• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
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      Seriously, it isn’t like Bethesda has a long list of IP to work with here.

      Other than Elder Scrolls and Fallout (which they should already be assumed to be focusing on to begin with), the only other IPs that are still alive would be DOOM and maybe Wolfenstein,

      Dishonored is dead, Quake is dead, they shuttered Tango so no continuation of Hi-Fi Rush or Ghostwire, RAGE is dead.

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        I was wondering which franchises other than their “strongest franchises”. I think it’s starfield and doom.

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        id develops Doom, Bethesda is the publisher, both of which are owned by ZeniMax, itself owned by Micro$lop under the Xbox division

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        Also don’t Bethesda handle Doom, now?

        No, id Software is the developer company, which is owned by the publisher and published by Bethesda Softworks, both of which are owned by ZeniMax. The “Bethesda” that does actual game development is called Bethesda Game Studios; they handle franchises like Fallout and TES.

        • Which one is talking in the article though? I am not sure who Jill Braff is; boss of the game development studio, or the larger publishing part of “Bethesda?” I thought Todd was the main person in charge of the game dev studio part, so I assume this is coming from the publishing part of Bethesda.

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            Bethesda is hit particularly hard by the layoffs, IGN understands, with staff across its many development studios

            It’s talking about the publisher.