{"id":86178,"date":"2026-07-17T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86178"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:37:34","slug":"todd-howard-addresses-fan-chatter-about-bethesda-obsidian-rivalry-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86178","title":{"rendered":"Todd Howard Addresses \u201cFan Chatter\u201d About Bethesda-Obsidian Rivalry Conspiracies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bethesda boss Todd Howard has addressed rumors of a rivalry between Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian, saying the online discourse does not reflect reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/zenimax-bethesda\/we-spoke-to-todd-howard-about-fallout-5-obsidians-fallout-elder-scrolls-6-starfield-and-more\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/zenimax-bethesda\/we-spoke-to-todd-howard-about-fallout-5-obsidians-fallout-elder-scrolls-6-starfield-and-more\">Windows Central<\/a>, &#8220;I appreciate some of the fan chatter, but behind the scenes, there&#8217;s a huge amount of mutual respect [between Bethesda and Obsidian].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obsidian developed 2010&#8217;s Fallout: New Vegas, which was a much-loved entry in the series. The studio is now working on a new Fallout game, though we still don&#8217;t know exactly what it is. <\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1823935\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/newvegas_0689c6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1823935\" \/>New Vegas developer Obsidian is making a new Fallout game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A baseless online myth cropped up suggesting that Howard was annoyed or upset with the success of New Vegas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, Howard spoke multiple times about how much he enjoyed New Vegas and working with Obsidian, including a 2018 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2018\/jul\/18\/bethesda-games-interview-todd-howard-pete-hines-elder-scrolls-starfield\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2018\/jul\/18\/bethesda-games-interview-todd-howard-pete-hines-elder-scrolls-starfield\">The Guardian<\/a> in which Howard said Obsidian &#8220;did a fabulous job&#8221; with New Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the new interview with Windows Central, Howard said Bethesda was &#8220;always&#8221; trying to find a way work with Obsidian again &#8220;in the right way.&#8221; It&#8217;s now happening, with Obsidian developing a new Fallout game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda boss Todd Howard has addressed rumors of a rivalry between Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian, saying the online discourse does not reflect reality. He told Windows Central, &#8220;I appreciate some of the fan chatter, but behind the scenes, there&#8217;s a huge amount of mutual respect [between Bethesda and Obsidian].&#8221; Obsidian developed 2010&#8217;s Fallout: New&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":86180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86181,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86178\/revisions\/86181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}