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Former Xbox VP says Game Pass creates 'weird inner tensions' because a game's popularity can actually damage sales: 'The majority of game adoption on GP comes at the expense of retail revenue'

Hi-Fi Rush drew in more than three million players, but that wasn't enough to save Tango Gameworks.

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Game Pass can’t cash in forever — ex‑Xbox VP warns of hidden costs

Former Xbox VP, and PlayStation executives warn that Game Pass, while popular with players, may devalue games and create tensions for developers.

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Former Xbox exec says Game Pass causes "weird inner tensions" due to the subscription model usually coming at "the expense of retail revenue"

What does success actually mean on Game Pass?

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Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines says Game Pass is 'nothing' without the people making the games

Will Game Pass ever not be the one to blame, or will we continue down this road of blame game forever?

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Bethesda's studio buying spree was fueled by wanting to work with likeminded devs: "If you have a chance to work with [Resident Evil creator] Shinji Mikami, you should always say yes"

Pete Hines remembers the time Bethesda bought the makers of Doom, Dishonored, and Wolfenstein

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"We cannot charge $300 for this, it's f***ing insulting": Bethesda's Pete Hines says Fallout 76's infamous Collector's Edition was "probably the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda"

The Bethesda veteran of 24 years has one big regret

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Former Bethesda marketing VP says he fought against reusing the Prey name for Arkane's 2017 immersive sim: 'I definitely pissed some people off internally over that'

Pete Hines was not happy about the choice because "we spend more time explaining why it's called Prey than we do talking about the game."

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"The great Todd Howard says that great games are played, not made," according to Bethesda's Pete Hines, so Elder Scrolls devs changed Oblivion combat three times and no one spoke about it

No need

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Bethesda was told "Skyrim can't survive going up against Call of Duty," but Pete Hines knew the RPG could launch against Modern Warfare 3: "They're a big brand, but they're not a better game"

"Nobody's gonna buy your game"

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Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines "hated the confusion" around The Elder Scrolls studio "making a new game, and everybody thinking, 'Oh, it's Todd Howard's team'"

"We created a different name for the studio and the publisher, and guess what? It still didn't f***ing work"

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Fallout 76's great canvas bag debacle marked 'the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda,' says its ex-marketing VP Pete Hines

He really fumbled the… ball.

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Helldivers 2 director decides to kick off 2025 by wading into a conversation about DEI: 'Make good games, don't make a contemporary political statement'

Johan Pilestedt tried to clarify his statement by saying he was only talking about things "outside the theme of the game," which doesn't really clarify much at all.

PC Gamer

After a year of Xbox execs celebrating Hi-Fi Rush as a "break out hit" and saying "we don't quit" on games like Redfall, everyone wants to know what changed

"We couldn’t be happier with what the team at Tango Gameworks delivered"

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Todd Howard says he's been sitting on everything about the Indiana Jones game "forever," from "what Indy was going after" to the "arc he was going to have"

Howard meant it when he said he's been trying to get this made for over a decade

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The Elder Scrolls 6 is out of 'pre-production' but Pete Hines says it will be 'years' before we start hearing about it

Hines said Bethesda is focused on Starfield and that's where its attention is going to stay for a long while to come.

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Fans won't hear anything about The Elder Scrolls 6 for years, Pete Hines says

Bethesda's head of publishing says the studio's focus will remain on Starfield for "some time" before The Elder Scrolls 6.

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The Elder Scrolls 6 finally moves out of the pre-production phase as Starfield arrives

Bethesda's moving into active development on its next game

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Starfield leaker has been arrested and charged for selling stolen goods

The person who leaked 45 minutes of Starfield has been arrested and charged with selling stolen goods.

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Starfield may let modders create their own planets, hints Pete Hines

Bethesda’s head of publishing has suggested that Starfield modders could create their own planets.

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Starfield's level cap appears as infinite as space itself, according to one Bethesda boss

If Starfield does have a level cap, no one's found it yet

TechRadar

Starfield has so much content that Bethesda’s Pete Hines still hasn’t finished after around 160 hours

Bethesda's head of publishing still hasn't finished with the game after around 160 hours of playtime.

GamesRadar

Starfield mods can include entire planets, so expect the Death Star in no time at all

It's no moon, but it's close enough

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Pete Hines can't even put a number on how long Starfield takes to complete: 'I'm at 150-160 hours on my current playthrough and I haven't even come close'

We all know the best part of Bethesda games is the side stuff, and it sounds like Starfield has tons.

GamesRadar

Todd Howard says Wolfenstein dev's Indiana Jones game is going great: "They've got the whole Nazi killing thing down"

Hard to argue with that

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Bethesda exec's 'one piece of advice' for Starfield players: don't skip 'amazing stuff' because it doesn't seem like a real quest

Starfield's activities might seem "like throwaway stuff" at first, says Pete Hines, but they apparently lead to "amazing places."

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