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"The great Todd Howard says that great games are played, not made," according to Bethesda's Pete Hines, so Elder Scrolls devs changed Oblivion combat three times and no one spoke about it
By Ashley Bardhan published
News No need

Bethesda was told "Skyrim can't survive going up against Call of Duty," but Pete Hines knew the RPG could launch against Modern Warfare 3: "They're a big brand, but they're not a better game"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Nobody's gonna buy your game"

"We wanted to actually show Hitler's penis," Wolfenstein 2 devs say, but a Bethesda producer said "I don't advise doing that": "We all need to be saved from ourselves sometimes"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Uh, do you think there would be a problem if we see Hitler's penis?"

Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines "hated the confusion" around The Elder Scrolls studio "making a new game, and everybody thinking, 'Oh, it's Todd Howard's team'"
By Scott McCrae published
News "We created a different name for the studio and the publisher, and guess what? It still didn't f***ing work"

Starfield anniversary post sends starving Bethesda fans to the whiteboard to find the formula for rumored new DLC
By Issy van der Velde published
News What could it mean?

Elder Scrolls Online steals Halo: The Master Chief Collection's crown as the Xbox game with the highest obtainable Gamerscore thanks to the MMO's Feast of Shadows DLC
By Jordan Gerblick published
News ESO has two new achievements, pushing it past Halo: MCC as Gamerscore king

After 11 years, Elder Scrolls Online lead says the MMO is still "flying under the radar" of potential fans – with some even asking devs, "when does this come out?"
By Anna Koselke published
News "It's been out for years!"

Skyrim player marries a literal dragon with the help of a mod, giving "Dragonborn" a whole new meaning as he breaks the RPG and makes it run as "buggy as Oblivion"
By Anna Koselke published
News Yes, you read that right
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