Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Game Studios was set up in 2001 as the development arm of Bethesda Softworks. It made Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 on the licensed Gamebryo engine, then forked that code into its own Creation Engine for Skyrim. Starfield runs on Creation Engine 2. Microsoft has owned it, through ZeniMax, since 2021.
History
- 2001. Bethesda Game Studios established as the development unit of Bethesda Softworks.
- November 2011. Skyrim released on the Creation Engine, which the studio built by forking its Fallout 3 codebase.
- 9 December 2015. Montreal studio announced under Yves Lachance.
- 2018. BattleCry Studios became BGS Austin (March) and Escalation Studios became BGS Dallas (August).
- March 2021. Microsoft acquired ZeniMax.
- 18 February 2026. Todd Howard revealed The Elder Scrolls VI would run on Creation Engine 3.
Engines
- Creation Engine (in-house): Skyrim (2011), Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Starfield
- Gamebryo (licensed): Oblivion and Fallout 3 (Morrowind ran on licensed NetImmerse)
In their words
we sacrificed some of what made Morrowind special: the wonder of discovery.
Todd Howard, Executive producer, Bethesda Game Studios, 2011 (as quoted by Wikipedia, on Oblivion). Source: Wikipedia.
Bethesda Game Studios games on Gamenator
Each game links to its article; engines and genres link to our pages.
Read the story: Gamebryo to Creation Engine: the engine behind Bethesda’s games.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Rockville, Maryland, United States
- Owner
- ZeniMax Media, owned by Microsoft since March 2021
- Status
- Active
- Website
- bethesdagamestudios.com
Sources
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- Bethesda Game Studios — Wikipedia
- Bethesda Game Studios — bethesdagamestudios.com
- Creation Engine — Wikipedia
- Todd Howard — Wikipedia
Image credits
- Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios, 2010 — Matt Grandstaff (Bethesda Softworks). CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP
