.😏 Older Fallouts and Elder Scrolls don't seem very eligible for porting in general now, alas - although Fallout 3 would be even more topical on Switch for me seeing as I can't so much as play it properly on my laptop. A 2008 game needing some obscure convoluted tweaks to run past the title screen on a 2015 machine and OS in 2020... and people wonder why I'm a console person.
Fallout 76-2! Fallout Blades! Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim II!
I feel like they showed TES VI too early honestly. So it might be nice for them to not have the pressure to do a big blowout right now.
Figured this would happen. Last year's presentation was a bad joke, and it hurt Bethesda more than it helped them. They need to stay away until they have something real to announce.
Eh, the Doom franchise from id Software is the only thing they have going for them.
Every other Bethesda IP has been dragged through the mud.
I'm not expecting much from Elder Scrolls VI or "Starfield".
Don't worry though, I'm sure Todd Howard will still find a way to match his lies quota this year.
It would be nice to see the Switch build of Doom Eternal - even if the frame-rate isn't quite "there" yet.
By this point, it should be in a playable state.
Damn how do I fall asleep now?
@Impaler-D *Todd Coward
@Lordplops yep basically this! 😅
@mariomaster96 just watch a EA presentation.
I mean... there's no way for them to create fake hype by lacing the attendees' drinks with laughing gas, so what's the point? 😜
Can't wait to see Fallout: Shut Up and Buy It Anyway.
FOSUBIA will blow all other $40 mobile games out of the water!
Well I'd imagine the original E3 press conference was going to be heavily focused on next gen (e.g. Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6) but that requires Microsoft and Sony to properly reveal the consoles. Any Switch stuff would be in a Direct.
1. Fallout 3 GotY edition
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Fallout 4
4. Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind
5. Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion
6. Dishonored Definitive Edition
7. Dishonored 2
8. Rage
9. Rage 2
That is enough for now
I still can't believe they bribed the audience to cheer last time. Weirdest press conference ever
Aw, I was so looking forward to seeing Todd Howard embarrass himself this year.
Other than DOOM, I don’t see anything relevant coming from this studio whatsoever.
Unless they’re working on a Quake series reboot; which is extremely unlikely...
No biggie; the only digital E3 event that matters is Devolver Digital anyway!
Anyone actually upset about this?
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