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Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6

Kurt Kuhlmann, the keeper of the tomes, says he couldn't do the work he wanted at Bethesda

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A 'deeply social, psychological' Fallout Shelter reality TV series is coming from the producers of the Squid Game reality series

The success of the Fallout series on Prime probably made this inevitable.

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Skyrim's co-lead designer was building real-time horse and cart travel and a dynamic civil war: 'We were pretty disappointed that didn't ship'

Kurt Kuhlmann was co-lead on Skyrim and Bethesda's Elder Scrolls loremaster.

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Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield's 'communication breakdowns', and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 'to be The Empire Strikes Back'

"It was almost certainly time for a change."

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Fallout: London lead thinks Bethesda has "probably gone one game too far" with Elder Scrolls and Fallout: "It's time to go off into the sunset and look at selling off your IP"

Dean Carter's unsure if Fallout is "in the right hands"

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Fallout 3 launched with so many bugs because Bethesda was "trying to do so much" with the RPG, lead designer says, and "people get tired" eventually: "There's a human element, too"

"We couldn't really comprehend the complexity of the freedom we were trying to give the player"

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After Morrowind and Oblivion, hardcore RPG fans didn't want Bethesda on Fallout 3 – "It was surprising to us just how much hate we got"

War may never change, but Fallout sure has

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Fallout 4 modder turns Bethesda boss Todd Howard into infamous "immortal snail" that kills you with a single touch: "Go back to making Elder Scrolls 6"

Don't do it, Todd

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A Steam glitch convinced some Fallout fans a New Vegas remaster was imminent, only to have the rug yanked out from under them: 'Slowly turning into r/HalfLife'

I want to believe.

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Former Bethesda lead says The Elder Scrolls 6 got announced so early because the studio had to make sure 'people were not just pissed at us' for revealing Starfield instead

"I think there is something to be said for going a bit more constrained. I always thought that was a weird goal anyway."

PC Gamer

Ex-Skyrim and Fallout 76 artist hopes The Elder Scrolls 6 has "some new ideas" that avoid the franchise burnout seen in Assassin's Creed: "Ubisoft games, despite being fun, are very repetitive and by the numbers"

Sorry to this assassin

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I Have Some Ideas On What Fallout Season 2's Mysterious Countdown Timer Could Be About

I've thought about this for a while.

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Lead Fallout: New Vegas dev says Bethesda strayed away from the RPG's origins — "They just don’t fully understand its roots"

Fallout: New Vegas lead designer Chris Avellone believes that Bethesda doesn't "fully understand" the roots of the Fallout series.

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Former Fallout artist says The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced so early because "it had been so long already since Skyrim that we needed to make sure people were not just pissed at us"

"There is less economic pressure to just get Elder Scrolls 6 out on a date, but there is more economic pressure to actually make sure it’s good."

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"Fallout 5 in New Orleans?": Ex-Bethesda artist hopes next Fallout game is set down South, but echoes former GTA lead in thinking anywhere farther than that might "backfire"

Nate Purkeypile knows that change is risky

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Bethesda can't win with Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6, former lead says, because "even if it’s just as good as Skyrim was, you’ll still get so many people throwing out hateful comments"

"That definitely factored into me leaving"

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"I don't think Bethesda hates Fallout," says New Vegas lead, "they just don't fully understand its roots and arguably, don't care"

"They own the franchise, and they just want to do their spin on Fallout and make that the norm"

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Fallout 4 is a great RPG, but it took 10 years and a radioactive lighthouse for me to see it

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OG Fallout creators wanted the IP when it was up for sale, but Bethesda's $6 million bid was a blowout: "It wouldn't have mattered if they heard our offer or not, because they would have laughed"

"We never even got a chance to make an offer"

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Fallout's most iconic gameplay system was almost cut from Bethesda's games — "We only just got that working by the time we shipped"

One of Fallout's most iconic gameplay mechanics is VATS, but it almost wasn't included in Fallout 3 due to development struggles and doubts that players would like it.

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Fallout 3's lead artist says its 'sparse' vision of post-apocalypse is 'messy, and there's lots of inconsistency—but I like that, because it mimics the real world'

"The original Fallout 1 box, with the power armour on it, was iconic. To me, that was Fallout."

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How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2026 showcase: When it starts and everything you need to know

Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct showcase has become a January staple, and we just got the date for 2026's presentation. Here's when it starts, and how to watch.

PC Gamer

VATS almost didn't survive the transition to Bethesda, says Fallout 3 dev: 'We only just got that working by the time we shipped'

"There was a long period where it was like … is anyone even going to use this?"

International Business Times UK

Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3 Remasters 'Imminent', Leaker Claims — Fans Brace

A leaker claims Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 remasters may release this year, reigniting hype and anxiety across the Fallout community.

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Fallout 3's iconic VATS system almost didn't make it into the RPG in time, and Bethesda was worried no one would even want to use it: "Is this even fun?"

"We only just got that working by the time it shipped"

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