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Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a division of Media ...
Christopher Scot Weaver (born February 6, 1951) is an American entrepreneur, software developer, scientist, author, and educator.He is known for founding Bethesda Softworks, where he was one of the creators of The Elder Scrolls role-playing series.
Christopher Weaver, the founder of the video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, and Robert A. Altman, a lawyer, founded ZeniMax Media in 1999. [3] The name is a portmanteau of "zenith" and "maximum". [4] The company was established to succeed Media Technology Limited as the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
In 1999, he co-founded ZeniMax Media with Bethesda Softworks founder Christopher Weaver as a new parent company of Bethesda. [18] Altman was brought in as CEO with Weaver serving as CTO . [ 19 ] Weaver was pushed out of an operational role in 2002, and he filed a related lawsuit that was settled out of court.
Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. It is best known for its action role-playing franchises, including The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield. Bethesda Game Studios opened in 2001 as the development unit of Bethesda Softworks, separating from publishing operations.
Title Original game System Release date Developer(s) Ref. Operation: Anchorage: Fallout 3: Windows January 27, 2009: Bethesda Game Studios [189]Xbox 360
Bethesda Softworks eventually recruited Howard in 1994 as a producer. [3] [4] His first game development credit for Bethesda was as the producer and designer of The Terminator: Future Shock (1995), followed by work as a designer on Skynet and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, both released in 1996. [6]
Gridiron! is a 1986 sports video game developed by Bethesda Softworks and published by Electronic Arts.The game was the first title of Maryland studio, founded by MIT graduate Christopher Weaver and lead programmer Ed Fletcher, who aimed to create a more realistic sports simulation game.