Bethesda Game Studios

Bethesda Game Studios is a video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. The studio is led by Todd Howard as executive producer, Ashley Cheng as managing director, and Angela Browder as studio director. Bethesda Game Studios operates three satellite studios, one in Montreal and two in Texas.

Background
On December 9, 2015, ZeniMax Media announced the formation of Bethesda Game Studios Montreal, a new studio location ed by Yves Lachance, the former head of Behaviour Interactive, the studio was set to broaden the portfolio of games across all gaming platforms.

On March 9, 2018, BattleCry Studios, another ZeniMax Media subsidiary, was rebranded as Bethesda Game Studios Austin. On August 10, 2018, Escalation Studios was rebranded as Bethesda Game Studios Dallas. ZeniMax Media was acquired by Microsoft for 7.5 billion in March 2021 and became part of Xbox Game Studios.

Studios

 * Bethesda Game Studios Austin in Austin, Texas: Founded as BattleCry Studios, a subsidiary of ZeniMax, in October 2012, and re-arranged as part of BGS in March 2018.
 * Bethesda Game Studios Dallas in Dallas, Texas: Founded as Escalation Studios in 2007, acquired by ZeniMax in February 2017, and re-arranged as part of BGS in August 2018.
 * Bethesda Game Studios Montreal in Montreal, Quebec: Fully founded in December 2015.