Enlarge / Something new can now be found deep in the void that is the Bethesda Launcher’s logo. (credit: Bethesda / Valve / Sam Machkovech) If you’ve been waiting to crack open a bottle of Balmora Blue Wine and pour one out for the soon-to-be-shuttered Bethesda Launcher, today might be the day. Bethesda has now […]
Enlarge / Bethesda will finally dispose of its publisher-exclusive PC-game launcher starting in April. (credit: Getty Images / Sam Machkovech) In a welcome change of pace, a video game maker has announced the retirement associated with a “launcher” app for PCs, as opposed to announcing and releasing yet another one to a crowded market. Bethesda […]
Spooky stuff abounds in Ghostwire: Tokyo. [credit: Bethesda ] Since its announcement at E3 2019, Ghostwire: Tokyo has loomed as one of Bethesda’s weirder and more inscrutable upcoming games. Years have passed without a clear look at how the game will play, and that lack of clarity wasn’t improved when the company announced in 2021 […]
Months after the FPS classic Quake got a major 25th anniversary re-release, its modern handlers have returned with an update that exceeds all expectations. Thursday’s new 770 MB patch on all platforms (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, PC) adds an entirely new co-op combat mode, and it officially opens the game’s mod floodgates for players outside the […]
Enlarge / Bethesda’s logo as carried by the publisher’s growing roster of mascots. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Since Microsoft purchased Bethesda Softworks (via parent company ZeniMax Media) last September, the question of Bethesda games on non-Xbox consoles has been on everyone’s minds. This week, Microsoft put probably the final nail in that conversational coffin, with Xbox […]
Enlarge / Pew-pew! (credit: Bethesda) If you bought Bethesda’s recently released Quake remaster for Sony or Microsoft’s platforms, today’s your lucky day—the publisher just released a next-gen upgrade that adds 4K resolution at up to 120 fps, and the upgrade is free. Announced Tuesday on Bethesda’s blog, id Software’s classic first-person shooter is now available […]
Enlarge / Remember this blast from the past? Microsoft and Bethesda would apparently prefer that you do not. (credit: Aurich Lawson) Bethesda’s Fallout 3 launched in 2008 and, in most ways, moved the series into the future of 3D post-apocalyptic adventuring for the better . But one of the game’s “forward” steps was anything but, […]
Supercharged powers and stylish designs may make you optimistic about Deathloop , but upon further review, this journey is rougher than you might expect. [credit: Bethesda ] If you’re looking for a simple back-of-box quote about how Bethesda’s newest video game works, you won’t get one. The list of inspirations in Deathloop , out this […]
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) As leaked a few weeks ago by a QuakeCon scheduling slip-up, a re-release of iconic FPS Quake slipped onto console digital storefronts on Thursday, slightly ahead of the project’s official announcement. The $10 release is out now. Those who own Quake on Steam or from the official Bethesda.net store can access this update […]
Enlarge / We wonder how the “revitalized” Quake will compare to this 2019 raytracing update of Quake II . After two shiny, modernized updates to the venerable Doom franchise in recent years, it looks like Bethesda and fellow Zenimax subsidiary MachineGames ( Wolfenstein: The New Order ) are getting ready to announce a “revitalized edition” […]