Skyrim's retired lead designer says anything other than the 'Bethesda usual' has to be approved by Todd Howard: 'He doesn't believe it's true, but unfortunately it's true'
August 4, 2026
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Skyrim’s retired lead designer says anything other than the ‘Bethesda usual’ has to be approved by Todd Howard: ‘He doesn’t believe it’s true, but unfortunately it’s true’

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Liked Starfield? Hated Starfield? You probably have Todd Howard to thank. A recent chat between MinnMax and Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith shed some light on Bethesda’s structure and organisation, and it sure sounds like pretty much every choice the company makes needs Howard’s stamp of approval before it can go ahead, even as it’s…

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Is This Really Japan’s Worst Video Game?

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YouTuber Yuyuki chan seems to think so. Not every video game can be a hit, and while it’s fair to say that nobody sets out to produce a bad one, we’ve had to endure some genuinely dire examples over the past 50-odd years of the industry. If you’re in Japan, then the title of “worst…

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Masters of Albion is a ‘Best of Peter Molyneux’ greatest hits collection in one game, but I fear it might not measure up to the games that inspired it

The Fridge017 mins

First, the good news: Peter Molyneux has learnt (one of) his lesson(s). Masters of Albion will not try to flog you NFTs, no one said the words “play to earn” in the entirety of its hands-off demo, and I didn’t see a single unfathomable cube in the 40ish minutes I watched Molyneux walk me and…

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