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Notch receives letter from Bethesda lawyers over the naming of upcoming indie title
Read More »Bethesda reveals new IP Dishonored
Publisher Bethesda has lifted the lid on a brand new project that it hopes will appeal to gamers jaded by the onslaught of high-adrenaline titles that characterise the modern market. The game, called Dishonored, has been revealed by US mag GameInformer. Described as "the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride", …
Read More »Half-Life 2 architect working on new Bethesda IP
Arkane Studios working on new stealth-FPS Dishonored
Read More »All Interactive Entertainment signs Bethesda for ANZ
Fledgling Gold Coast publisher/distributor All Interactive Entertainment (AIE), publishing arm of parent company All Interactive Distribution (AID) has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to Bethesda’s Rage and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim throughout Australia and New Zealand. Robert Kingston, director of AIE, told MCV Pacific: The whole AIE and AID …
Read More »Bethesda will support Wii U… if it’s powerful enough
Elder Scrolls, Rage and Prey 2 could be coming to Wii U and Vita – as long as these new platforms can handle them. According to Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines, the original Wii was ‘not an option’ for the firm as it would mean re-developing its …
Read More »Bethesda hack confirmed
Bethesda has confirmed that hackers have attacked several of its websites. The publisher also reported that personal data from these sites had been compromised, according to VG247. Hackers were able to access usernames, passwords and email addresses. No personal financial or credit card information was affected. Though its official blog, …
Read More »RAGE pushed back to October
Mutant FPS RAGE has been delayed to Friday, October 7th in the UK to ensure it offers the best experience possible”. Bethesda was previously due to release the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title on Friday, September 16th. In the US, RAGE will now arrive on Tuesday, October 4th. The …
Read More »E3 2011: Carmack: Creativity more important than graphics
Genius development engineer John Carmack has admitted that Rage has taken his studio longer than he would have liked, and put the delay down to its drive for top tier technology and tools. That’s the biggest thing when we look back on this generation,” said the co-founder of id Software, …
Read More »id regrets Rage’s seven-year dev cycle
E3 2011: Carmack wants creativity, not tech, to take precedent
Read More »Bethesda reveals Hunted ad campaign
Hunted: The Demon’s Forged is being backed by online activity over the next two weeks to maintain interest post-release. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC fantasy action game from Bethesda went on sale in the UK yesterday, but ads have been running since August last year. Bethesda will continue to …
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