Its been a good while since Microsoft hosted any big events to hype up its games catalogue, and with E3 looking liking an unlikely venue for it to dump a bunch of trailers that all start with some chap yelling “world premiere”. Come March though, Microsoft’s preview of the year to come could be looking a lot healthier when a rumoured Bethesda showcase kicks off.
With 23 studios working on Xbox games, Microsoft is still looking to add more game studios to its near-mint collection.
Xboss Phil Spencer says that Bethesda will be left alone to do it what it does best.
Microsoft’s been on a tear lately, acquiring studios and building up an army of teams whose sole job it is to develop games for the Xbox brand. Today’s acquisition though? It might just be the biggest one yet for Team Green, as Bethesda will now be flying the Xbox flag as ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, is now part of that gaming family.
What could have been a massive delay for The Elder Scrolls 6 is now a non-issue as the trademark dispute is over. In a short statement, Zenimax and BookBreeze revealed that a deal had been worked out, presumably for a whole heap of Drake coins.
The online edition of veteran title the Elder Scrolls has been enjoying extended activity and updates since its release back in 2014. But now it faces a busy year, as the RPG has a busy schedule for 2019 with the announcement of a new story chapter. Developers Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax Online yesterday released the cinematic trailer for Elsweyr, the …
Everybody wants some space of their own and with Fallout 76 offering a map that happens to be quadruple the size of Fallout 4’s uninhabitable radioactive wasteland, there’ll be room to spare. What will there be to see and do however? Nobody knows, besides some of the most rabid vault dwelling fans who actually went to great lengths to piece together a map of their own.
The nostalgia runs deep, as the next Elder Scrolls Online expansion will see warriors and mages travel back to Tamriel’s Altmer. Home of the High Elves, danger and epic loot yo.
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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