Todd Howard Believes Larian Studios Deserves The Success It Found In Baldur’s Gate 3
Game director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios Todd Howard recently said that Larian Studios deserves all the praise and success it’s been getting following the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3.
In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, Howard spoke highly of the studio by saying, “They’ve done great work for for a long time,” and that Larian deserves all the accolades it’s received. Howard continued by saying that there are “some people in the industry who look [at Larian] and say ‘Oh look at this overnight success.’ Like, have you played their previous games?”
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Howard continued to praise Larian by saying:
“I think they did a tremendous job, obviously, in terms of what they delivered as a product and who they are as a studio. How they go about their work, how they talk about it, I think it’s fantastic.”
As the interview continued, Howard said that Bethesda is inspired by various games in the industry.
“I think we look at all the games right. I don’t want to pinpoint particularly that one. We’re big gamers–we see things in all games [and] we say, ‘Oh, you know, that’s actually a better way of doing something that we’re trying to do.’ I don’t want to like call out specifics right now in areas but I’d say across the gaming spectrum you know how people are, how we’re engaging with games and things we like. You sort of see that filter in the games we have in development now [with] patches or things that we’re doing to our own games.”
For more news on what came out of the interview, check out our story detailing why Fallout 76 doesn’t have cross-play, as well as why Howard doesn’t regret having a new Fallout game launch with the show and the upcoming Starfield expansion scheduled for later this year.
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Todd Howard Doesn’t Regret Not Having A New Fallout Game Launch With The Show
Game director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios Todd Howard said he doesn’t regret not having a new Fallout game release alongside the show on Amazon Prime Video. He explained that he feels that Fallout as a franchise is doing well and is still as relevant as ever.
In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, he explained that the studio views Fallout as a “top-down franchise,” asking how healthy it is or determining how relevant it is to the world at the moment. “I think we’re doing really well there,” he said. Howard continued by saying that Bethesda has a dedicated team to Fallout 76, and because of that, there’s been a steady stream of Fallout content.
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Howard explained as a result of the show’s success, more people are willing to try out the new content in Fallout 76:
“I think what’s great about this moment is seeing all that work in Fallout 76. Understand a lot of people you know dismissed it from how it launched, understandably. It’s kind of been sneaky popular for the last, you know, three or four years,” Howard said, “And people coming in and saying ‘Oh.’ You know [they’re] really, really enjoying this as a Fallout experience, and I think right now, as of today, it’s the most people we’ve ever had in that game and so seeing all that response to particularly 76 that hadn’t had that level of success before. I’m super proud of the team here that’s been working on it.”
As the interview continued, Howard revealed that the studio has five separate teams. People are constantly moving around depending on whether they’re needed on other franchises, such as Elder Scrolls or Starfield.
For more news on what came out of the interview, check out our story detailing why Fallout 76 doesn’t have cross-play and the upcoming Starfield expansion scheduled for later this year.
Correction: The original version of this article mistakenly omitted a word, which made the headline and first sentence read as if a new Fallout game launched in tandem with the Prime Video series. Fallout 4’s next-gen update released last week, and Fallout 5 is currently in development.
