Bethesda Softworks opens new studio in Montreal to make PC, PS4, and Xbox One RPGs
Clearly taking advantage of yet another blockbuster success with Fallout 4 (Gaming Nexus score: 9.8), Bethesda Softworks, located in Rockville, MD, is expanding its studio into Montreal, Canada. The studio expansion is called Bethesda Game Studios and will be lead by Yves Lachance. Lachance was recently Senior Vice President of Behaviour—the folks that partnered with Bethesda Softworks to make the mobile smash hit Fallout Shelter.
While this might lead me to believe the new Montreal studio will work on more mobile games in the vein of Fallout Shelter, their hiring page says, "Development experience on game consoles (Xbox One/PS4) a plus," with no mention of mobile platforms. It also says they want someone to "join our team that is pushing the bleeding-edge of RPG development for the PC and consoles."
There you have it. Role-playing games for PC and consoles. And with Fallout 4 knocked out of the park, The Elder Scrolls VI is next up to bat. Nothing explicitly states The Elder Scrolls VI is in the works. I'm just speculating so hard right now. So hard.
As Bethesda Game Studios goes into lockdown mode, here's looking at, I don't know, 2018 (?) when we might finally catch word of what they'll have been working on for the next several years.
BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS OPENS MONTREAL OFFICE
Award-Winning Developer of Fallout 4® and Skyrim® Expands Studio
December 9, 2015 (Rockville, MD) ?? Bethesda Game Studios®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that it has opened a new development studio in Montreal, Quebec to expand its development capabilities in console, PC, and mobile gaming.
??We??ve worked with some very talented developers in Montreal for a long time, and decided it was time to open a studio there,?? said Todd Howard, Game Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios. ??It??s exciting to think about the new games we??ll be building together.??
Bethesda Game Studios Montreal has already established a core team of more than 40 developers, spanning both console and mobile development. The studio will be managed by industry veteran Yves Lachance as Studio Director.
??Our collaboration with Bethesda Game Studios has been an exhilarating and memorable journey already,?? said Lachance. ??We are thrilled to be launching the studio in Montreal and contributing our city??s great game-making talent to the kind of games that Bethesda Game Studios is known for."
Bethesda Game Studios is currently hiring for both its Maryland and Montreal locations. For more information about available jobs, visit http://jobs.zenimax.com.
Bethesda Game Studios recently released Fallout 4, which launched on November 10 with approximately 12 million units for Xbox One, PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and PC. Earlier this year the studio released its first mobile game for iOS and Android devices, Fallout Shelter, which quickly became the top downloaded game in 48 countries. Considered one of the top game developers in the world, Bethesda Game Studios is also known for creating the 2006 ??Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, the 2008 ??Game of the Year??, Fallout® 3, and the global phenomenon and 2011 ??Game of the Year??, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®.
Fallout 4 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more information, visit: www.Fallout4.com. Fallout Shelter is rated Teen by the ESRB. For more information, visit: www.FalloutShelter.com.
