Back in the day, choose your own adventure type of games were pretty popular. Basically these games came in the form of books, where a scenario would be laid out in front of you, and then you make a decision and flip to the relevant page. If you're looking to relive some of that nostalgia, you might want to check out what Bethesda has in store for gamers.
The company has recently launched a choose your own adventure game on Twitter based on the Elder Scrolls. They have laid out various scenarios and gamers can click on the Twitter links to proceed, where at the end, players can take a screenshot of their completion and submit it to one of 20 digital Elder Scrolls Online packs.
If you're a fan of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Bethesda Softworks, today is filled with good news. That's because the famous studio has made Morrowind a free download that can be claimed. Based on the award-winning Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls: Legends is a strategy card game that explores the series' characters, creatures, deities, and lore. Whether you have 10 minutes or five hours, Legends provides a variety of gameplay modes and challenges that are easy-to-learn but difficult to master.
Before you stands Markarth, the City of Stone, with its bustling streets dotted by scenic waterfalls. You're looking for adventure, which is never far away in the Reach.
You overhear the words 'Briar Rock Ruins' & 'danger' in a nearby conversation. Perfect! Time to head out.⬇️ pic.twitter.com/YaKGRruoc9
— Bethesda ANZ (@Bethesda_ANZ) December 4, 2020
It should be noted that while you can play this anywhere in the world, the prizes are only for those living in Australia and New Zealand. Also, this seems to be part of Bethesda's promotion for the Markarth DLC Game Pack for Elder Scrolls Online, so it's not as if this will be a new Elder Scrolls game you can play in place of the actual one.
It's actually quite a clever and appropriate marketing strategy, although gamers who want to check out the Elder Scrolls Online will also be pleased to learn that the game is currently free to play until the 9th of December, so you can take it for a spin if you're curious.
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| Type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2001; 20 years ago |
| Headquarters | , US |
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| Products |
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| 400[1] (2018) | |
| Parent | Bethesda Softworks |
| Subsidiaries | See § Subsidiaries |
| Website | bethesdagamestudios.com |
Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was established in 2001 as the spin-off of Bethesda Softworks' development unit, with Bethesda Softworks itself retaining a publishing function. The studio is led by Todd Howard as executive producer and Ashley Cheng as studio director. Bethesda Game Studios operates three satellite studios, one in Montreal and two in Texas, and employs 400 people as of July 2018.
History[edit]
In 2001, ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, decided that the two operational units at Bethesda Softworks, development and publishing, should be split apart. Subsequently, Bethesda Softworks retained the publishing, while development staff was moved to the newly established Bethesda Game Studios.[2]
By 2008, Bethesda Game Studios was considered one of the industry's top developers on the reputation of the Elder Scrolls fantasy universe and the critically acclaimed Fallout 3. Bethesda had created a unique role for itself, 'spending years to create massive, open-world, single-player RPGs — hardly a booming genre in the industry at large — to great success, bringing a once-niche PC genre to a broad multiplatform audience,' wrote Gamasutra in their year-end best of list.[3]
On December 9, 2015, ZeniMax Media announced the formation of Bethesda Game Studios Montreal, a new Bethesda Game Studios location in Montreal, Quebec. Led by Yves Lachance, the former head of Behaviour Interactive, the studio was set to broaden the portfolio of games across all gaming platforms.[4]
On March 9, 2018, Austin, Texas-based BattleCry Studios, another ZeniMax Media subsidiary, was rebranded as Bethesda Game Studios Austin.[5]
On August 10, 2018, Escalation Studios was rebranded as Bethesda Game Studios Dallas.[6]
ZeniMax Media was acquired by Microsoft for US$7.5 billion in March 2021 and became part of Xbox Game Studios.[7][8]
Subsidiaries[edit]
- Bethesda Game Studios Montreal in Montreal, Quebec; founded in December 2015.
- Bethesda Game Studios Austin in Austin, Texas; founded as BattleCry Studios, a subsidiary of ZeniMax, in October 2012, and re-arranged as part of BGS in March 2018.
- Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in Dallas, Texas; founded as Escalation Studios in 2007, acquired by ZeniMax in February 2017, and re-arranged as part of Bethesda Game Studios in August 2018.
Games developed[edit]
Bethesda Game Studios has principally been involved in the development of role-playing video games with their The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series for consoles and personal computers, most of which have been commercially and critically successful.[9][10]
In 2015, the studio entered into the mobile gaming market with Fallout Shelter based on the same franchise, which gained 50 million players by mid-2016. In February 2017, Howard said that they are in development of another mobile title following onto the success of Fallout Shelter.[11] This was revealed in 2018 to be The Elder Scrolls: Blades.
In 2016, Howard confirmed that while they are developing The Elder Scrolls VI, it was still a long way to the game's release. Free quicktime converter. Meanwhile, two other significant projects are in development which are expected to be released prior to The Elder Scrolls VI.[12] On May 30, 2018, Fallout 76 was announced.[13] On June 10, 2018, during Bethesda's E3 2018 conference, the other project in development was revealed to be the company's first new intellectual property in 25 years, Starfield, which is in production with no specific platform details revealed.
| Year | Title | Genre(s) | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Action role-playing | Microsoft Windows, Xbox |
| 2004 | IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 | Racing | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| 2006 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Action role-playing | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | ||
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | ||
| 2015 | Fallout Shelter | Simulation | Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| Fallout 4 | Action role-playing | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| 2016 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| 2017 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | |
| Fallout 4 VR | Microsoft Windows | ||
| 2018 | Fallout 76 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| 2019 | The Elder Scrolls: Blades | Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch[14] | |
| TBA | Starfield | TBA | TBA |
| The Elder Scrolls VI |
Bethesda Elder Scrolls Free To Play
Expansion packs[edit]
| Year | Title | Game | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Tribunal | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Microsoft Windows, Xbox |
| 2003 | Bloodmoon | ||
| 2006 | Knights of the Nine | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| 2007 | Shivering Isles | ||
| 2009 | Operation: Anchorage | Fallout 3 | |
| The Pitt | |||
| Broken Steel | |||
| Point Lookout | |||
| Mothership Zeta | |||
| 2012 | Dawnguard | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | |
| Hearthfire | |||
| Dragonborn | |||
| 2016 | Automatron | Fallout 4 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| Wasteland Workshop | |||
| Far Harbor | |||
| Contraptions Workshop | |||
| Vault-Tec Workshop | |||
| Nuka-World |
Awards[edit]
- Gamasutra's Best Of 2008 - Top Five Developer[15]
- 2011 Spike Video Game Awards — Studio of the Year[16]
- 2015 The Game Awards — Developer of the Year (nominated)[17]
References[edit]
- ^'Skyrim director Todd Howard: Why triple-A games are better when you don't play it safe'. July 4, 2018. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^Noclip (June 5, 2018). 'The History of Bethesda Game Studios - Elder Scrolls / Fallout Documentary'. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^Carless, Simon; Remo, Chris; Nutt, Christian; Alexander, Leigh; Eric, Caoili (December 31, 2008). 'Gamasutra's Best Of 2008'. Gamasutra. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^Kato, Matthew (December 9, 2015). 'Bethesda Opens New Studio In Montreal'. Game Informer. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^Dring, Christopher (March 9, 2018). 'BattleCry Studios becomes third Bethesda Game Studios office'. GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^Fogel, Stefanie (August 10, 2018). 'Escalation Studios Is Now Bethesda Game Studios Dallas'. Variety. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^Bass, Dina; Schreier, Jason (September 21, 2020). 'Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox'. Bloomberg News. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^Robinson, Andy (March 9, 2021). 'Microsoft confirms its Bethesda acquisition is complete and 'some games' will be exclusive'. Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^Petty, Jared (June 14, 2016). 'Bethesda Says Two Upcoming Games Are as Big as Skyrim and Fallout'. IGN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^Davidson, John (February 18, 2017). 'Bethesda's Todd Howard Hints at 3 New Games'. Glixel. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^Makuch, Eddie (February 17, 2017). 'Skyrim Director Teases Next Mobile Game'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^Chalk, Andy. 'The Elder Scrolls 6 is in development, Todd Howard confirms'. PC Gamer. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^Schreier, Jason (May 30, 2018). 'Bethesda Announces Fallout: 76'. Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^Fenlon, Wes (June 11, 2018). 'The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play RPG coming to PC and mobile this fall'. PC Gamer. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^Carless, Simon; Remo, Chris; Nutt, Christian; Alexander, Leigh; Eric, Caoili (December 31, 2008). 'Gamasutra's Best Of 2008'. Gamasutra. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^'SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2011'. Spike (TV network). Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^'Nominees | The Game Awards 2015'. The Game Awards. Ola Balola. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
External links[edit]
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