Tag - Bethesda

Skyrim director Todd Howard: Why triple-A games are better when you don’t play it safe

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 13:15:51 +0000

Todd Howard is racking up the awards, the latest being the Industry Legend honor at the Gamelab event in Barcelona. And it's with good reason, as Howard has had a great run in his 25 years at Bethesda Game Studios, where he is director of the studio that has produced blockbuster games such as The Elder Scrolls: ...]

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim on Switch Doesn’t Have Mod Support Planned

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:30:00 +0000

Bethesda's Todd Howard would "love to see it happen" but mods aren't on the agenda.

Fallout 76: You Can't Get Killed If You're Under Level 5, But You Sure Can Fast Travel

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 10:33:51 +0000

From GameWatcher: "There has been some concern among the Fallout fans about the upcoming offshoot of the core series: Fallout 76. In particular, we know for a fact that there will be no singleplayer as such, and we know that there will be no human NPCs either. Bethesda have explained that Fallout 76 is an experimental experience - something different to keep things fresh. With that, we also know that Fallout 76 is going to be a survival multiplayer game first and foremost, with DNA from the likes of Rust and ARK: Survival Evolved."

Todd Howard Says Fallout 76 Beta May Not Be Wiped Before Launch, Explains More About PvP

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:34:44 +0000

Head of Bethesda Game Studios Todd Howard revealed that the Fallout 76 beta may not be wiped before launch. He also shared fo on PvP.

Fallout 76: You Can't Get Killed If You're Under Level 5, But You Sure Can Fast Travel

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 05:37:15 +0000

Yes, Todd Howard and team have settled on The Elder Scrolls 6's region

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 02:47:15 +0000

When at the end of Bethesda's E3 show, the message was clear: we're working on the game but it's a very long way away. We saw a very brief trailer of a mountainous, coastal environment, and then a logo, and that was it.
But what were we seeing? Was this the setting of the new game or a kind of red herring - a generic Elder Scrollsian scene made for the trailer? Has Bethesda Game Studios even settled on the region we'll play in yet?
I thought we'd wait yonks for an answer but as luck would have it I got one from Todd Howard at Spanish conference Gamelab this week.

Report: Bethesda sues Warner Bros., claims Westworld game uses Fallout Shelter code

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 02:47:15 +0000

Bethesda is reportedly suing Warner Bros. over the Westworld mobile game, which it claims uses Fallout Shelter code.
According to , Bethesda is suing Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive, the developer of the game. In court documents, Bethesda reveal it contracted Behaviour in 2014 to work on Fallout Shelter before Behaviour went on to make the Westworld game for Warner.
Fallout Shelter is a building and people management sim with a cute art design where you play the vault overseer. You have to keep your vault dwellers alive, playing Cupid to get them to have babies, while all sorts of things go wrong in the vault and, when you can, send your people out into the wasteland to gather resources. It looks like this:

Yes, Todd Howard and team have settled on The Elder Scrolls 6's region

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 02:42:33 +0000

Bethesda hasn’t decided how much Fallout 76 servers will synchronize

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 22:16:06 +0000

As we all know by now, Fallout 76 is going full multiplayer, which leaves a whole bunch of questions in the air about how servers are going to work. Bethesda’s kept a lot of the nitty gritty details vague, and it seems that’s partly because they haven’t decided how it’s all going to work - and that includes, for the moment, parts of how server synchronization will work.
Todd Howard says that players will see synchronization at the server level, with players seeing the same conditions at the same time. But the team hasn’t decided how far that will go across that server’s digital West Virginia, as there are “benefits” in not having the entire server synced.
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That info comes to us via , with a machine-translated version of an interview conducted by Italian outlet - hence why the detail is a bit fuzzy, on top of Howard’s reticence to provide more.
Some of those details will be ironed out in the upcoming beta, but this vagueness may be by design. Bethesda wants the online experience to be largely seamless, without server browsers to look at, and with simple migrations of your camp to new instances whenever you log in. Of course, those of you who are more particular about your multiplayer experience will be waiting a bit longer for fo.
The is coming up fast, and it appears there’s plenty of details left to finalize before that day comes.

Fallout 76 has plans to stop new players from getting camped

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:00:36 +0000

Fallout 76 will be the first online-only main Fallout game, and fans have been curious—and somewhat fearful—about how it's all going to work. Thankfully, Bethesda's Todd Howard has answered a few more of our questions. Speaking in an interview with Italian site Multiplayer.it (translated by fans over on Reddit), Todd Howard revealed a lot of ...]

Fallout 76 griefers can’t kill you until you reach level 5

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 20:50:58 +0000

Update, July 3: Another restriction on Fallout 76 griefers has been revealed - a protection for low-level players.
You won’t have to worry about getting griefed when you’re making your exploratory steps in Fallout 76, because you’re safe from other players up until level five. That’s one of many precautions against griefing Todd Howard mentions in a new interview.
The rule against killing low level players may change, Howard says, but Bethesda’s aware that everyone’s worried about aggressive players ruining the experience for everyone. With those precautions in place, the team wants to allow players the freedom to either engage in PvP or avoid fights if that’s their preference.
Perhaps Fallout 76 will make it into our list of the on PC.
There’s little detail on how the level restriction works beyond that, and we are working through the oddities of Google Translate - the original interview comes through Italian outlet , as brought to attention on . Even with the limitations of machine translation in mind, the gist of the answer is clear enough.
As mentioned in on the making of Fallout 76, aggressive players will be given a wanted level. Another griefing protection is that the game's PvP system is more like a challenge system than an all-out brawl.
According to a tweet from Bethesda's senior vice president Pete Hines, "PvP is kinda like issuing a challenge [sic] to someone." You can check that tweet out below:

Fallout 76 has several tricks to prevent PVP abuse

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0000

It’s a problem seen in any survival game as the strong prey on the weak, but it’s a problem that Bethesda wants to nip in the bud for Fallout 76. Speaking to Multiplayer.It, Bethesda’s Todd Howard explained that in terms of PvP, players under level 5 would be safe from death at the hands of more experienced Vault Dwellers.

Why Multiplayer In Fallout 76 Might Not Be As Bad As Many Anticipate

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:34:40 +0000

Bethesda Softworks shocked the games industry with a surprise announcement of Fallout 76. As a spin off from the traditional numbered series, Fallout 76 will play host to the series' first online multiplayer experience; but does that mean single player fans should be weary of Bethesda's upcoming title?

Todd Howard: all about Fallout 76, The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:34:40 +0000

Bethesda's legendary director, Todd Howard, answers all our questions about upcoming software house projects in this exclusive interview.

Fallout 76 release date and multiplayer news - all the latest details

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:21:00 +0000

The Fallout 76 release date has been announced at E3 2018. The new Bethesda game will be out this year. We also have the latest trailer and gameplay details.
The next entry in the famous retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic series has been revealed. Bethesda shared a surprising amount of information about the next Fallout game in the reveal and E3 2018 trailers. As the game title and trailer suggest, Fallout 76 will revolve around Vault 76, which is a vault that already exists within the Fallout Universe and stands apart in that it was set to open much, much earlier than most of the other Vault-Tec shelters.
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In the meantime however, we have a couple of trailers to crawl through for details, and reams of background information from other games in the series to pore over for potential gameplay, setting, and story details. Join us as we dig through everything we know about the Fallout 76 reveal to find out how it connects to the other games in the Fallout series. Here’s everything we know about Fallout 76. Fallout 76 release date
Bethesda has provided a Fallout 76 release date: November 14, 2018. This was announced at Bethesda's E3 2018 showcase, debunking a previously leaked July release date. Fallout 76 gameplay

Starfield Is A Next-Gen RPG But It Could Release On Current-Gen Systems, Too

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:16:37 +0000

During its presentation, Starfield has been revealed as a next-gen RPG, which let many of us wondering which platforms it could be aiming for. In an interview, Bethesda’s Todd Howard provided a new statement to clarify on that.