Bethesda chief Todd Howard has issued a uncommon publish on Reddit, telling avid gamers that the developer is “consistently listening” to followers on the web site. And so, unsurprisingly, followers have responded with requests.
Howard posted in the r/games subreddit within the wake of Bethesda’s announcement of its roadmap of releases over the approaching years. With The Elder Scrolls 6 taking on Bethesda Sport Studios’ consideration, Howard confirmed Fallout 5 is now in pre-production, New Vegas developer Obsidian is engaged on a brand new Fallout recreation, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are within the works, and Starfield remains to be alive.
That announcement itself adopted a big spherical of layoffs throughout Xbox, which hit Bethesda and its varied studios onerous as new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues her “reset” of Microsoft’s gaming enterprise. That reset includes doubling down on Xbox’s core franchises, and for Bethesda which means extra The Elder Scrolls and Fallout video games, extra rapidly.
Howard then took the weird step of truly posting on Reddit, calling himself a “skilled lurker” who will get “nice concepts” from the web site. He referred to as on followers to proceed to offer suggestions and publish their concepts for future Bethesda video games, which he might or might not take inspiration from.
Right here’s the publish in full:
Hey Reddit. I’m an expert lurker and browse your feedback on a regular basis. Many right here do and we deeply respect all the eagerness for our work. I do know I don’t actually publish, and we’re often very quiet. At present’s information was an try at altering that and letting everybody know what we’ve been engaged on the previous a number of years, and a have a look at what’s coming. So know we’re consistently listening and hold telling us tips on how to be even higher. You’d be shocked what number of nice concepts I get from Reddit. So upvote your favourite and we’ll do it. Possibly.
That is Howard’s first touch upon Reddit in six months. The final was to easily say “Pricey Reddit, please by no means change,” in a thread about someone who modded Todd Howard into Fallout 4. Earlier than that, Howard posted on Reddit three years in the past to thank followers for his or her “ardour and pleasure” for Starfield. And, earlier than that, Howard posted 5 years in the past as a part of a Reddit Ask Me Anything celebrating Skyrim’s 10th anniversary. In that AMA, Howard mentioned he hadn’t posted on the web in 15 years.
I don’t suppose this implies Howard is unexpectedly going to start out posting so much in Reddit and even on-line usually. However, clearly, that is the beginning of a brand new period below Microsoft, one that can see much more Fallout, that’s for positive. It stands to cause that extra communication might be wanted to assist get Bethesda’s imaginative and prescient throughout.
Unsurprisingly, Howard’s Reddit publish was adopted instantly by requests from followers, the primary of which referred to as for patches for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. “Thanks Todd. Please get Virtuous to maintain patching Oblivion and provides it as a lot love as you guys gave Skyrim, as a result of it feels deserted proper now which is a disgrace,” mentioned redditor GamerLove1.
As we reported in Might, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is with no patch on PC since July 2025, and nonetheless suffers from points that plagued it at launch, together with worsening efficiency the extra you play.
Will Oblivion Remastered ultimately get some love? Oblivion Remastered, general, looks like a giant success for Bethesda, which contracted Virtuos to assist remake its much-loved role-playing recreation utilizing Unreal Engine 5. It’s seen over 9 million gamers, and Howard himself advised IGN in December that the studio was “actually, actually happy with how effectively it did.” So it appears considerably odd that the sport hasn’t seen an replace in so lengthy. Oblivion Remastered launches for the Nintendo Change 2 on August 11, 2026, so maybe we’ll see a giant replace for all variations then.
In the meantime, Bethesda has mentioned that whereas it will not host a standard Fallout Day broadcast this yr, it is planning one thing particular for Fallout’s thirtieth anniversary in 2027, when Fallout Day might be celebrated dwell in Washington, D.C. Additionally subsequent yr, Bethesda plans to launch a serious Fallout 76 growth referred to as Raven Rock, which acts as a prequel story to Fallout 3.
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