Talk:Bethesda Softworks

message: I deleted TES V from the list of upcoming games. There's no proof whatsoever that TES V is in production. TennysonXII (talk) 19:24, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The first post was made in August 2010, chill out. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 22:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  TES5 Unannounced 

message: The second sentence in the History section of the article is grammatically flawed. The article is semi-protected, and I'm not sure how best to revise it.  What do I do? Dubk (talk) 15:41, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: The article does not list the names and contact information for the executives (CEO, COO, etc.).  I believe any article regarding companies should list the executive and board members.  Tesseract501 (talk) 19:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Executive Info 

message: The article reads, "Bethesda is credited with the creation of the first physics-based sports simulation."  Someone may need to clarify what "physics-based" means.  The term appears to be a technology-based idiom attempting to describe the new programming.  As such, most lay readers may not understand what it means without clarification. Tesseract501 (talk) 19:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physics-based? 

message: These are two seperate entities both owned by ZeniMax Media. Softworks is the publishing arm and Game Studios is one of the Zenimax in-house studios. They should not have the same page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.182.245 (talk) 21:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bethesda Softworks vs. Bethesda Game Studios 

message: Is the Mojang Lawsuit over the term "Scrolls" important enough to include in the article? n/t  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.26.82 (talk) 03:52, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the Mojang Lawsuit over the term "Scrolls" important enough to include in the article? n/t 

message: Rage has been released. Should be moved out of the "Upcoming games" list and to released games.
Taraba (talk) 19:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from , 5 October 2011 

message: fallout 4 is not an upcoming game from bethesda. no one mentioned fallout 4 from bethesda. please fix it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thexyster (talk • contribs) 11:31, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you refering to Fallout: New Vegas or a game titled fallout 4?thank you Sincerely zeroro 14:18, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fallout 4  

message: Can some information please be added to the wiki Re:Lawsuit against notch from the minecraft game. I came to wiki looking to find if it was dropped or is still going ahead.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.225.179.175 (talk) 13:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minecraft Lawsuit   

message: Where's Waldo?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.73.150 (talk) 16:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Someone add this game to the list 

message: There is a new plug-in announced called "Hearthfire".Should it be added to the list.It has'nt really been released yet though.Lightningthief 1 (talk) 01:44, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New plug-in 

message: Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks are two different companies.Even if they work in the same building,it doesn,t matter, they have different priorities.If that was the case then this article should have been merged with the ZeniMax Media,Vir2 Studios and Mud Duck Productions Articles.Considering they all work in the same building.I am going to try and separate these articles later.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timur9008 (talk • contribs) 18:39, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If you are separating them you should be sure you can expand it beyond a stub since it already was a separate article for over a year but I merged it since it never went past a stub article. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bethesda_Game_Studios&oldid=434814497 --Mika1h (talk) 12:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks be separated into different articles?

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Bethesda has been involved in at least one patent-related lawsuits (as defendant versus McRo, Inc.)  Plus, I think there are others involving parent company Zenimax that pertain to Bethesda games.  These should all be covered in the article.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  01:01, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you provide [a] source/s for the prior statement? For the latter I believe that they are not quite relevant to this article as ZeniMax-handeled legal issues did not directly affect Bethesda, or the developer of the games in question. Lordtobi (✉) 18:46, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he meant [This] Timur9008 (talk) 22:18, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patent lawsuits 

message: This is not a controversy:
*: Chris Avellone, former lead creative designer at Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, has claimed that the company did not receive an unspecified bonus payment for its work on New Vegas from Bethesda because it did not garner a Metacritic score above 85% - the game got 84% on Metacritic.
The claims of "hostile takeovers": is this a precise term, or just a common gripe?  I don't see any source from Arkane (for instance) saying this was a hostile takeover that they gave into; just bystandards complaining and claiming that's how it went down.  Guardlifer (talk) 05:33, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There was a big controversy at the time regarding the whole metacritic bonus thing in the gaming community.For the record, i don't work for ZeniMax or Bethesda(I don't even live in the US), i have no reason to lie, i am telling it like it is.I just have researched ZeniMax and Bethesda far too much for my own good.Also regarding the second question, the Arkane thing was sparked by this, an alleged Arkane employee.Timur9008 (talk) 02:57, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies? 

message: On June 24, 2009, ZeniMax Media acquired id Software, whose titles, including Rage, would be published by Bethesda Softworks. Between 2009 and 2012, the company expanded publishing operations, with games from independent third party developers such as Rebellion Developments's Rogue Warrior, Artificial Mind and Movement's Wet, Splash Damage's Brink, and inXile's Hunted: The Demon's Forge. 64.72.210.21 (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -- ferret (talk) 20:34, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The user appears to have asked for a link to be added (they posted an altered version of article source code). Change has been implemented. Lordtobi (✉) 20:37, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2018 

message: Suggestion: update Rage to be (2011-present) under "Games Published".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deflime (talk • contribs) 15:34, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: , though made it 2010-present as Rage released for iOS in 2010. Also fixed other nums. Lordtobi (✉) 16:09, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rage 2 

message: The Elder Scrolls series was mentioned earlier in the article. And I know that that includes Daggerfall. But mentioning Daggerfall without a link out of nowhere stands out as "Well, whoever reads this has got to know what Daggerfall is already". Which doesn't seem appropriate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:5480:50C:AD51:E637:1804:94AE (talk) 18:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Linked -- ferret (talk) 19:47, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introducing the unlinked "Daggerfall" without context 

message: I expected Bethesda's Creation Club to have been mentioned in the Controversies section seeing as it garnered some general backlash for its implementation (being branded as "paid mods" and for there being alternative free mods that were deemed superior to those Bethesda offered etc.), and was otherwise seen as a slip-up in Bethesda's history. Heck, for all it's noteworthiness, Creation Club isn't even mentioned on either of Bethesda Softworks' or Bethesda Game Studios' articles, and while it does have its own page, it's extremely brief. Wikibenboy94 (talk) 20:30, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it has it's own article: Creation Club. -- ferret (talk) 21:11, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creation Club 

message: The section on the Interplay Fallout MMO lawsuit states "Bethesda ended paying Interplay several more millions to finish the development of the MMO", this is incorrect. Bethesda paid Interplay $2 million "as consideration in the settlement" and revoked all Fallout IP rights granted to Interplay as of that agreement. Interplay was forced to cease work on the MMO, not finish it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lgranberry (talk • contribs) 19:21, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interplay Lawsuit Error 

message: Why does it say ZeniMax Media as Bethesda's parent company instead of Xbox Game Studios?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by UltraJackNotEvenFound (talk • contribs) 19:52, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Because ZeniMax was acquired whole, not Bethesda separately. IceWelder [✉] 19:54, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF?  

message: Ed Fletcher is listed as one of the Co-Founders of Bethesda Softworks here  and on his Linkedin profile. Should we change this? Timur9008 (talk) 07:38, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: For some reason, I never get any of your pings. I checked my settings but couldn't find anything suspicious. Anyway, regarding Fletcher, several sources attribute the idea for Gridiron! to him, so he definitely needs to be mentioned in some shape or form. I don't know whether he can be considered a founder. I don't have access to that particular Google Books page (I believe to have the full ebook at home, though) but most sources that mention Fletcher appear to still state Weaver as the sole founder. Feel free to incorporate Fletcher in some way, I will try to find the ebook when I get home. IceWelder [✉] 07:31, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry for the delay. The statement on Fletcher that you cite is a quote by Doug Whatley of BreakAway Games, who was not involved with Bethesda. All other sources point to Weaver being the sole founder. I expanded the first part of the History section slightly to incorporate Fletcher. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 12:27, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed Fletcher 

message: The article has been expanded recently. Can this now be considered a B class article? @IceWelder, @JimmyBlackwing, @Ferret, @Zxcvbnm Timur9008 (talk) 10:12, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The entire Fallout 76 section of "Controversy" should probably be removed as off-topic. It's a much better topic for Fallout 76's page specifically since it entirely concerns that game rather than being indicative of a continuing trend.  ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:31, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  removed. It was already listed at Fallout_76#Controversies anyway. Timur9008 (talk) 10:45, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article reassessment