Subj : Fallout 76 made Bethesda better at knowing when its games are rea
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Sep 07 2023 13:00:03

Fallout 76 made Bethesda better at knowing when its games are ready, Todd 
Howard says

Date:
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:40:01 +0000

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Fallout 76's launch made Bethesda's developers better at judging when games 
are ready to be released, according to Todd Howard.

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Bethesda exec Todd Howard has claimed that Fallout 76 s troubled launch 
ultimately helped the studios developers become better judges of when their 
games are actually ready to be released. 

When Fallout 76 first launched in 2018, it was heavily criticized by Fallout 
fans and reviewers alike, with bugs and glitches completely dominating the 
game. With that said, five years on, the multiplayer action RPG is now in a 
much better place. Thanks to its post-launch support, Fallout 76 is now the 
game it was supposed to be and has accumulated a dedicated fanbase. 

In an interview with Esquire, Howard and Bethesda's managing director, Ashley 
Cheng, spoke about Fallout 76 s beginnings. Cheng cited that the developers 
were less experienced in making multiplayer games as the root of a number of 
the titles issues, noting that: "Every game we ship is tough." 

Howard added to this and revealed that the studios developers ended up 
learning a valuable lesson, as since Fallout 76 s release, theyre now better 
at knowing when games are fully finished and ready to ship. 

However, he acknowledged that no matter how much a game is tested, its 
inevitable that players will find some issues at launch that went unnoticed. 
"Even though we do so much testing, then you put it out, and ten million 
people play it," he said. "Theyre obviously going to find a few things you 
missed." 

This has been proven with the release of Starfield - despite the promises 
that the space exploration RPG would be the least buggy game Bethesda has 
ever shipped , players have still been finding some issues, including a bug 
that allows players to easily grab one of the best spacesuits in the game 
pretty much from the get-go. I dont imagine many people complaining about 
that, though. 

 If youre looking for another game to get lost in, you can find plenty of 
options in our list of the best open world games on PC . Be sure to keep up 
with the games coming to PC and console for the rest of the year and beyond 
with our roundup of upcoming games , too.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/fallout-76-made-bethesda-better-a
t-knowing-when-its-games-are-ready-todd-howard-says


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