Tag: Bethesda
News Oblivion Remastered Could Finally Be Fixed on PS5 as Bethesda Promises 'Optimisations' Patch
Take your time
It's been roughly 16 months since The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered launched on PS5, and the open world revival still runs poorly on Sony's system. Although a couple of post-release updates did smooth performance to some extent, it remains a noticeably choppy game, plagued by frame rate issues and hitching as it loads assets...
News Quake Adds Free 30th Anniversary Campaign for All PS5 Players, Developed by MachineGames
Dawn of the Machine is out now
Ahead of this weekend’s Quakecon, it’s time to frag like it’s 1996! If you happen to own the PS5 or PS4 version of id Software’s iconic Quake, then good news: it’s just been updated with an all-new 19-level campaign, designed by MachineGames. Dawn of the Machine, developed to celebrate the series’ 30th...
News Rumours of an Unannounced Elder Scrolls Game Have Been Debunked
Tell me lies
Some fans of The Elder Scrolls got a bit carried away over the weekend when a former developer's LinkedIn profile had supposedly outed an unannounced project. Rumours started swirling on social media and Reddit, before a number of gaming websites picked it up. However, the owner of said profile quickly debunked all of the speculation...
News Latest DOOM's DLC 50% Off Just 3 Weeks After PS5 Release
That's quick
If you paid full-price for DOOM: The Dark Ages’ first major expansion Revelations when it released on 7th July, I think you have a right to feel a little irked today. As part of Sony’s expanded PS Store summer sale, Bethesda has slashed the price of the DLC by 50%, making it just
News 'It Isn't Something Carved in Stone': Xbox Still Unclear on Future PS5 Ports
Single player games could still come to Sony's console
Xbox’s decision to return to console exclusivity was one of the defining stories of June, but it’s been somewhat overshadowed by Sony’s physical discs debacle and layoffs in Redmond. However, a big story published by GamesRadar has t
News With Over 17 Million Starfield Players, Bethesda Commits to Sci-Fi RPG's Future
That many people can't be wrong
In case you missed it, Bethesda announced long-term plans for its various beloved franchises, and Starfield was also there. In addition to sharing what's coming next for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, the company highlights player numbers for its youngest IP, and commits to developing it further with more e
News Fallout 5 in Pre-Production, as Bethesda Playing The Elder Scrolls 6 Everyday
New Fallout is the "long-range destination"
Fallout 5 is in pre-production at Bethesda Game Studios, with the anticipated sequel being the “long-range destination” for the dev. In the meantime, it’s focusing its energy on The Elder Scrolls 6, announced several years ago. According to the studio, this remains its “primary development focus...
News Fallout 3, New Vegas PS5 Remasters Confirmed by Bethesda
Both projects now official
Bethesda has today confirmed it has remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas in active development. As part of a long social media post detailing the developer's future, it said: We also know many players want to revisit previous Fallout experiences. While we're not announcing any dates today, we have been working...
News DOOM Maker Continues to Repel Rumours It's Been Gutted by Xbox
The Doomguy doth protest too much
In the immediate aftermath of Xbox’s enormous layoffs last week, stories emerged that DOOM developer id Software had been gutted. The Texas-based studio has been really eager to repel those reports, stating its team is currently around the same size as when it released 2016’s DOOM, which by all accounts was...
News DOOM PS5 DLC Quietly Becomes One of 2026's Best-Rated Releases
Revelations gets a 90 on Opencritic
You might not have noticed, but a new piece of PS5 content currently rated higher than Resident Evil Requiem launched last week: the new DOOM expansion Revelations. The piece of DLC currently commands an Opencritic rating of 90, making it the sixth highest-rated title of 2026 so far on the site's Hall of Fame...
Rip and tear
A big theme of the Xbox layoffs this week has been just how hard they’ve hit several teams – and remember, this is just the first phase, with a further 1,600 job losses to come. By not closing any studios, Microsoft has broadly navigated the “
News 'Staff Are Being Asked to Do More with Less': Brutal Xbox Layoffs Leave Those Spared in Limbo
Remaining employees on tenterhooks
Xbox may have avoided the PR disaster of studio closures this week, but by extending its layoffs over the course of the coming fiscal year, it’s leaving any remaining staff to work under a cloud. The company cut 1,600 jobs across its division on Monday, with a further four first-party studios being spun-off or...
News The Elder Scrolls 6 Heavily Impacted by Xbox Layoffs, Team Morale at Rock Bottom
Over 50 people working on the RPG now gone
Work on The Elder Scrolls 6 has reportedly been heavily affected by the recent wave of Xbox layoffs, with more than 50 key employees at Bethesda Game Studios let go. The cuts have left team morale "shattered", with fears of crunch and delays to the final game spreading throughout the studio. That's...
News 136 Jobs Lost at Legendary Dev id Software After Xbox Layoffs
A sad week
While it was good to see studios find new owners or retain their independence as part of this week’s Xbox layoffs, it’s important to remember 1,600 jobs were lost yesterday – with a further 1,600 to come over the next year. That’s approximately 20% of Microsoft’s gaming division, and it’s inevitably going to hit some studios...
News The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Reportedly Still Years Away from Release
Here we are again
Last we heard, The Elder Scrolls 6 was in a playable state over at Bethesda — but any dreams of it releasing within the next year are so have now been dashed (again). During a recent Bloomberg Live Q&A, the ever-informative Jason Schreier reportedly stated that the open world RPG is still "two to
News The Elder Scrolls Online's Future Looks Bleak as Dev 'Decimated' by Xbox Layoffs
Previously revealed roadmaps will change
If you’re a fan of The Elder Scrolls Online, then you may want to brace yourself for a bleaker future, as the team at Zenimax Online Studios has been “decimated” by Xbox’s recent layoffs. As we reported earlier with regards to both Obsidian and id Software, Microsoft may hav
News Despite Eliminating 20% of Its Workforce, Xbox Wants a Billion Players Per Day
"I know we can achieve this goal"
Xbox wants to “entertain more than a billion people per day” as it moves forward with a dramatically downsized workforce. In a memo, CEO Asha Sharma said she “knows”
News 'I Know This Is Painful': Xbox Confirms 3,200 Job Losses in Industry Bloodbath
Multiple teams exit Xbox Game Studios
Xbox has confirmed that an eye-watering 3,200 employees across the division will lose their jobs, in one of the most significant industry shake-ups of all time. This is part of a broader Microsoft downsizing, which will see 4,800 people out of work. According to the company, 1,600 jobs will be lost today,...
Preview DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations Is Putting an Endgame in Your Fave PS5 Shooter
Stand and fight again and again
It may have been away from the PS5 game for more than a year, but id Software has finally returned to DOOM: The Dark Ages with a major expansion that's much more than just another campaign. It does have that as a basis, providing more story, missions, and a new weapon to define the DLC. However, on top of it all is...
News Xbox Wants to Cancel Marvel's Blade, Close Arkane Studios
This one will hurt
It’s been years since we heard word of Marvel’s Blade, the next game from French dev Arkane Studios. Unfortunately, our next update could be a cancellation and the closure of the Dishonored dev. The Verge (paywalled) reports that Microsoft “wants” to cancel the action-adventure game as part of a wave of cuts, which could...
News Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2 News Is a Sad Reminder That the Game's Still a Mess on PS5
15 months later
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered just got a release date. The port's launching on the 11th August, meaning that it'll arrive almost 16 months after it debuted on PS5. And over all of that time, Bethesda and porting studio Virtuos have done so little to actually improve the state of the game...
"The devastation is going to reverberate"
It’s a rough time for the video game industry at large – but especially so if you’re a developer working for a studio owned by Microsoft. Rumblings about layoffs have been swirling for several weeks now, and the full picture is set to emerge as the Redmond firm’s financial year comes to a close...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Gets 'the Cleanest Image We Can Deliver' with PSSR 2 on PS5 Pro
Update coming soon
DOOM: The Dark Ages will soon receive its big DLC, Revelations, and alongside it will come a free update for the game as a whole. On 7th July 2026, the first-person shooter will receive a major update, and a major part of that will be support for PS5 Pro's upgraded PSSR tech. Developer id Software says it's helped them achieve...
News 'There Are Other Xbox Studios in Trouble': Ominous Reports as Microsoft 'Bloodbath' Looms
Messed up
We’ve all read the rumours regarding Xbox’s incoming exodus, but things sound worse than initially imagined behind-the-scenes. In a revelatory recap video, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier says there are more studios than just Ninja Theory, Double Fine, and Compulsion Games in trouble. All three developers, who’ve made multiple...
News Xbox Wants Faster Fallout, Elder Scrolls Games to Bolster Business
Will they come to PlayStation?
It’s hard to believe it’s been just one week since the Xbox Showcase, as Microsoft’s gaming division has been battered over the past few days – with CEO Satya Nadella being one of the people sticking in the boot. Speaking at Hard Fork Live, the Microsoft executive said it must turn Xbox into a “sustainable...
News Even with PS5 Ports, Many of Xbox's Games Have Been Underperfoming
Tough times
There’s been a spate of stories coming out of Xbox this week – an overwhelming amount, if you will. While not all of it is relevant, the Redmond firm finds itself tangled up in the PS5 ecosystem; even with the return of two console exclusives, the company announced several new PlayStation games during its Xbox Showcase last week,...
News Starfield Patch Promises to Fix Its Biggest Crashing Issue on PS5, Two Months After Launch
Better late than never
Starfield has received yet another update on PS5, in the hope of finally addressing the game's remaining crash-related issues. It's been over two months since Bethesda's sci-fi RPG launched on Sony's system, and while the developer has done a lot to fix the game's most glaring performance woes in that time, it's only now just...
News Xbox Planning Major Layoffs Next Month, Could Involve a Studio Closure
Employees shocked by Gears of War's cancellation on PS5
It’s been a crazy few days for Xbox, a major publisher of PS5 games. It announced several new titles for Sony’s system on Sunday, including State of Decay 3 and Senua. But it also confirmed the return of console exclusives, something it’ll “try to do more” of if the health of its...
News 'It Looks Amazing and It's Coming Along Well': The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Making Progress
But don't expect it for years
The Elder Scrolls 6, announced absolutely eons ago to creator Todd Howard’s chagrin, isn’t releasing any time soon. But a Variety interview with Xbox boss Matt Booty – who oversees all the publisher’s developers, including Bethesda Game Studios – has shed the smallest of lights on the high
News Xbox Will 'Try to Do More' Console Exclusives if the Health of Its Business Improves
"Our business isn't particularly healthy"
In an interview with Fortune, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has said her company will “look to try and do more” console exclusives if the health of its business improves. Quizzed on the topic, the executive admitted the division “isn’t particularly healthy” and so that’s why it’s starting with...
Reaction Mealy-Mouthed Microsoft Takes Us Back to 2023 with Mixed Messaging on Xbox Exclusivity
Aw sh*t, here we go again
2023 called, it wants its ambiguity back. I got a lot of criticism earlier in the year for describing Microsoft’s indecisive approach to exclusivity as tiring, but in the aftermath of last night’s Xbox Showcase, it looks like we have months of mixed messaging ahead of us. Actually, I was reluctant to even write this...
News All Your Favourite PS5 Live Service Games Are Getting Big Updates
Everything you need to know
It wouldn’t be an Xbox Showcase without update trailers for a variety of different Microsoft owned games, almost all of which are available on the PS5. We’re talking Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, The Elder Scrolls Online, Age of Empires – you name it, they’re all here. Rather than split all this stuff up,
News DOOM: The Dark Ages' Campaign DLC Looks Sick, and It's Out Very Soon on PS5
What a Revelations
DOOM: The Dark Ages' long-promised DLC has been fully revealed, and not to be confused with Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, it's called DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations. The big news here is that it's out very soon indeed — it's just a month off, releasing for PS5 on the 7th July. The above trailer makes it look like a rather...
News Bethesda Needs You to Test Its PS5 Version of Fallout 76 Before Launch
Free PS5 test version for current owners
Bethesda is finally putting out a native PS5 version of Fallout 76, but before it does, the publisher would love for you to run some public tests on it. Anyone who already owns the game will be able to download a free PS5 "test version" of it later this month, with a view to launching the final version "later...
News One Year Later, DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Is Nowhere to Be Seen
But it is meant to be substantial, says dev
Today marks exactly one year since the release of DOOM: The Dark Ages, but for some owners of the PS5 game, they're still waiting on content thay paid for at launch. Alongside the PS5 title, id Software sold a Premium Edition promising a "campaign DLC". 12 months on, that expansion hasn't launched and is...
News Starfield PS5 Gets Yet Another Crash-Fixing Patch, Over a Month and Two Updates Later
Do it again
It's been over a month since Starfield launched on PS5, and the game still suffers from crashing issues. Up until now, Bethesda has delivered two patches specifically targeting Sony's console. Based on our own testing, these updates did seem to fix a number of crash-related problems, but the title remains a bit of a mess on a technical...
News Third Patch for Starfield PS5 Crashing Issues Coming Next Week
Bethesda still on the job
Bethesda has a third update for Starfield on PS5 (and this time also on Xbox Series X|S and PC) to push live next week, the RPG company confirmed. A social media post late this Friday afternoon speaks to the patch addressing "multiple crash and stability issues and several gameplay fixes", with the full list of tweaks and...
Feature Lifelong Bethesda Fan Finally Answers: Does Starfield Actually Suck?
A star is unborn
So, I finally played Starfield. For 85 hours, no less. And honestly, just about everything I had read or heard about the game prior to playing turned out to be true. I think Starfield is both an evolution of Bethesda's core game design and a significant downgrade from the studio's established open world structure. In short, I think...
Feature Is Starfield's Crashing Finally Fixed on PS5?
Wish upon a Starfield
At this point we really shouldn't be surprised, but Bethesda somehow managed to release a borderline broken game on PS5, over two full years removed from its initial launch on other platforms. Now, to be clear, Starfield's crashing issues have not impacted every player — but reports have been so widespread and so numerous...
Feature Xbox Is Flip-Flopping on PS5 Again, and It's Truly Getting Tiring
Pick a lane
There’s a deep irony to Xbox revealing it’s “re-evaluating” its PS5 strategy on the day co-dev Virtuos confirmed Forza Horizon 5 has sold five million copies on Sony’s console alone. Microsoft’s innate ability to build parasocial relationships with its biggest influencers temporarily too
News Bethesda Issues Second Starfield PS5 Crashing Fix, Live Now
Sounds like the dev thinks it's fixed
After its surprisingly limited PS5 update for Starfield last week, which was designed to fix the crashing issues users are facing for just a single graphics mode on PS5 Pro, the publisher has another patch live now. As Bethesda puts it, here is what the update does: "We just released a hotfix for Starfield on...
News Starfield Tops Weekly US Sales Charts Despite 'Disappointing' Early Estimates
For the first time since 2023
Starfield soared to the top of the US sales charts for the week ending 11th April according to Circana, with 95% of its full-price sales coming courtesy of the new PS5 version. The game officially launched on 7th April for Sony’s console. The result follows recent reporting from Alinea Analytics, which estimated soft...
News Starfield PS5 Crash Patch Out Now, But It Only Partly Fixes PS5 Pro
See you next week
Bethesda has (sort of) delivered on its promise to fix Starfield's frankly shocking crashing issues on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Patch 1.000.003 is available to download now on Sony's system, weighing in at 1.445GB. However, as alluded, this hotfix does not address all causes of the game crashing. In fact, it only targets crashes on PS5...
News Starfield PS5 Sales Estimates Leave Much to Be Desired
Wish upon a Starfield
According to newly released estimates, Starfield may not have had the strongest opening sales on PS5. Bethesda's sci-fi RPG released just last week on the 7th April, and for a while ahead of launch, it was ranking very highly on PS Store pre-order lists — and even topped them at one point. But initial estimates frame the...
News Bethesda Now Aware of Starfield PS5 Crashing Issues, Aiming for a Fix This Week
Issues causing crashes identified
Something is causing Starfield to repeatedly crash on both PS5 and PS5 Pro — and no one's quite sure why. Before we go into the details, we should note that this doesn't appear to be a universal issue. When we played the game for the sake of our Starfield PS5 review, we didn't encounter any serious problems...
News 'I Saw How It Was Getting Damaged': Ex-Bethesda Exec Goes to Town on Xbox's Mistreatment
"That shouldn't be a surprise to you"
In a brutal and damning section of a wider interview, ex-Bethesda boss Pete Hines has put Microsoft on blast, without specifically mentioning the Redmond firm by name. As part of a chat with journalist Kirk McKeand, he implied his former employees are not part of something “authentic” or “genuine”, and...
News Can Keith David Sell You Starfield on PS5? Bethesda Thinks So
Star power
Starfield has arrived on PS5 nearing three years after its Xbox and PC debut. But if you're still not sold on Bethesda's sci-fi RPG, then Keith David's here to try provide that final push. The developer's managed to get the veteran actor on board to present a rather inspiring launch trailer, which features David delivering a rousing...
Review Starfield (PS5) - Better Than Ever, But Still No Space Skyrim
See that star? Don't go there
Starfield is a very different proposition compared to the many Elder Scrolls and Fallout games Bethesda has made in the past: it’s a space RPG where the worst thing about it is space. Instead of a single open world to explore, there are theoretically hundreds — but you can count the ones actually worth visiting on...
News 'The List Is Crazy': Starfield Support and Updates Will Continue Following PS5 Debut
Space's the limit
Bethesda has further "plans" for Starfield, putting to bed any doubt that support would be drying up after its landmark PS5 release. Speaking to GamesRadar, lead creative producer Tim Lamb doesn't beat around the bush, simply stating: "There's more to come for Starfield". How much more is up for debate, however. Lamb doesn't...
News Here's Why Starfield Will Be Best on PS5 When It Finally Releases Next Week
Bethesda going all-out
In an era where multiformat games tend to be available everywhere, Sony loves a good ‘PS5 Features’ trailer from third-party publishers. The purpose of these is to highlight some differentiating features which make the PlayStation version stand out. In the case of Starfield, this is particularly pertinent given its...
