VG247: This year will be the biggest in Bethesda’s history. An RPG sequel anticipated for aeons; the first new IP from id Software in 15 years; one of the most anticipated shooters in the industry this year; and a dungeon crawler which fuses old days with new.
Post-release DLC for one of last year’s biggest hits is a also certainty for 2011, but the anticipation of future releases is likely to further add to this year’s importance for the publisher: three new studios – one from the east – are coming on board with new projects with the company and, obviously there’s a chance at getting a look at DOOM4 this year.
With so much going on at Bethesda it seemed like a good time to catch up. We spoke last week with the company’s VP of marketing and PR, Pete Hines.
This year's Fallout Day will be celebrated in style, with a broadcast that will give players a glimpse at the future of Fallout 76, the latest entry in the series.
Fallout 76 this, Fallout 76 that…Jesus
Remake of Fallout in the style of the Bethesda games
Fallout 3 or New Vegas remakes
A new spin off like what New Vegas was
Anything. Just not more 76.
Fallout 76 is a pile of trash. Give us something new. A remaster, port, new game, remake, something.
The Fallout and Elder Scrolls developer is a union shop now.
That's good to see. For the last 5-10 years every spring the gaming industry has seen mass layoffs after reporting record profits. It's disgusting. This industry needs more unionization to offer some protection to the people who make these games possible.
that's the price you pay to conduct your business in the land of the free. Stuff like that doesn't happen over here
Unions are rarely if ever good for the consumer. Often good for the worker but not for us consumers.
Yes, consumers no longer benefit from overworked and underpaid labor, aka decrease in overhead that allows them to sell goods made at a lower price. Kind of the reason things are made in China rather than the U.S. Well thought out.
But, now hear me out, what if the 'good to see' comment wasn't about being a consumer but a caring, apathetic fellow human being who wants to see people get paid what they're worth and not just get laid off all willy-nilly when the suits need to make their books look good for the FY reporting and make more money for shareholders who don't do any of the work either?
It's too late for Tango and Arkane Austin but fingers crossed that this will help. MS could have a friend in the White House soon though, and his thoughts on Union's should be worrying all in the US.
GOOD. Stop taking it in the ass from shareholders "we want a space game" but our fans want elderscrolls "YES BUT SPACE IS HUGE LOOK AT STAR CITIZEN!"
Multiple games are currently in development at Bethesda Game Studios' id Software, based on the latest information.
I’d love another Quake, maybe even a more horror slanted Doom.
I’d be very happy with a new IP though.
I would like a wolfstein reboot by Id, machinegames ones are good but too enfatuated with cinematics
id would deserve major props if they rolled the dice on *either* of those choices.
Doom 4 hasn't even been announced yet, has it? I highly doubt Doom 4 will come out this year, when they've been showing Rage off for about 3 years now and it's not even out yet... Also, Bethesda doesn't own id, id is owned by Zenimax Media, which also owns Bethesda...that's like saying it'll be the biggest year ever for Bioware because Dead Space 2 is coming out.
New Vegas was made by Obsidian...I'm sure Bethesda gets a chunk of the sales, but still, not a Bethesda game.
As for Hunted: The Demon's Forge, I don't understand how that's a dungeon crawler. Dungeon Crawlers to me have more than 8 hours of linear gameplay in them, and they don't play like Gears of War with swords...just my opinion. I wish it really was being made by Bethesda, maybe then they would put some actual RPG mechanics into the game and make it a respectable length for a multiplayer dungeon crawler.
Skyrim's about the only thing Bethesda specifically has going for them. Fortunately it looks like it could be the best game they have ever made.