Will future Bethesda games still appear on PlayStation platforms? We know existing contracts for Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo will be honored, while service-based games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 will still be supported – but what about that? It was a bigger ‘want them, they won’t’ than Donna and Ringo, with Microsoft giving mixed messages since its acquisition of the organization was announced.
Everyone can finally be cleared up next month – according to Beat Beat writer Jeff Grubb, who became the industry prophet. The Crystal Ball viewer hinted as part of a podcast that the Team in Green may be planning some sort of ‘event’ to clear up its plans for the publisher: ‘I don’t know if it’s a complete, direct style event, but will record about it and they will talk about it [the Bethesda acquisition] Explain in detail what this means for everyone and talk about the immediate future of both companies. ‘
According to Grubb, it will all unfold in mid-March and is a cornerstone of Microsoft’s marketing efforts this year. This makes sense, as the $ 7.5 billion sale of Bethesda from the Redmond giant is planned for next month, giving control over the publisher and the freedom to talk more explicitly about its short- and long-term plans.