It’s been almost 5 years since Bethesda Game Studios released their last major project (Fallout 76), and even longer since their most recent single player experience (2015’s Fallout 4). Finally, we are set to get a brand new RPG from Todd Howard and the team in the form of their …

Last week, the team at Bethesda Game Studios announced that they would be hosting a Q&A session on Discord for the much-anticipated RPG Starfield, ahead of the game’s 6th of September launch. The fan Q&A has since concluded, with more than a dozen questions being addressed. Those who signed up …

As video games get more and more ambitious, we have seen files balloon in size, with some of the biggest games now taking up almost 250GB. Fortunately, thanks to the SSDs built into current consoles, many current-gen titles have remained relatively modest in size. Despite this, Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield …

Back in 2021, Bethesda surprised us all with the release of Quake Remastered at QuakeCon, including a few new maps created by the team at Machine Games. At this year's QuakeCon, Bethesda ran it back, launching Quake 2 Remastered for all platforms.  As of yesterday, Quake 2 Remastered is now …

At QuakeCon this evening, not only has Bethesda dropped a remaster for Quake II, but the publisher has also revealed the next step in its partnership with AMD for Starfield. AMD is the ‘official PC partner' for Starfield, which means support for features like FSR 2 at launch, as well …

While we have gotten a decent chunk of information on Bethesda Game Studios’ upcoming Sci-Fi RPG Starfield, many lingering questions still remain ahead of the game’s launch on the 6th of September. As such, the team at BGS will be offering “a Constellation exclusive Dev Q&A” directly addressing fan questions. …

Years ago when Microsoft began improving its PC gaming efforts, we saw the Play Anywhere initiative launched, with participating games in the Play Anywhere program allowing users to buy one copy of a game across both Xbox and PC. It has been a while since we've seen Play Anywhere in …

Virtuous is a studio that has helmed a number of remasters over the years, including the upcoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3. According to a new leak this week, the studio has also been contracted for another major remake. A former studio employee has now claimed that the company …

Bethesda has released a few teasers in the run-up to Starfield, with short talks about some of the different planets and their capital cities. With the game now just six weeks away, Bethesda has released a series of animated shorts, offering a deeper look at Starfield's universe. Starfield is the …

AMD has been putting Starfield in headlines in recent weeks, after being announced as the game's ‘official PC partner' and unveiling a new game bundle, giving free copies of Bethesda's new RPG to those buying Ryzen processors and Radeon graphics cards. Now, AMD's recommended PC system requirements for the game …

The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase brought along a ton of announcements in June, including a new in-depth look at Starfield ahead of its September launch. Microsoft does not plan on slowing down now, with plans to attend Gamescom this year.  Gamescom has been growing over the last few years. …

Last week, the FTC and Microsoft finally began butting heads in court over the Activision Blizzard King acquisition. During the hearing, many interesting details about Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax/Bethesda came to light. In one part of the hearing, we learned that The Elder Scrolls 6 is still more than five …

During the hearing between the FTC and Microsoft last week, we learned new details about the events that preceded Microsoft's decision to acquire both Activision and Bethesda. The biggest piece of news is that Bethesda was indeed in discussions to make Starfield a PS5 exclusive, which prompted Microsoft to go …

Prior to being acquired by Microsoft, Bethesda announced that Machine Games was working on its own Indiana Jones game. At the time, the game was planned to release on multiple platforms, but after the acquisition, the agreement between Bethesda and Disney was amended.  This week, the US District Court of …

Back in 2021 during QuakeCon, a remastered version of the original Quake launched for all modern platforms. Now two years on, it looks like Bethesda is looking to do the same thing with Quake 2.  As reported by Gematsu, South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee has rated Quake 2 …

For the past 5 years Bethesda has been slowly but surely updating Fallout 76, turning it into the game that many hoped it would be prior to launch. One big omission so far however has been the lack of any support for current-gen systems. As part of the most recent …

Ghostwire: Tokyo was one of the more forgotten games of 2022. Originally pitched as a PlayStation exclusive, the game’s developers (Tango Gameworks) ended up being acquired by Microsoft midway through development. Following a year’s long exclusivity period, the game finally released on Xbox and Game Pass – with the game …

Last week following Starfield Direct, Bethesda opened up pre-orders for the game and announced its various editions. One of the more expensive editions revealed something interesting - a Starfield story expansion is already planned. 

When you think of games being re-released, many think of Skyrim. First launched all the way back in 2011, the open-world RPG has appeared on pretty much every platform available in some way or another. That said, this wide reach has allowed for the game to be a huge commercial …

Though it launched in a somewhat laughable state, Fallout 76 has continually been updated since its release back in 2018 – bringing the live service title much closer to what fans would expect from a modern Bethesda Fallout title. Nearly 5 years into its life, Fallout 76 continues to grow …

We have seen plenty of console titles offering a wide range of graphics and performance options, allowing games to run at 40fps, 60fps, 120fps and even arbitrary framerates thanks to VRR. Unfortunately, the upcoming Xbox exclusive Starfield will offer just one mode: 30fps...

The E3 / Summer Game Fest season is always fun as we get to see a boatload of new game announcements, updates, release dates and more. Unfortunately, these showcase streams typically do not do the games justice due to compression on the part of Twitch, YouTube and other streaming services. …

With one week until the Xbox and Bethesda showcase, the rumour mill has started to turn. We have had some teases from Microsoft in the past, but the console manufacturer has now answered many of the fans’ most pertinent questions – promising a bigger and better show compared to 2022.

Microsoft announced that it would be holding its usual summer games showcase in June, adding that Starfield would get its own dedicated show after the main event. Now, the Xbox team has unveiled its full schedule, with the Xbox Games Showcase happening on the 11th of June, followed by Starfield …

Ever since the release of their first game back in 2014, Tango Gameworks have been known for developing tense 3rd-person survival horror titles. That said, in the past few years the team has spread its wings, creating an open world action-horror first-person shooter (Ghostwire Tokyo) and most recently a comedic …

A small group of ‘gamers' have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in the US in an effort to block the pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard. After going through the most recent batch of filings, some interesting nuggets of info have been revealed, including plans for a massive (and expensive) mystery …

Ghostwire: Tokyo has finally landed on Xbox after a year of PS5 console exclusivity. Unfortunately, the game has not come without its share of issues, with the Xbox version being labelled as ‘quantifiably worse” than the PS5 version.  During the most recent Digital Foundry podcast, the team brings up Ghostwire: …

While it is pretty typical to see new games launching with Denuvo in place, we rarely see games adding the controversial DRM post-release. This week following Ghostwire: Tokyo's Game Pass release and big Spider Thread update, Bethesda has implemented Denuvo.  The new Spider Thread update for Ghostwire: Tokyo does indeed …

While fans have been waiting for a new single player Elder Scrolls game since 2011, the series’ MMO entry – The Elder Scrolls Online – has been trucking along since 2014, seeing consistent support and updates from the team at Zenimax Online Studios. This has helped the MMO carve a …

Last month, Microsoft confirmed when its big summer showcase would take place. Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda will be taking the stage together once again on the 11th of June to showcase new Xbox first-party games, with an additional showcase afterwards focused entirely on Starfield. Now, we know a bit …