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Elder Scrolls co-creator believed bugs were a necessary evil for Bethesda's massive RPGs: "I think the trade-off has proven to be acceptable by the fans"

"This kind of game is difficult to test because you simply cannot duplicate every test instance"

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Starfield is somehow coming to Switch 2, it appears, despite the RPG's "unplayable" PS5 launch and Skyrim's own initially disastrous port

Bethesda, are you sure?

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Xbox's Starfield gets Nintendo Switch 2 rating days after its PS5 release, keeping hopes for a port of Bethesda's RPG alive — here's what we know

Is Starfield coming to Nintendo Switch 2? A new rating suggests that it is, though recent reports claim the port in development has been difficult to make.

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This Elder Scrolls-like RPG gets better and better: It's got Morrowind's weirdness, Skyrim's NPC schedules, and it'll cost "$20 max"

Importantly, "we use no AI in development at all"

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Crimson Desert "on track to overtake Starfield's total lifetime copies sold by the end of the year," analyst says, as PS5 sales "not fantastic for a port of the biggest Bethesda RPG in a decade"

And we have Game Pass to thank

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"We have ideas that we want to get out there": Bethesda's Todd Howard says Xbox's Starfield and Fallout 76 were "creatively different" by design, for better or worse

Bethesda's Todd Howard says Fallout 76 and Starfield were different than its usual RPGs by design, as the devs "have ideas that we want to get out there."

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Todd Howard agrees Starfield is "creatively different" than Bethesda's usual RPGs – but says The Elder Scrolls and Fallout were also divisive early on

"And then, you find an audience that loves that"

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Mind-warping Morrowind-like 'Dread Delusion' rejects modernity and embraces teeth-bared retro nightmares on Xbox and PC

Retro Bethesda-style RPG mechanics get a fresh new life in Dread Delusion, a bite-sized RPG that shakes off the aesthetics and mechanics of modern RPGs and embraces nostalgia and low-poly visuals.

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As Starfield fans dub PS5 port "unplayable," Bethesda assures it's "narrowed" the problems "down to a small number of causes" and is working to fix the RPG

"We're addressing these in a hotfix we're aiming to release this week"

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"Elder Scrolls 6 is taking so long that we're just making our own," declare RPG devs taunting Todd Howard and wearing the skin of Morrowind like a jacket

"Everyone's making a Soulslike. We're making a Scrolls-like"

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New Skyrim mod turns Bethesda's RPG into the "ultimate" MMO I've always wanted by transforming NPCs into real players

Skyrim, meet Red Dead Online rolepaying

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Bethesda's ex-marketing VP says Skyrim was its first game to make other studios scared of it: 'You have to be concerned about us if you think you're going to win game of the year'

The fear of Todd, they call it.

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Starfield "doesn't even run properly" and is "unplayable" on PS5, report fans requesting refunds from Sony: "Classic Bethesda"

"This right here is why the Switch 2 version… will probably be canceled"

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Skyrim lead says Bethesda is "going to feel it" when Todd Howard leaves because he's always touched everything during the development process

"He's struggled throughout his entire career in this letting go process"

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“Truthfully, I still think Bethesda is just part of something that is not authentic and is not genuine” — Pete Hines reflects on Bethesda after Microsoft’s acquisition

The former Bethesda publishing head explains why he stayed after the acquisition, detailing growing frustration, declining mental health, and why he ultimately chose to leave

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Skyrim was "the holy s*** moment" at Bethesda, says veteran Pete Hines: "You have to be concerned about us if you think you're going to win game of the year"

"We have broken out role playing games into a whole huge group of people who have never played an RPG"

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I just played Starfield on PS5 Pro — and the internet is wrong about this sci-fi RPG

After years of waiting, Starfield has arrived on PS5, and I'm having a blast playing this sci-fi RPG. Here's why it deserves a second chance.

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Pete Hines says he left Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it being 'damaged' and 'abused'

Hines, Bethesda's former vice president of marketing and PR, left Bethesda in 2023, three years after it was acquired by Microsoft.

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Bethesda king Todd Howard isn't a master of game design or programming, says Pete Hines, "but there is nobody that is better" at combining them: "Look around the industry. Who else?"

Thanks, I think?

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Former Bethesda exec thinks the studio should get more respect for the complex, open worlds it creates: 'Go try that s**t in Red Dead Redemption 2'

Despite retiring 3 years ago, Pete Hines remains one of the studio's staunchest defenders.

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"Go try that s*** in Red Dead Redemption 2": Nobody makes games like Bethesda, says studio veteran Pete Hines, so "put some respect" on Todd Howard and the Creation Engine team

"Who else out in the world allows you to just stack up one quest after another on the fly"

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"Feels a bit like Elder Scrolls": Starfield is finally "starting to feel like a solid Bethesda title," fans say following Free Lanes update with exploration improvements

Starfield's becoming a truly must-play experience

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Former Bethesda artist says 'every single developer' has already brought up 95% of the complaints that made it to launch, but as Todd Howard told him, 'we can't do everything'

You can't win 'em all.

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Bethesda was so indie when the Elder Scrolls launched that the devs packaged and shipped the RPG themselves: "We were in the loading dock and we learned how to assemble boxes, inserts and use the heat gun"

"We even spent time shrink-wrapping the games ourselves"

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Skyrim and Fallout artist says Todd Howard would tell devs "we can do anything but we can't do everything," and 95% of player-reported issues were flagged internally before launch

"We play and see the same things that the gamers do"

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