The Latest Breaking News from Bethesda

Next year's Fallout 76 major expansion will explore a 'prequel story to Fallout 3'

Players will be able to venture forth into Raven Rock next year.

PC Gamer · Jul 28

The Windows Central Podcast discusses backward compatible Xbox games on Windows, LG forcing McAfee adware on PCs, and Samsung's new folding phones

On this week's episode: Daniel Rubino and Jez Corden discuss the recent announcements around Xbox backward compatibility, Windows adware, and Samsung foldables.

Windows Central · Jul 27

"The desire for a world you can escape to is stronger than ever": How MMORPGs are flourishing in a multiplayer landscape dominated by live-service shooters

The lead developers of Final Fantasy 14, Warframe, and The Elder Scrolls Online take us through the demands and realities of running a successful MMO

GamesRadar · Jul 25

The Elder Scrolls 6 development roadmap is unaffected by Xbox's mass layoffs, Bethesda says, despite devs' fears of delays and crunch

Xbox has cut 1,600 jobs, with 1,600 losses still to come

GamesRadar · Jul 23

Union claims Bethesda developers were terminated the day Xbox announced new Fallouts—after being told they would still have jobs until September

The OneBGS union says it's filed new legal action over the dismissal.

PC Gamer · Jul 22

"Unconscionable": The day of Bethesda's Fallout reveal explosion, its laid-off Montreal devs were told they "would receive the smallest severance legally possible" and "immediately" lose health insurance benefits, union says

OneBGS union claims Xbox backtracked on layoff timeline

GamesRadar · Jul 22

The Elder Scrolls Online is struggling with "team bandwidth" after Xbox layoffs hit Bethesda and ZeniMax, leading devs to limit a store for in-game items

The blog will offer less information, too

GamesRadar · Jul 22

Bethesda reportedly canceled an unannounced PvP shooter, likely from Wolfenstein dev MachineGames

A former employee listed a canceled shooter on his LinkedIn

GamesRadar · Jul 22

Fallout 3's gunplay is "not good," admits former Bethesda designer, and we'll probably see "a lot of that work" that went into Fallout 4 when it comes to the remaster

"It didn’t hold up to shooters at the time"

GamesRadar · Jul 22

Modders remastering Fallout 3 in Fallout 4 are not bothered by Bethesda's official version: "Our project has been a community-driven passion project for almost a full decade"

"We're committed to seeing that our work, creativity and dedication continue!"

GamesRadar · Jul 21