Yesterday, Bethesda veteran and head of publishing, Pete Hines, announced he would be retiring after 24 years of service at the company.
In a follow-up to this, Phil Spencer and some others within the Xbox family have thanked Hines for his contribution to the Bethesda family over the years. Xbox and Bethesda have been working together since the days of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on the original Xbox.
Phil Spencer: "Wishing Pete Hines all the best in his well-deserved retirement after 24 years of being at the heart of Bethesda and its family of studios. Thank you, Pete."
Aaron Greenberg, Xbox:"What an amazing career and legacy you have created Pete with Bethesda. Always enjoying working with and learning from you over the years. Your insightful passion for games and how to bring those storied to life was infectious across your teams. Hope this next chapter is filled with lots of happiness for you."
Jason Ronald, Xbox: Thank you for all you have all done for Bethesda and the broader industry. An end of an incredible run. Congrats on your retirement and we will continue to commiserate over the love and frustration that the USMNT provides all their fans.
Mike Ybarra, Blizzard president: "Thanks for all the fun in so many great games, Pete."
Bethedsa: "Pete’s contributions to our history and games are well known, but they have never compared to how amazing he is as a person. A true friend who’s always there for anyone, and we’ll always be there for him. Congrats on completing the main quest, but there’s a lot more to play"
Pete's departure follows on from Bethesda's successful launch of Starfield, with the new IP becoming the company's biggest game launch ever when it arrived on Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass and PC last month.
Last week Microsoft and Xbox also announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard had been successful.
Are you sad to see Pete go? How do you think Bethesda will go without him? Comment below.
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It's only been 6 months since i got back into playing Xbox after a gap of 10+ years. I thought I'd kept up with gaming in general but i'd never heard of Bethesda, but OMG, every other game i seem to play/try is from them, I'm amazed.
@Kaloudz No console gaming at all.
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Thanks.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - waiting for Black Friady sales maybe. Odyssey and Origins were both great games.
Dead Rising 3 - never heard of but will check out.
Resident Evil 2 or 4 - Resident Evil 4 definitly, already have my eye on this.
Moonlighter - Never heard of but doesn't sould like my type of game.
Stardew Valley - Already played on mobile, good game.
Edit:
Dead Rising 3 = Probably not unless it's on GamePass. I have a series X and fussy with the graphics!
@Kaloudz Just purchased RESIDENT EVIL 2 Deluxe Edition in the new sale, £8.99 !
Thanks for the heads up.
I think it’s safe to say that Pete Hines has had 22 enjoyable years at Bethesda, but 2 years was all he could take with Microsoft hanging over him. The leaked emails certainly shows he was more than displeased at the differences between the Activision stance and Bethesda stance when it comes to games on other platforms being exclusive or not, so this is really not a surprise. This happens a lot with acquisitions made by Microsoft where key members of the teams in question leave, just look at Tango Games and Playground as very clear examples of senior figures moving on. Pete is only 54. That is literally nothing and unless he has an undisclosed health issue to address, hopefully not of course, I would not be surprised if he was working elsewhere in the industry very soon and probably with a team that still had is independence.
I love all the reading between the lines.
The man is 54 and retiring.
Who wouldn't want to retire at that age?
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