{"id":150140,"date":"2025-09-19T20:06:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2140746"},"modified":"2025-09-19T20:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:06:30","slug":"what-microsofts-bethesda-exclusives-mean-for-the-future-its-the-eurogamer-news-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-microsofts-bethesda-exclusives-mean-for-the-future-its-the-eurogamer-news-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"What Microsoft&#8217;s Bethesda exclusives mean for the future &#8211; it&#8217;s the Eurogamer News Cast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-microsofts-bethesda-exclusives-mean-for-the-future-its-the-eurogamer-news-cast.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, now we know: future Bethesda games will be exclusive to &#8220;platforms where Game Pass exists&#8221;. That&#8217;s how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-11-phil-spencer-says-future-bethesda-games-will-be-exclusive-to-platforms-where-game-pass-exists\">Xbox boss Phil Spencer put it this week<\/a>, confirming the likes of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 will not come out on PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean for the future of Bethesda games? The Dooms and Fallout of this world? And what about that Indiana Jones game Bethesda is working on? Eurogamer news editor Tom Phillips, reporter Emma Kent and me discuss all this and more in this week&#8217;s Eurogamer News Cast, below.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we run through next week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-11-square-enix-showing-off-new-life-is-strange-next-week-as-part-of-spring-showcase\">Square Enix Presents event<\/a>, which promises to reveal the new Life is Strange game as well as the future of the embattled Marvel&#8217;s Avengers. 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Eurogamer news editor Tom Phillips, reporter Emma Kent and me discuss all this and more in this week&#8217;s Eurogamer News Cast, below. Elsewhere, we run through next week&#8217;s Square Enix Presents event, which promises to reveal the new Life is Strange game as well as the future of the embattled Marvel&#8217;s Avengers. 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