timeline of Bethesda games

  • Bethesda softworks is founded

    Bethesda softworks is founded
    Bethesda was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986.at this time it was a subsidiary of Zenimax Media. to, Contributors. “American Video Game Publisher.” Wikipedia.org, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2 Nov. 2002, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
  • the elder scrolls arena

    the elder scrolls arena
    at the time, it was known as Bethesda's best project. this is also the first game of the elder scroll series. to, Contributors. “1994 Video Game.” Wikipedia.org, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 31 Mar. 2004, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls:_Arena. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
  • Bethesda becomes their own studio

    Bethesda becomes their own studio
    In 2001, they decided to leave ZeniMax Media and join the development team. Bethesda Game Studios became the game developers.
  • Bethesda buys rights to fallout franchise

    Bethesda buys rights to fallout franchise
    In 2004 interplay entertainment decided to sell the rights to the fallout franchise.they had no funding to complete the game so they had to sell the rights.
  • Bethesda released its first mobile game

    Bethesda released its first mobile game
    In the summer of 2015 Bethesda was testing out new games to make and decided to release fallout shelter.
  • DOOM remake

    DOOM remake
    on may 13,bethesda released DOOM after several years id software had a failed attempt to produce a sequel to doom 3
  • Bethesda releases first massively multiplayer game

    Bethesda releases first massively multiplayer game
    After the release of fallout 76 it had mixed reviews. There were data breaches and it was poor quality
  • Microsoft bought Bethesda

    Microsoft bought Bethesda
    they still allowed Bethesda to make games on their own. they wanted to put Bethesda games on game pass.
  • Pete Hines retires

    Pete Hines retires
    After he retired they put some one from Xbox to watch over and his name was Matt booty
  • New head of development teams for zenimax and Bethesda

    New head of development teams for zenimax and Bethesda
    Jill Braff was the head of development while being the general manager of integrations and casual games for Xbox.