Bethesda’s Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Pete Hines, explains why the publisher and developer isn’t interested in making battle royale games.<\/b>
\nAs if it needed to be said, the Battle Royale craze looks to be continuing on an upward trajectory, as countless studios are attempting to achieve the same success as titles like Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite. Naturally, though, not every video game company is going to follow and copy what\u2019s in vogue at the moment, and Bethesda appears to be one bucking the trend. As it so happens, the publisher and developer\u2019s Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications, Pete Hines, recently explained why the firm won\u2019t be making a Battle Royale project any time soon.
Hines detailed what he looks for in successful game pitches, and the Bethesda SVP of Global Marketing makes it clear that the publisher and developer isn\u2019t out to mimic what the competition is putting out on the market. Regarding the matter, Hines said, \u201cIf it sounds interesting, if it\u2019s something the devs are clearly excited about, and it\u2019s something we think is unique and different, that\u2019s trying something new or doing something new, that\u2019s what gets me excited.\u201d
Elaborating further on the subject, Pete Hines declared that Bethesda has been able to solidify itself as one of the forerunners in the gaming industry by focusing solely on imbuing projects with their own unique sense of style and not by rehashing what everyone else is doing. In order to drive his point home, the Bethesda SVP of Global Marketing even went so far as to mention how bored he has gotten by other studios announcing a take on Battle Royale.
\u201cIf it\u2019s like \u2018Well, these guys did this, so we\u2019re gonna do this,\u2019 I can\u2019t stay awake. \u2018Hey, here\u2019s our Battle Royale game!\u2019 No thank you. Not even remotely interested. That\u2019s not who we are as Bethesda; that\u2019s not how we\u2019ve gotten to where we are over the last 30-odd years. And honestly, I think our devs know better than to say \u2018Oh, we\u2019re just gonna riff off of something that somebody else is doing.’\u201d
Taking all of this into consideration, Bethesda fans shouldn\u2019t expect to see the company\u2019s forthcoming games like Fallout 76 or The Elder Scrolls 6 receive their own versions of Battle Royale any time soon. With this being the case, the publisher and developer will be able to put its focus on the most important aspects of a title that need developing instead of having to cater to fans of the latest fad.
Bethesda\u2018s next game, Fallout 76, is scheduled to release on November 14,2018 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n

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