Bethesda Game Studios: Journey to the Stars Vol.1

Throughout our life as video gamers, we have traveled to fascinating worlds. Fantasy and sci-fi lands where we achieved those dreams we weren’t even aware of before taking that first step. Today we want to dedicate this article to one of those studies that have made it possible throughout the still young history of video games.

Bethesda is one of the big industry stalwarts, now owned by Microsoft, and names like Ancient Scrolls O To fall they are responsible for it. In this case, we will be mainly interested in the division of Bethesda Game Studioswhich is part of the Zenimax conglomerate.

From the beginning to the long-awaited star fieldwe review these great sagas that have led millions of users to get lost in their worlds. An odyssey between dragons, swords, radioactivity, mutant beings, and which now goes beyond the stars to continue expanding the legend of Bethesda Game Studios. A study which, despite the difficulties and a ruthless industry, has managed to catch up and bet big when necessary. Now its most ambitious era begins, this time hand in hand with Microsoft.

Origin

When we talk about Bethesda, we really mean Zenimax Media Inc., a publisher that develops and distributes from its headquarters in Maryland, but includes a handful of some of the biggest studios in the industry. Bethesda Game Studios is one of the biggest and most important (if not the most), and in its history it has such beloved sagas as To fall O Ancient Scrolls.

However, to understand its origin, we must go back to 1986, the year of its foundation. Bethesda Softworks. This Bethesda founded by Christophe Tisserand, will become a subsidiary of Zenimax in 1999, the year the latter was created. The studio has created a slew of titles, primarily focusing on action, sports, and racing games. In this way, the ambition of the company was clear, and in fact, it would be confirmed thanks to the good reviews collected by critics and players.

Evolution

In general, his video games were intended for personal computers at the time. Systems among which the Amiga, the Atari ST or the later Windows operating system (from 1997) stood out. Among his most notable releases are the mythical Grill! (1986), which became the first American football simulator. Other sports games that followed were the Wayne Gretzky Hockey (1988) and PBA Tour Bowling (1997), which had several consecutive sequels.

But at Bethesda, they don’t just bet on the always-attractive sports games. The Elder Scrolls: Arena, launched in 1994, was one of the most important successes of the company at that time, although we will leave this saga for later. Action games would also have a significant presence within Bethesda. For it, licenses as juicy as Terminator have been useda saga that produced two consecutive video games between 1992 and 1993; The Terminator 2029 (with extension Operation Scour) Yes The Terminator Rampage.

These shooters from the Terminator universe would have tough competition with the mythical LOSS (1993) by John Romero. But Bethesda Softworks continued to play other genres before becoming Bethesda Game Studios. Already in 1998 they arrived at the races with Burnout: Championship Drag Races (nothing to do with the famous Criterion saga). And his strongest commitment to driving games came with IHRA Drag Race (2000), which continued to bet on drag races, this time also on Playstation. This would be followed by two more titles; Motorsport IHRA (2001) and IHRA Drag Race 2 (2001).

And from the hand of Zenimax Bethesda Game Studios was born

Unfortunately, these racing titles weren’t very popular beyond the United States. However, from 2001, everything was going to change in the North American company. Since Zenimax the decision was made to split the roles of Bethesda, so Bethesda Softworks would retain its role at the time of publication. On the other hand, was born Bethesda Game Studios, a division that would take care of most of the developments. This happened to give life (among other things) to the saga To fall.

Since then, its fundamental pillars are the previous To fall and the saga Ancient Scrolls. Now with star field on the horizon, the studio’s ambition reaches unimaginable heights. But before we get to that, We encourage you to stay tuned for part two of this article in the Xbox Zone.where we will review the different titles of Ancient Scrolls and its evolution over time.