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Gaming News September 25, 2026, 12:59 AM
Kurt Kuhlmann, former lead systems designer on Starfield, says Bethesda would need a very different approach to make a sequel work, because the original's systems never felt fully connected. In an interview, he also said he would be very surprised if Bethesda made Starfield 2, arguing the first game was not successful enough to justify it. He added that a follow-up could have come closer to creator Todd Howard's original vision by applying lessons from the first game. -
The creators of Fallout: New Vegas now answer to the owners of Fallout — Obsidian moves under Bethesda's wing
Gaming News September 23, 2026, 12:44 AM
The studio will stay in the post-apocalyptic universe for a long time to come. But there's not a word in the announcement about the fate of its own series. -
Gaming News September 16, 2026, 10:56 AM
Kurt Kuhlmann said he is back on the job market after being laid off in July, along with most of the Last Sentinel team. The longtime Bethesda Game Studios designer is now asking for leads on senior, principal, or lead designer roles, while saying he is prioritizing remote work. -
Gaming News September 15, 2026, 01:51 AM
Bethesda lowered the permanent price of DOOM: The Dark Ages on September 14, and the shooter is now $49.99 for the standard edition. The change applies across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, down from its original $69.99 launch price.
The Premium edition also got cheaper and now costs $69.99. That version includes the Revelations DLC and some skins, while Game Pass subscribers can pick up the standard edition for $39.99 and the Premium edition for $54.99. -
Gaming News September 12, 2026, 05:56 PM
Bethesda confirmed that remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are in active development, but the publisher says it is not ready to share release dates yet. Meanwhile, fan-made AI footage of Fallout New Vegas is pushing the game into much stranger territory. -
Gaming News September 12, 2026, 02:00 AM
In a new interview, lead systems designer Kurt Kuhlmann revisited how Starfield was built and why it took far more resources than Bethesda's earlier games. He said the sci-fi RPG stretched the studio's workflow and ambitions, even if the team still delivered it well. -
Gaming News September 10, 2026, 01:49 AM
There was no announcement. There was a photo of a robot-dog statue and three pairs of eyes in the caption — and that was enough. -
Gaming News September 9, 2026, 11:15 PM
Matt Berry lends his voice to KALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free Skyrim Creation from IKEA and Kinggath Creations that went live on September 9 for PC and Xbox players using Bethesda Game Studios' in-game Creations menu.
The companion comes with its own unique questline and unlocks IKEA-themed cosmetics, including a meatball helmet and blue-and-yellow armor. -
Gaming News September 9, 2026, 01:07 AM
A video of Benjamin Burnley's onstage pitch for his Fallout 4 mod has spread after the Breaking Benjamin singer used a New Jersey concert to air a public modding feud. The moment, captured by Reddit user im_all_ears, showed Burnley spending more than four minutes urging the crowd to download the mod under his Nexus Mods username, killemloud. -
Skyrim's co-lead explains why The Elder Scrolls VI has been in the wings for eight years now — a nod to Todd Howard and Starfield
Gaming News September 9, 2026, 12:14 AM
Bethesda had a comfortable rhythm going: Fallout, then The Elder Scrolls, then Fallout again. It broke on exactly one sentence. -
Gaming News August 24, 2026, 08:45 AM
GOG now bundles Tamriel Rebuilt for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind with the OpenMW engine, making the long-running fan project much easier to install through the store page. The package is available in GOG's library for players who already own the base game. -
Gaming News August 20, 2026, 01:34 AM
Bethesda Game Studios announced that Fallout 76 will get a new horror event on September 15, 2026, sending players into Appalachia to track clues, dig up graves, and confront the mysterious figure behind the Pint-Sized Slasher. Bethesda says the patch is a first-of-its-kind update for the game. -
Gaming News August 19, 2026, 09:03 PM
Bethesda lead character artist Alex Nguyen spoke out as Save Our Devs rallies were held across North America, arguing that Microsoft-era job cuts have become an annual reality for the studio. -
Gaming News August 18, 2026, 11:48 PM
Bethesda has announced that Fallout 76 is finally getting native PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions on September 15. Current-gen players can look forward to improved performance, enhanced visuals, and overall better stability. -
A Morrowind-Style RPG Launched in Early Access With an Already Completable Story — 50 Quests and Co-op From Day One
Gaming News August 18, 2026, 11:21 AM
Early access usually means a sliver of a game and promises stretching two years out. The Lantern of the Laughless Saint is different: studio NerveLabs released the game on August 17 with an open world, full online co-op, and a main story you can play through to the end, all from the start. The current build has more than fifty quests, over sixty enemy types, more than a hundred pieces of gear, plus working alchemy and custom spell-crafting systems. All of it costs 769 rubles at the launch discount running through August 24. -
Gaming News August 16, 2026, 02:02 PM
Josef Rudberg has demonstrated a Skyrim mod module for Community Shaders that aims to make snowy ground react to the player, turning what was once a static surface into something that can be altered in real time.
Instead of simple flat texture changes, the snow leaves real footprints and trampled trails behind the character. During snowfall, those marks are gradually covered again and can disappear over time, which makes the effect feel more alive than a static visual filter. -
Gaming News August 16, 2026, 01:29 PM
Bethesda Game Studios announced that it is urging Fallout 4 mod authors to back up their load orders ahead of a patch arriving on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and said a new update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is also in development. The studio says the Fallout 4 patch is focused on general Creations improvements, while mods may be affected by conflicts and broken load orders. -
Gaming News August 13, 2026, 02:55 AM
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma posted a tease that appeared to censor The Elder Scrolls VI with eight asterisks, after saying she had seen a live playthrough of the game. Fans quickly latched onto that detail and began guessing that Sentinel could be the subtitle. -
Gaming News August 12, 2026, 01:36 PM
Bethesda Game Studios says it is already looking at bringing some of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2-specific optimizations to other platforms, after early comparisons of the Nintendo version drew attention for another reason. The game launched on Switch 2 on August 11, 2026, and the studio shared the update on X. -
Xbox's CEO was brought in to see The Elder Scrolls VI — and got greeted outside Bethesda's office by a giant rat and 800 red flags
Gaming News August 12, 2026, 10:56 AM
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma visited Bethesda's office in Rockville, Maryland, on August 11. The visit had all the trappings of a showcase: she was shown a live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6, after which Sharma publicly praised the game's scale and story. Studio employees prepared for leadership's arrival in their own way — they inflated a giant rat outside the building's entrance and planted eight hundred red flags on the lawn. Each flag represented one person who had lost their job since July 2025.
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