„The great Todd Howard says that great games are played, not made.” There is a surprising philosophy behind RPG classics
Pete Hines complained about Bethesda's turn-of-the-century turmoil and revealed Todd Howard's approach to video game development.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 9, 2025
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After 24 Years, Pete Hine Leaves Bethesda [Update: Will Shen Follows]
After 24 years at Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines is leaving his post. He now wants to focus on developing his passions.
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Maciej Gaffke
October 17, 2023
'We Made an Irresponsibly Big Game,' Starfield Dev on Bethesda's Sins
During gamescom, Bethesda's Pete Hines shared details about Starfield. The developer referred to the size of the upcoming RPG.
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Kamil Kleszyk
August 25, 2023
Bethesda Responds to Allegations of Starfield's Exclusivity
The exclusivity of the upcoming Starfield has caused frustration among some players. This has not escaped the attention of Bethesda, whose representative claims to understand the negative feelings of some of the fans.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
June 17, 2021
How Bethesda Tricked Morrowind Into Running on Xbox
Phil Spencer, Todd Howard and Pete Hines recently took part in a Microsoft podcast. During the conversation, Bethesda's revealed how the team managed to launch The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on the Xbox.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 24, 2020
Pete Hines: We Weren't Wrong Making Fallout 76
Pete Hines, Bethesda's Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications, believes that despite poor reviews and not very good final results, it was worth creating Fallout 76. He admits that the studio wanted to try something new, and a failure does not mean that one should not try something new.
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Konrad Serafinski
March 8, 2020
Bethesda is Surprised That Fallout 76 Players Prefer PvE Content
Bethesda's vice president of public relations and marketing department, Pete Hines, says that developers are surprised that Fallout 76 players prefer PvE content to PvP. He admits, however, that devs may not have understood their audience at first.
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Paul Wozniak
March 1, 2020
Pete Hines: Abandoning Fallout 76 was Never an Option
Bethesda Softworks has never considered abandoning Fallout 76. In an interview for GamesIndustry.biz, Pete Hines emphasized that an accomplished studio can't give up so easily.
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Bart Swiatek
June 26, 2019
Bethesda says a new generation of consoles is on its way
Pete Hines, Bethesda's head of marketing, confirmed the existence of next-gen consoles, which are successors to PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X. But don't think "revolution" just yet.
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Mathias Zulpo
September 17, 2018
Bethesda Softworks to release seven games this year, including one unannounced [UPDATE: "Ignore"]
Bethesda Softworks is going to publish some hot games this year, including one that hasn't been announced yet. As if Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Wolfenstein II, The Evil Within 2 and others were not not enough.
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September 8, 2017