After 6 years of developing its own franchise platform like Fallout and Elder Scrolls, Bethesda has announced that it will close Bethesda.Net this May and move all of its games back to Steam.
Since the company was acquired by Microsoft about two years ago, it seems that as time goes on there is less need for this platform. Microsoft has its own launchers like the Microsoft Store and the Game Pass service. In addition, she also returned to Steam about a year ago, and also had success with successful launches of Forza 5 and Age of Empires 4.
???? ATTENTION PC PLAYERS: We are retiring the Bethesda Launcher and moving to Steam.
Here’s everything you’re going to want to know about what to expect and how to migrate your Bethesda Library to Steam: https://t.co/KBBokFeZkt pic.twitter.com/f0KWBqd0kp
— Bethesda (@bethesda) February 22, 2022
“We’re parting from Bethesda.net this year,” Written in a blog post on the company’s official website. “From the beginning of April you will be able to transfer your games and wallet to your Steam account.” However, Bethesda only allows you to transfer what’s in the Bethesda Launcher to Steam. According to the information provided, synchronization will only be possible on the PC. PlayStation and Xbox players will not have the option to transfer their account and in the meantime will remain at Bethesda’s account until further notice.
The synchronization between the Bethesda account and the sets account will allow players to gain access to the games they have purchased on the first platform, in addition the list of members will also be maintained. All of this of course does not mean that your account under Bethesda will be permanently deleted as there are many services which work under Bethesda.Net and users will owe these details. The company said that in games like Fallout 76, players will still need their old account information to log in and access modes, artifacts, skins and exclusive content.
