Bethesda will be expanding with a third office in Austin, Texas.

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Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax Media announced that BattleCry Studios will be welcomed into the fold, to become Bethesda Game Studios Austin."As the vision, scale and ambitions for our games continue to grow, so does Bethesda Game Studios,” said Todd Howard, Game Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios. “We’ve had the pleasure to know the talented developers at BattleCry, and knew we could do great things together.” BattleCry Studios was established in 2012 . Development of the studio's first title, BattleCry, was halted in 2015 amidst news of layoffs, but it went on to assist id Software with the development of 2016's Doom.“We’re excited to join Bethesda Game Studios and look forward to working together on some of the industry’s most exciting new games,” said studio director, Doug Mellencamp. “Austin’s incredible game development scene and talent will also allow us to push our games further than fans have imagined."The Austin studio will join Maryland, and Montreal, under the Bethesda Game Studios umbrella. It will also join another Bethesda-owned studio in the same city, Prey developer Arkane Austin.It's not clear what the new studio will work on initially. Todd Howard has confirmed previously that The Elder Scrolls 6 is in the works , as well as an unannounced mobile game , and a "bleeding-edge AAA freemium game" which is in development at the Montreal studio. All three studios are currently hiring

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