Obsidian co-founder says Bethesda rejected multiple Elder Scrolls spin-off proposals

Mod support has always been the lifeblood of Bethesda Game Studios’ RPGs, with many of the studio’s biggest games – from Skyrim to Fallout 4 – have seen their shelf lives extended significantly by the activities of the modding community. Unsurprisingly, BGS has ever intention to foster a similar community for Starfield as well, which already seems to have got off to a great start. In fact, even though full, official mod support for Starfield – which will open up the Creation Engine toolset to the community – won’t arrive until sometime later this year, the sci-fi RPG’s modding community already seems to be quite active.

A new study showed that most game ads on social media platforms failed to properly disclose the presence of in-game purchases and lootboxes under UK and EU regulations.

The Elder Scrolls Online has an optional subscription called ESO Plus that gives you access to every DLC (not including Chapters), an infinite crafting bag, and boons such as boosted XP. There are also monthly freebies, often furniture items like statues, but Zenimax has just introduced an exclusive paid item for ESO Plus members only.

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Long-time players of The Elder Scrolls series will need no introduction to Daggerfall, the second entry in Bethesda’s fantasy franchise. However, if you have never played this absolute classic – albeit wholly retro-looking – RPG, now’s the perfect time.

More than 27 years after debuting on MS-DOS, Bethesda's beloved Daggerfall action RPG has received its own remaster from one devoted fan who has spent almost a decade on the project.

I greet news of the completion of a Unity remaster for The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall with equal parts excitement and horror. Excitement because I have never played Daggerfall and it is one of the weirder, more fantastical Elder Scrolls RPGs - the one with multiple endings which sequels have explained away as somehow all being canon thanks to a metaphysical event called a Dragon Break, whereby timelines branch and reconnect. And horror because I have never played Daggerfall, which is said to be 62,0000 square miles in size, and I'm getting to that point in life where I seriously ask myself whether I can finish certain games before I perish.

After 9 years in development, Daggerfall Unity has finally gone 1.0, bringing the impressive fanmade remaster of the classic Elder Scrolls game into its "post-release community support and maintenance" phase.

is almost assuredly going to be a marquee release when it eventually comes out, and the wait for it may be grueling, but another upcoming fantasy RPG may ease the suspense: . The last game in Bethesda's iconic series,, has proved to be perennially popular, and has become notorious for how many times it's been re-released. Its follow-up,, was perhaps prematurely announced, and is still not expected for many more years. While there aren't any games that scratch the exact same itch as a Bethesda RPG, Obsidian Entertainment's is poised to fill an adjacent niche.

There is no doubt that series is massively successful, with five main games and a handful of smaller and online additions to the family. However, recently it has been revealed that there were almost spin-offs that would have bridged the gap between the main games. Upon hearing the news, many were understandably disappointed that this had never happened, and it got others dreaming of what could have been.

Microsoft has appointed Jill Braff as head of Bethesda/ZeniMax studios.

Microsoft announced that Activision Blizzard CEO is finally stepping down, effective December 29. He is not the only high-profile departure, though Microsoft intends to leave most of the company’s management in place.