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Friday, Oct 23
Elder Scrolls Novel Potentially Confirms Elder Scrolls V
A book blurb on the Waterstone's retail site reads "A novel that takes places forty-five years after the Oblivion Crisis, which is the story of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game and the expansion pack Shivering Isles. It partly bridges the gap for the next game, which is set 200 years afte...
Thursday, Oct 8
Is Single-Player Gaming In Danger Of Extinction?
Multiplayer is] the most requested feature we get," says Todd Howard, executive producer of The Elder Scrolls series and Fallout 3 at Bethesda Softworks, so far resistant to the trend this generation. "So we do consider it every time... and every time it loses, but I suppose you never know."
Thursday, Sep 3
Approval Ratings: Readers Like the RPG, but Hold the MMO
Our third installment of Approval Ratings covered a dozen questions regarding role-playing games, a staple genre of video games going back to their earliest days. And like an RPG, you have to dig a little deeper to get the real story.
Saturday, Aug 29
Kotaku Approval Ratings: The RPGs, MMO and Otherwise
Do you want to play World of Warcraft? (PC)(poll) Do you want to play Dissidia: Final Fantasy? [PSP](answers) Do you want to play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? (any platform)(surveys) Do you want to play Fable II? (Xbox 360)(opinion) What is the greatest quality of an RPG?(survey)
Thursday, Jul 9
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Goes Free
Interesting to that the second game in the massive series requires so little hardware horsepower—you'll need a 66 Mhz processor or better—and consumes so little space. I remember Daggerfall being massive, but its install size pales in comparison to the 1 gigabyte required for The Elder...
Sunday, Jul 5
Week in Games: Bigs Week, Not a Big Week
Tuesday (July 7) CID The Dummy (PSP, PS2, Wii) BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle (PC, 360) The Bigs 2 (PSP, PS2, PS3, 360 Wii) ARMA II (PC) Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC, Wii) Memento Mori (PC)
Wednesday, Jun 24
Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures Studies Fallout, Physics, Also Beer
Not really," Todd said. "It's sort of close to pounds, but we intentionally don't really say what it is. It actually started based on the weights we used for The Elder Scrolls, which most people don't know are the also-amorphous ‘stones.'"
Saturday, Jun 20
Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games
Uriel Septim VII, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Father of Martin: Had several legitimate sons to stock the throne with heirs, but wisely kept a child out of wedlock just in case a Daedra Lord killed all of his other kids. Instead of fostering the boy to a vassal or something noble, Septim st...
Tuesday, Jun 16
Bethesda Softworks Goes Full Steam Ahead
Steam users can now enjoy more of the fruits of Bethesda Softworks labor, as The Elder Scrolls series and Call of Cthulhu join Valve's digital distribution service. Hardly shocking news, but news nonetheless. Bethesda Softworks [Steam]
Monday, May 18
Bethesda Announcing Wii Game This Year
We're not going to establish a new range and call if 'My Girly Game Range' or whatever these other companies are doing, it's so me-too and boring," Brennan added. A "My Girly Game Range" from Bethesda too boring? No, Sean, we think you mean, too awesome.
Friday, Feb 6
Bethesda's Next Project: An iPhone Game
At the New York Comic Con today, Bethesda Softworks executive producer Todd Howard, responsible for overseeing Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls series, said that one of his company's next project is an iPhone game. For all we know, it could be Fallout Touch. Bethesda is no stranger to portab...
Wednesday, Oct 29
New Elder Scrolls A Possibility In 2010 [The Elder Scrolls]
Even though Bethesda is all about Fallout 3 and perhaps even Fallout 4 right now, that focus could be shifting in the near future to the next title in their award-winning The Elder Scrolls series. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Bethesda publishing executive Paul Oughton suggested a new T...
Tuesday, Oct 28
Fallout 3 Review: Wasting Away Again In Radiationville [Fallout 3]
Fallout 3 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios, published by Bethesda Softworks. Released on Oct. 28 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Retails for USD$59.99 on console, $49.99 PC. Played Xbox 360 version. Created multiple characters, played story mode to completion, experienced two dif...
Thursday, May 22
Bethesda Teams with Splash Damage
Bethesda Softworks Announces Development Partnership with Splash Damage May 22, 2008 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today a long-term development partnership with the award-winning U.K. studio, Splash Damage™.
Wednesday, May 7
Fallout 3 Grabs Big-Name Composer For Soundtrack
Currently under development at Bethesda Game Studios - creators of award-winning The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion®, the 2006 Game of the Year - Fallout 3 is slated for release this Fall on Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainme...
Friday, Nov 9
Bethesda Mum On Oblivion PSP Cancellation [Bethesda Softworks]
When we caught wind of retailer Gamestop calling those who had pre-ordered The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion, informing them of its cancellation, it sounded rather grim for the PSP release. Normally, Gamestop isn't in the business of wiping products from its database and phoning cus...
Thursday, Sep 6
Shivering Isles Retail 360 Disc Coming
That's right, you don't have to download the Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles expansion to play it on your Xbox 360, Bethesda today confirmed that the pack will be going to retail in October and will also include the Knights of the Nine content.
Monday, Jul 9
Ps3 Gets Shivering Isles: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
July 9, 2007 (Rockville, MD) - Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that it will release The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (GotY) for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment s...
Sunday, Jul 1
Falling In With Fallout 3
After several industry events spent under the wing of my more experienced brethren it was time for me to spread my wings and fly free, and what better way to spend my first solo outing than to travel to Washington D.C. to visit The Elder Scrolls series creators Bethesda Softworks and take a sne...
Thursday, May 17
Turning Undead Japanese: Localized Oblivion 360 Dated For Japan
Tokyo, Japan - May 17, 2007 - Spike today announced that it has reached an agreement with Bethesda Softworks ®, a ZeniMax Media company, to co-publish the blockbuster role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® for Xbox 360 ™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in...
Friday, Apr 27
GAME Spurns PS3 Oblivion
According to GamesIndustry.biz, one of the leading video game retailers in the United Kingdom has refused to carry Bethesda's RPG masterpiece The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion for the PlayStation 3, which went on sale today. Not one of GAME's 400 stores will be stocking the game on their shelve...
Monday, Feb 26
Shivering Isles Is The Last Oblivion Expansion
I guess they don't count the Knights of the Nine content as an expansion proper. Still, I think we can all absorb this knowledge comforted in the fact (okay, speculation) that Bethesda is hard at work on The Elder Scrolls V. Michael McWhertor No more expansion for Oblivion... [OXM]
Thursday, Nov 9
Oblivion PS3 Delayed, Misses Launch
Following yesterday's announcement that Sega's next-gen Sonic the Hedgehog would ship after November 17th and the cancellation of NBA Live 07, comes word from Bethesda that The Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivion would also see a delay. The Elder Scrolls Forums: News and Information
Tuesday, Apr 25
Oblivion for the PS3?
There's nothing like an unsourced rumor to liven up a languid Tuesday afternoon. Is Oblivion coming to the PS3 and PSP? Will it, in fact, arrive within days of the PS3's launch date? Heck, we don't know. But we're not too proud to link to someone who claims to have inside information.
Wednesday, Mar 29
Solo Gaming Returns
Yet for Todd Howard, 35, and the rest of the Elder Scrolls team at Bethesda Softworks in Rockville, Md., harnessing the latest technologies in the service of old-style fantasy epics is like using modern tools to create the toys you always dreamed of as a child.
Tuesday, Mar 21
XBox 360 Spring Line Up
The full list of Microsoft XBox 360 games for release in Spring, 2006 is finally up for perusal. This is what you'll see in the next three months: 2006 FIFA World Cup (EA Canada, EA Sports)Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Digital Illusions CE, EA Games)Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Ubis...
Tuesday, Oct 4
Elder Scrolls, Top Spin Tapped for Xbox 360
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: The fourth title in the best-selling Elder Scrolls series from Bethesda Softworks brings the RPG genre to new heights with its combination of freeform gameplay and cutting-edge graphics. Oblivion features a 3D engine that can render stunningly realist...
