Bethesda Game Studios Austin LLC (formerly BattleCry Studios LLC) is an American
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...
based in
Austin, Texas.
History
BattleCry Studios was founded on October 3, 2012, as
subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a s ...
of
ZeniMax Media, headed by Rich Vogel as its
president. Initially, it sought employees with experience in
microtransaction
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s and
free-to-play games. By November 2013 the studio employed 35 people.
On May 28, 2014, BattleCry Studios announced their first game, ''BattleCry''. On September 10, 2015, it was reported that the studio had laid off a "substantial portion" of its staff. On October 7, 2015, the development on ''BattleCry'' was halted for the studio to work on different projects. One of the studio's first projects following the hold of ''BattleCry'' was the modification and restructuring of Bethesda's
Creation Engine
The Creation Engine is a 3D video game engine created by Bethesda Game Studios based on the Gamebryo engine. The Creation Engine has been used to create role-playing video games such as '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', ''Fallout 4'', and ''F ...
(in conjunction with sister company
id Software, utilizing
netcode from ''
Quake'') to support multiplayer functionality in anticipation of then upcoming ''
Fallout 76''.
In September 2017, Vogel announced that he had left BattleCry Studios in favor of
Certain Affinity.
In March 2018, the studio was rebranded as Bethesda Game Studios Austin, making it the third studio under the
Bethesda Game Studios banner within Bethesda Softworks.
ZeniMax Media was acquired by
Microsoft for in March 2021 and became part of
Xbox Game Studios.
Games developed
References
External links
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{{Xbox Game Studios
2012 establishments in Texas
American companies established in 2012
American corporate subsidiaries
Companies based in Austin, Texas
Video game companies based in Texas
Video game companies established in 2012
Video game development companies
ZeniMax Media