QuakeCon 2018 has brought with it loads of exciting new information for a number of upcoming games, from RAGE 2 to DOOM Eternal. However, they was one more announcement at the event that may have been relatively more low key but was still pretty exciting. Escalation Studios have joined Bethesda, and been renamed as Bethesda Game Studios Dallas. The studio had already been acquired by ZeniMax, Bethesda’s parent company, in 2016, and now they’ve been brought in under the Bethesda Game Studios name.

This, of course, adds even more people to BGS, which keeps on growing, but there’s a lot of reasons to be excited about this. The studio will be helping with the development of a number of upcoming titles, which includes plenty of big names- there is, of course, Starfield, the upcoming sci-fi epic, but they will also be lending their hand for the development of the upcoming Fallout 76, and the mobile Elder Scrolls title, The Elder Scrolls: Blades.

“We’ve been working with Tom, Marc, and the team at Escalation for a long time,” Todd Howard said while making the announcement. “They’ve already delivered amazing games with us, and we knew we could do even bigger things together.”

In the past, Escalation has worked with Bethesda on games such as Skyrim VR, Fallout VR, and the Nintendo Switch port of Skyrim. Starfield, of course, has been in development more or less since 2015, but in spite of that, we’ve been warned that the game is still a long ways off.

Hopefully, the added support of Escalation, or BGS Dallas now, will help fast-track the process a little bit. Starfield is being planned as a game for next-gen consoles, but there is still a chance that it launches for the PS4 and Xbox One.

Escalation Studios which is founded by just two people have announced a new game called Eternal Fate. It will be available on PC and Mac. They’ve also Kickstarted a project to make this game see the light of the day.

It’s a a PvP focused, action RPG, and the goal of the game was that it felt like their favorite action RPG games, yet had a level of organized competitive play traditionally found in online first person action games.

The game was debuted at QuakeCon 2012 and here’s the Kickstarter page for the same. You can check out how the game looks below. It’s pre-alpha footage.

Features:

-Eternal Fate offers a completely new online challenge for players via head-to-head or team-based competition. The game’s blend of action and strategy is enhanced by key features including:
-Create and customize your persistent character with a nearly infinite combination of gear, spells and skills.
-Gather loot and gain experience by defeating your foes.
-Level up your character and unlock new items as you advance.
-Three unique character classes with distinct play styles.