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Publisher Bethesda has enlisted the help of pro-gamers in the creation of Quake Champions. The shooter was unveiled at E3 and is the first Quake game in ten years. The firm then took the game to QuakeCon in August, and allowed professional Quake players to get hands-on with the new …
Read More »Make the gap between reveals and launches as small as possible, urges Bethesda
VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines highlights short release cycles as key to maintaining player interest ahead of a game hitting shelves
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is coming to VR
Publisher Bethesda unveiled its VR plans during its E3 conference yesterday, including two projects for HTC Vive. The first one is a virtual reality Doom experience, for which the publisher did not specify any release date. But the second, and potentially more exciting, announcement was that a VR version of …
Read More »Opinion: Bethesda comes of age with impressive E3 conference
When Bethesda’s game director Todd Howard declared E3 as ‘the best week for entertainment ever’ at the company’s press conference, the message couldn’t be clearer. There he was, standing on stage at the Dolby Theatre – the same place where The Oscars have been held ever year since 2001 – …
Read More »E3 2015: When is Bethesda’s press conference?
The first press conference of E3 belongs to Bethesda, and it will start at 3am UK time on Monday, June 15th. That’s 7pm in LA time on Sunday, June 14th. The conference will reveal more details around Fallout 4 and Doom, while rumours suggest there may be an appearance from …
Read More »International guests for PAX Australia announced
PAX enters its second year as an international expo with Australia's keynote address to be delivered by Pete Hines from Bethesda.
Read More »Hines: Time for convincing devs to support Wii U has long past
'You've got to spend more time trying to reach out to those folks before you even make the box'
Read More »Bethesda’s New Order: Pete Hines on Elder Scrolls, The Evil Within, Wolfenstein and the next generation
When Xbox 360 and PS3 launched Bethesda had a single development studio. Now it has seven, all working on next-generation video games. Christopher Dring speaks to Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines on the publisher’s three next-gen blockbusters – Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Elder Scrolls Online and The Evil Within Why …
Read More »Read our extensive interview with Bethesda’s Pete Hines in the latest MCV
This week’s issue of MCV is a bumper edition, featuring interviews with Ginx TV, Bethesda and the men behind E3 1995. We also analyse the June charts, which sees PS3 overtake Xbox 360 for the first time. There’s a whole lot more, too. Including the hottest accessories coming to market, …
Read More »Bethesda teases upcoming title, not related to Fallout
Following yesterday’s announcement that Bethesda has moved on from Skyrim’s post-launch development, the studio has released a teaser of what it has moved on to. A brief clip was posted on Bethesda’s twitter account earlier today, flashing different images such as a spinning old record, sheet music and barb wire. …
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