Todd Howard, director of Bethesda Game Studios.
Todd Howard, director of Bethesda Game Studios.
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Todd Howard: 10 takeaways from Bethesda’s studio director at Gamelab

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Todd Howard has been working at Bethesda Game Studios for 25 years, and at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), fans hung on his every word as he described what was coming up at the Bethesda Game Studios division he directs.

In the wake of Bethesda’s announcements at E3, Howard gave a talk at the Gamelab event in Barcelona, in a fireside chat with Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley. He also did an interview with GamesBeat, and I’ve culled some short tidbits from both of those talks for this story.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.