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One veteranSkyrimdeveloper reckons online harassment is almost inevitable for Bethesda developers, no matter how goodThe Elder Scrolls 6is.

Nate Purkeypile’s been around the discourse block enough times to know how these things go.

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Either way, the inevitable backlash is something Purkeypile won’t need to deal with too much.

He’s since left Bethesda and recently put out a sick-looking’heavy metal horror game’set in a folkloric open world.

That aside, check out thenew games of 2025 and beyond.

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