The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Gardiner

Fallout 76 now lets you go fishing in its irradiated waters, though I'm more interested in the massive combat overhaul added in its 'Gone Fission' update

Bigger fish to fry.

PC Gamer · Jun 7, 2025

How Bethesda turned the radioactive lemon that was Fallout 76 into endless lemonade: 'It taught me a lot, as pain does'

Almost hell, West Virginia.

PC Gamer · Apr 14, 2025

Fallout and Skyrim show us that talented developers make great games when you leave them alone

Attention is the creativity-killer.

PC Gamer · Apr 13, 2025

Fallout 76's former project lead says it's still his favourite game he worked on, but the initial reception was demoralising: 'I got yelled at in an Apple Store, I'll never forget'

Jeff Gardiner oversaw the game's troubled launch, as well as the start of its redemption arc.

PC Gamer · Feb 21, 2025

Fallout veteran says he was so proud to see the TV show succeed - especially given the Borderlands movie's $90m failure

Borderlands is "a fantastic game - but, man, that movie's being pilloried"

GamesRadar · Aug 27, 2024

Bethesda veteran says we could be watching Fallout TV shows "for 50 years, just like Lord of the Rings," and "it could be an IP that your grandkids are playing"

Make us proud, future grandchildren

Total Film · Aug 26, 2024

"I will overlook sh**ty game mechanics for hours if I'm enjoying the story": Skyrim and Fallout veteran says RPGs "live and die" on narrative

"RPGs live and die on story"

GamesRadar · Aug 20, 2024

Skyrim veteran says he got into fights with his Bethesda colleagues over the RPG's most notoriously heavy item: "You can't just give the player everything they want"

You can blame Jeff Gardiner next time you're over-encumbered

GamesRadar · Aug 20, 2024

'A triumph': Brian Fargo, Mike Laidlaw, and other RPG architects weigh in on Baldur's Gate 3

Creative forces behind series like Fallout, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, and Pillars of Eternity react to Baldur's Gate 3.

PC Gamer · Aug 19, 2023