Bethesda Softworks director Todd Howard has said the studio is unlikely to greenlight TV adaptations of Skyrim or Starfield, despite the success of Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout.
The adaptation of Fallout launched earlier this week on Amazon Prime Video, with Howard serving as executive producer on the series. It was previously confirmed that events in the show are canon within the Fallout universe, and Howard had to encourage writers to change certain elements of the show to avoid clashes with the plot of Fallout 5.
However in a new interview with IGN, Howard has confirmed Bethesda isn’t looking at adapting things like Skyrim.
“There’s nothing in the works. Everybody asks about Elder Scrolls [adaptations] and I keep saying no. I’ll probably [keep] saying no,” he explained. “I can’t predict the future [though].”
However, Howard went on to say that he had also been turning down offers to adapt Fallout for a decade prior to Amazon’s version. “Everyone wanted to make a (Fallout) TV show or a movie, and I wasn’t really feeling it.”
“You never know if someone’s going to click. But I think [Fallout] really came out of [everyone involved] aligning to do a high-quality job. It wasn’t forced. It was kind of a natural relationship and ‘hey, this sounds really cool’, as opposed to, ‘we should have a show,’ right? It never came from that.”
“This has been one of the most enjoyable projects I’ve ever done, and everyone in the studio is over the moon with seeing it this way.”
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In a four-star review of the show, NME wrote: “Unlike fellow post-apocalyptic shows The Last Of Us and The Walking Dead, Fallout is a dark comedy that finds laughter in ludicrously terrible situations. Director Jonathan Nolan shows a deft understanding of the source material throughout – peppering each episode with references to Bethesda’s beloved video game series.”
Bethesda has also confirmed a long-awaited update is due to come to Fallout 4 later this month, which will also make the game Steam Deck verified.
In other news, the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards took place last night (April 11), with Baldur’s Gate 3 walking away with five trophies.