Bethesda General Discussion Thread

[rusty_shackleford]

deuxhero

Ocato was appointed as the Imperial Battlemage directly after Jagar Tharn was defeated, and became Uriel Septim's "confidante and chief advisor" as the Daggerfall user manual states

 

[LESS T_T]

Todd is no longer the only alpha in Beth: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news...fferings_with_Alpha_Dog_Games_acquisition.php

Bethesda looks to bolster its mobile game offerings with Alpha Dog Games acquisition

Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind games like Monstrocity Rampage and Wraithborne, has been acquired by Bethesda Softworks for an undisclosed sum.

The move sees the Canadian studio supporting Bethesda’s own growing mobile game ambitions, support that Bethesda says includes the development of new iOS and Android games down the line.

"We are impressed by the team at Alpha Dog's commitment to quality and depth of experience in mobile," said Bethesda SVP of development Todd Vaughn in a press release. "We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family."

Bethesda itself isn’t entirely a stranger to developing mobile games, but this acquisition shows that the company is looking to expand its dealings on mobile platforms. So far, Bethesda has released two games for iOS and Android: Fallout Shelter, developed in part by Behaviour Interactive, and The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

 

[Modron]

Has there been any studio in the last ten years that Zenimax published a game for and didn't use that as leverage to buy them out/assimilate/cause them to be dissolved?

 

[Duraframe300]

Has there been any studio in the last ten years that Zenimax published a game for and didn't use that as leverage to buy them out/assimilate/cause them to be dissolved?

Uhm....

There's a pretty obvious one.

 

[Wunderbar]

Judging by this, there is a high probability that Zur will replace Soule

 

[Butter]

Judging by this, there is a high probability that Zur will replace Soule

Damn, you really dashed my hopes that TES6 would be good.

 

[boobio]

 

[North Gibraltarian Dog]

A good example of this is Fallout progression system. Fallout 3 progression had depth and was pretty consistent to the original two Fallouts

Ps. Also, pre-Oblivion/pre-Zenimax/pre-director Todd times and games, the only ones with a good quality, are not even mentioned in the video.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Ps. Also, pre-Oblivion/pre-Zenimax/pre-director Todd times and games, the only ones with a good quality, are not even mentioned in the video.

You are forgetting, before the Xbox and Halo gaming was still in the stone age, games had barely progressed beyond Pong and Pac Man despite what some old fags say.

 

[Curratum]

With all due respect for Zur, of which I have none, his music is, for the most part, dull, boring drones.

 

[Delterius]

With all due respect for Zur, of which I have none, his music is, for the most part, dull, boring drones.

some might say its a perfect fit for the studio

 

[ZVERMIX]

W/e on the music stuff.
I just need to know if Starfield is gonna be "Skyrim in space" or "Fallout 4/76 in space".

 

[Duraframe300]

With all due respect for Zur, of which I have none, his music is, for the most part, dull, boring drones.

some might say its a perfect fit for the studio

Well, if Ion Zur does the Starfield score he's at least got experience

 

[boobio]

 

[RNGsus]

Then I remembered reviewing Skyrim is still relevant, because every game they've made for the past 20 years is Skyrim.

 

[DalekFlay]

I'd ask who watches these random goobers on YouTube rant about decade old games for over a half hour, but I guess the answer is obvious.

 

[Dawkinsfan69]

I don't get it, he spends half an hour bitching about the best feature of Bethesda games (jank and bugs). Without those we wouldn't have comedy gold such as:

 

[RNGsus]

young scrolls should make the tes6 soundtrack.

 

[Tito Anic]

Lets put some love in this sad place

 

[Hellion]

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I'm getting the sense they're burning cash, none of their products has worked this year and they're getting desperate. Big focus on mobile games and they seemed to have dropped their usual focus on single player experiences, going for multiplayer stuff because they reckon the cash is there.

Only Bethesda have never been good at coding and you can't fuck it up when it comes to online shit.

 

[Shinji]

Yeah, it really looks like a desperate attempt to make some quick cash.

But it's confusing, because it's not like Fallout 4 or Doom didn't sold well. Something bad must have happened behind the scenes at Zenimax or Bethesda.

My only guess is that those leaks just before E3 2017 forced them to put on hold some projects and their announcements, which then would prove to the public that the leak was "fake". The downside to that strategy was having to release some other titles (not on their original plans) as quickly as possible to keep the cash flowing in.

 

[garren]

I can't remember where I read/watched it but I seem to remember hearing that Bethesda was actually making money out of fallout 76 because the few people playing were spending so much money in the integrated cash shop. Could be wrong though.

 

[Nas92]

I can't remember where I read/watched it but I seem to remember hearing that Bethesda was actually making money out of fallout 76 because the few people playing were spending so much money in the integrated cash shop. Could be wrong though.

They were always going to make money from F76, always. They probably made bank from pre-orders alone, and yes, there are enough idiots spending money on that shite still to keep them going.

But not everything is good for Todd and the gang. Fallout 76 was designed as a cashcow to keep them going until they can release Starfield which is stuck in limbo according to rumors. While it brings in money, I highly doubt they are making as much as they'd like, not to mention it's painfully obvious how much they underestimated the hassle there is with maintaining an online game.

 

[Trashos]

Such things usually happen when Zenimax one is trying to attract Providence Equity Partners buyers.