Bethesda: Broken Games, Broken Dr...
Bethesda: Broken Games, Broken Dreams

SquaredCast by Chris Neal, Chris Volz

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a.k.a. "Todd's Sweet Little Lies"

From the studio that brought you Skyrim, Skyrim: Legendary Edition, Skyrim: Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Skyrim for Nintendo Switch, Skyrim: Very Special Edition for Amazon Alexa, Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, and Skyrim for Switch 2...

We bring you a special episode tracing Bethesda's full arc from the golden age of Morrowind through the Fallout 76 dumpster fire, Starfield's 97.6% player decline, and the belated PS5 relaunch with the Free Lanes update that should have shipped in 2023. We dig into the Creation Engine debate, Todd Howard's pattern of overpromising, Microsoft's layoffs gutting ZeniMax, and TES VI sitting at 14+ years post-Skyrim with no release date. Meanwhile, Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 proved the audience Bethesda built isn't gone. It just has bett ... 

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