Bethesda News Articles
Tuesday17th Mar 2026
News Starfield Gets Major Free Update & New Expansion Next Month, Alongside PS5 Release
Say hello to Free Lanes & Terran Armada
After months of rumours and speculation, Bethesda has today lifted the lid on its next batch of content for Starfield - with a huge free update, a new premium expansion and the game's PS5 release all landing on April 7th, 2026. First off, let's talk about the broader update, dubbed Free Lanes and set to bring...
News Bethesda Says Starfield Looks 'Amazing' With Nvidia's DLSS 5, But Don't Expect It On Xbox
"We've played it..."
Yesterday, Nvidia lifted the lid on its DLSS 5 technology, and it's safe to say that the company's newest AI-based visual fidelity "breakthrough" hasn't exactly gone down well with the internet so far. Here at PX HQ, we're trying to reserve full judgment until the tech is out there and in the wild - but one man that's already...
Tuesday3rd Mar 2026
News Support Studio Denies Teasing Work On Fallout Remasters With Xbox & Bethesda
Update: The dev has issued a statement
Long-time support developer Iron Galaxy Studios — which has worked with Xbox and Bethesda in the past — appears to have teased some sort of Fallout work on its LinkedIn page, leading to speculation that some sort of remaster work could be on the cards. Indeed, the studio shared a workplace update a few...
Monday2nd Mar 2026
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Director Says Upcoming DLC Is 'Like A Sequel'
"Just know that it's freaking huge."
Believe it or not, it's been almost a year since DOOM: The Dark Ages released on Xbox Game Pass, and prior to launch, Bethesda and id Software promised a campaign expansion for sometime after release. While that add-on hasn't been revealed yet, it's definitely in development, and it sounds like it's going to a...
News Starfield Is Reportedly Launching For PS5 On April 7th, With Pre-Orders Starting This Month
Reliable leaker gives us some fresh details
We've all heard about these Starfield PS5 rumours for ages now, but today, we've gotten our most concrete details on the release yet. According to the ever-reliable billbil-kun over at Dealabs, Starfield launches for PS5 on April 7th, and pre-orders are set to go live later this month. Indeed, the leaker...
Thursday19th Feb 2026
Lots of plates spinning over at Bethesda Game Studios
It's been eons at this point since The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced (all the way back in 2018, if you're keeping score), and to this day, we actually know very little about what to expect from the next TES game. While those details remain elusive for the time being, Bethesda's Todd Howard...
News Bethesda Says Starfield's Next Update Will 'Change The Game' But 'It's Not Starfield 2.0'
Todd Howard talks the future of this sci-fi RPG
In recent months, we've heard a lot about Starfield and its next Xbox update, which has been rumoured for a while now to coincide with a PS5 release of the Bethesda RPG. Very little of that information has come directly from the team though, but this week, Todd Howard has been speaking with Kinda Funny...
Wednesday18th Feb 2026
Deals DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Upgrade DLC Has An Incredible Xbox Offer Right Now
Live for the next week!
DOOM: The Dark Ages' still-in-development campaign DLC hasn't even been revealed by Bethesda yet - but you can pre-purchase it at a pretty huge discount on the Xbox Store right now. Yep, over on the Microsoft Store for the next seven days or so, DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Upgrade is 67% off. That brings the DLC pack down to...
Wednesday21st Jan 2026
News Xbox Reporter Says Bethesda's Fallout 3 & New Vegas Remasters 'Aren't Imminent'
We might be waiting a while to play them
Earlier this month, we heard that Xbox and Bethesda were working away on new versions of Fallout 3 and New Vegas thanks to a big report from Windows Central - but now the same source is warning us that the pair of Fallout remasters/remakes are a while away from releasing just yet. Yep, ahead of
Thursday15th Jan 2026
News Bethesda's Fallout Resurgence Is In Full Swing As FO4 Hits Almost 100K Daily Players On Xbox
Madness!
At this point, it's safe to say that Amazon's Fallout TV show has been a massive success not only in itself but also for the franchise at large, and some new data from the Christmas period shows how big of an impact the show has had on older Fallout games for Microsoft and Bethesda. Coming from GamesIndustry.biz (with data supplied by...
Wednesday7th Jan 2026
News StarCraft, Wolfenstein 3 & Fallout New Vegas Remake Could All Be In The Works Over At Xbox
With other big games also mentioned
As we shared earlier today in relation to Developer Direct, well-known Xbox reporter Jez Corden has put out a huge report/predictions piece on the future of Xbox in 2026 and beyond — and it namedrops some absolutely massive releases, even if they're still to be confirmed by their respective Microsoft development...
Wednesday17th Dec 2025
News Bethesda Drops Two Fallout Free Trials Alongside New Xbox Dynamic Background
Try Fallout 76 and Fallout 1st for free!
It's all kicking off the in the world of Fallout as Season 2 of the TV show rolls out on Amazon Prime - but don't worry, the gaming side of the equation isn't getting left behind as Bethesda rolls out a range of new perks for Xbox players. First off, two free trials are now live for the next week or so; one...
Monday15th Dec 2025
News Skyrim On Switch 2 Suffers 'Kinect-Level Input Lag', Says Digital Foundry
Only 30FPS, too
Last week, we brought you the news that Xbox & Bethesda's latest Switch 2 game was indeed Skyrim (surprise!), with the team shadow-dropping the port on Nintendo's new system with no prior announcement. You'd think a game that has its roots in the Xbox 360 era would run rather well on a 2025 system, but Digital Foundry's early...
News Xbox's DOOM: The Dark Ages Wins Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year' Award
December XGP title Routine also gets a mention
Over the weekend, our Pure Xbox community GOTY article went up, discussing the biggest and best games of the year from a wholistic perspective. However, if it's just graphics we're talking about, the Digital Foundry team is best positioned to give us a verdict — and this weekend, the outlet has handed...
Wednesday10th Dec 2025
News Bethesda Boss Hints At Fallout Remasters, Says The Team Is 'Working On A Bunch Of Stuff'
"We're thoughtful about how we approach that"
In a new interview leading up to Season 2 of the TV show, Bethesda legend Todd Howard was pressed about the likelihood of fans getting some Fallout remakes and remasters - and while somewhat reserved, the Bethesda Game Studios boss did have some interesting things to say about the team's plans. When...
Tuesday9th Dec 2025
News Xbox & Bethesda Shadow Drop Another Switch 2 Game, And You'll Never Guess What It Is
How many times?!
Those of us who are enjoying Switch 2 right now are pretty intrigued to see which games Xbox brings to the platform in the near future; the team has plenty of recent games to move over, right?! Wrong, current-gen Nintendo players are being treated to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim once again. Yep, Xbox's Bethesda team has today shadow...
Friday28th Nov 2025
News Xbox Game Studios Has Loads Of Titles Heavily Discounted In Its Steam Black Friday Sale
Lots of XGS, Bethesda & Activision offers!
Here at Pure Xbox we've done plenty of coverage on Microsoft's Black Friday offers already - from a general roundup of the big Xbox digital sale to discounts on Game Pass and so on. If you're playing over on PC a lot more these days though — especially in the wake of
Monday24th Nov 2025
News Bethesda Wants To Do More Shadow Drops Following Hi-Fi RUSH & Oblivion Remastered
What next?
In recent years, Bethesda has employed the 'shadow drop' technique on multiple occasions; where the game(s) in question is simply released without any prior announcement or marketing. It's done this with 2023's Hi-Fi RUSH and 2025's Oblivion Remastered - and it sounds like the Xbox publisher wants to do it again. Speaking with
Friday14th Nov 2025
News Hi-Fi RUSH Is Now Published By Krafton, And It's Staying On Xbox Game Pass
"Players can continue to play without interruption"
More than a year after Krafton first announced that it'd be buying Hi-Fi RUSH and its developer from Microsoft, the team has detailed exactly what's happening today as the publishing of its colourful musical adventure moves over to the PUBG maker. In short, from November 14th, Hi-Fi RUSH will be...
Tuesday11th Nov 2025
News Former Nintendo President 'Surprised' That Xbox Hasn't 'Fully Embraced' Switch 2
Some games have been announced, but not many
Since Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement earlier this year, Microsoft has begun to support the new hybrid console, announcing various ports such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Fallout 4: Anniversary
Friday24th Oct 2025
News Bethesda's Todd Howard Teases Future Projects At Fallout Day 2025
"Just know, we are working on even more..."
Fallout Day 2025 is now all wrapped up, with the team at Bethesda announcing Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition and an Xbox Series X|S upgrade for
Tuesday23rd Sep 2025
News Xbox Fan Gets Physical Refund From Bethesda Over Cancelled Redfall DLC
One way to do it
Around a year ago, we talked about certain Redfall purchasers not receiving their refunds for the game's cancelled DLC packs, and it looks like it's taken another full year for some folks to see their money returned by Bethesda. Today, Reddit user WestDraw3952 has shared an image of their physical refund for Redfall's DLC. T
Wednesday17th Sep 2025
News ZeniMax Devs Still Want To Make Something New Despite Microsoft Cancellation
"I'm not done yet..."
This summer, Bethesda's ZeniMax Online Studios team was caught in the Microsoft layoffs crossfire, with the dev's in-the-works MMO ultimately cancelled as a result. It's said that internally, members of the team were stunned at the cancellation of the project due to its quality, and the game's axing seems to have only spurred...
Monday8th Sep 2025
News Xbox Fans Are Again Talking About All The Microsoft Games Missing From Game Pass
A lot of these have licensing issues, though
So, we're starting to see some fresh discussion on a newly-compiled list of Microsoft-owned games currently missing from Xbox Game Pass, as fans question why the Xbox owner is reluctant to put all of its titles on the subscription service. There are plenty of strong cases for questions to be asked here,...
News Xbox Dev MachineGames Hints At Wolfenstein 3 Following Indiana Jones DLC
"We're not done with Wolfenstein yet"
Before MachineGames spent a good few years building Indiana Jones and its recent DLC The Order of Giants, the Swedish developer worked with Bethesda to reboot Wolfenstein - and it sounds as though a third game in their Wolfenstein trilogy could be next on the cards following the release of this month's Indy DLC...
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
News Leaked Footage From Bethesda's 'Prey 2' Appears Online A Decade After Its Cancellation
What could have been!
Well, this is an interesting bit of news to cover this morning! Via Insider Gaming, we've spotted a bunch of footage from Bethesda's cancelled 'Prey 2' project - a follow-up to Xbox 360's Prey that was in the works in the early 2010's. This footage has been leak
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
Rumour Bethesda Is Bringing Another Xbox Game To Switch 2 In 2026
Shooting for the stars
Yesterday evening, we brought you the news that Xbox is porting Indiana Jones and the Great Circle over to Switch 2 in 2026 - and now a well-known leaker has revealed that it's not the only Bethesda game planned for Nintendo's hybrid system next year. According to insider NateTheHate, Bethesda Game Studios' Starfield will...
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Fallout Season 2 Heads To 'Iconic New Vegas Locations' This December
Taking direct inspiration from FNV
Following the massive popularity of Fallout Season 1, Prime Video is delivering another season of the post-apocalyptic TV show later this year - and we have a new air date and some fresh details on Fallout Season 2 coming out of Gamescom 2025. First off, the video game adaptation's second season begins airing on...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News PlayStation's Q2 2025 Sales Charts Are In, And Xbox Is Dominating The List (US)
Six of the top 10 are Xbox games
Much has been said about Microsoft's pivot to put Xbox games on PS5 in recent months, but the numbers don't lie, and the team continues to shift copies on the Sony platform. This week, Circana has put out fresh data that gathers up the top 10 best-selling games on PlayStation (physical and digital) for Q2 2025 - and...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2025
News Bethesda Has 'Exciting Things Planned' For Starfield As Beta Update Goes Live
More updates are coming
Bethesda has again pledged support for further Starfield updates as the Xbox team continues to work on its space-faring RPG. A new Steam Beta update has just gone live on PC, with "exciting things planned" for future additions to the game after this minor update comes and goes. We'll chuck the team's PC update notes down...
