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Bethesda/ZeniMax seems interested in making mobile games with most of their IPs

Nirolak

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So, if you've been following the Bethesda (the publisher) upcoming game news, you will have noticed that they had two internal developers working on mobile games.

The first was Bethesda (the game studio) working on some large scale, flagship mobile title from the people who brought you Fallout Shelter and a bunch of other staff they picked up.

The second was that ZeniMax Online Studios (The Elder Scrolls Online) was hiring a bunch of staff to make a series of mobile games.

While we could probably guess that the Bethesda game would be either Elder Scrolls or Fallout based, the question remained of what all these mobile games ZeniMax Online was working on would be based on.

The answer is apparently... basically anything in the ZeniMax catalog.

Mobile Designer

Zenimax Online Studios is hiring a Mobile Designer passionate about games and ZeniMax intellectual properties. Whether you're a fan of The Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, Fallout, or any other of our award-winning properties, you'll find something exciting to work on with us!

Our Mobile Designer will work with artists, programmers, producers and the rest of the ZeniMax team to create innovative cross-platform mobile games. We're looking to do nothing less than create best-in-class games in the mobile space and we need a deeply passionate designer eager to pioneer new ideas, adapt classic play patterns, learn, and grow with the team.
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They will most likely be free 2 play, to note:
Strong familiarity with Mobile economies, free-to-play mechanics, and Mobile design concepts.
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Source: https://jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions/view/1584
 
H3xum

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It was an inevitability, but, it still is sad to read and think about. Gaming these days, I suppose
 
FireSafetyBear

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nampad

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Wish they would also consider porting some of their back catalog to mobile. Unfortunately, it seems like they only plan to use their IPs for mobile games.
At least they will release something original instead of slapping those IPs on "clones" of popular mobile games.
 
Dash

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Sad to see Bethesda go back to Elder Scrolls and Fallout, with a high potential they cutback on other IP. They might not have all been to my taste, but it'd be disappointing.
 
Suicreeps

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Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Pocket Edition or Elder Scrolls Shelter sounds like a safe bet, which honestly sounds like a fun time waster like Fallout shelter if they could add to it.
 
offdutyninja

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I'd love a proper fallout title on iOS as fallout shelter just isn't for me. Rereleasing FO1 and 2 on iOS would be awesome! Are there licensing issues with those titles?
 
Phellps

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Is it too much to ask for a mobile Fallout game that follows the classic formula?
 
Harley Quinn

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A fallout game played like the Sims could work perfectly on mobile. I would check in the game every day for a few minutes
 
RROCKMAN

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I would be happy if they make a killing on mobile games to fund their singleplayer games.
 

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I mean, the people that are doing this are the ones that were already doing mobile games, so no reason for anyone to be sad.

Yet, of course. When they announce that they are closing down Tango because of the immense flop that Evil Within 2 was and that they are turning Arkane/Machine Games into GaaS factories, then we can be sad. I hope that they can mesh single player with something akin to service games, at least (like WB did with Shadow of War). I still want my immersive sims from Arkane. ;-;

RonMexico said:
Sorry. I just don't want to see franchises get moved to mobile games when they could be so much more. Irks me the wrong way.
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Did Fallout Shelter and Elder Scroll Legens irk you the wrong way?
 
A Syrian Communist

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Cool! I most likely won't play them, but I assume the high revenue will subsidize the cost of console development and make it easier to fund games like Prey and Wolfenstein. I've been pretty happy with Bethesda lately.
 
Mr.Vic20

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No thank you. I understand the desire for new markets, but I would rather the focus be on the next installment of TES.
 

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RonMexico said:
Sorry. I just don't want to see franchises get moved to mobile games when they could be so much more. Irks me the wrong way.
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I wouldn't worry about it; it's an additional revenue stream for the company and proved to be highly profitable. You can probably still expect most Bethesda heavy hitters on PC and dedicated gaming machines
 
A Syrian Communist

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As far as I'm aware different teams work on these games and most game companies don't take their successful, popular producers/directors and forcibly throw put them on mobile.

Edited to tone down the snark, bad habit
 
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shimon

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Dammit Bethesda I was joking when I said give us more Skyrim,cmon...
But seriously not surprised since Fallout Shelter was a success. And it must be a big one since they want to go in this direction.
 
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Fallout 1/2/3 on mobile would be great, but I'm sure they will make another ''free'' game full of lootboxes (I hacked in all my boxes in shelter anyway).
 
Dance Inferno

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Before all the knee-jerk "OH GOD PLEASE NO I HATE MOBILE" posts, keep in mind that Bethesda could be using the mobile cash cow to continue funding single player only games like DOOM, Dishonored, and Wolfenstein.

If so I say all the more power to them.
 
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Nirolak

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While it's not unheard of for people to take profits from one division and use it to take risks in another, they don't do that with the plan of long term subsidization. Games have to be profitable on their own merits.
 
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