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Bethesda reaffims Doom Eternal and others will come to Steam

Bethesda's 2019 slate of games will continue to release on Steam, with the publisher also set to catch up by releasing Fallout 76 soon.

Ozzie Mejia

March 25, 2019 10:25 AM

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There's been a lot of talk over the past several months about PC gaming and store exclusivity. A handful of games have gone over to recent upstart storefront Epic Games Store, so it becomes generally newsworthy when a publisher commits to Valve's Steam marketplace. That appears to be the case with Bethesda, who on Monday reaffirmed commitment to Steam for its 2019 lineup of games.

We’re pleased to announce that RAGE 2, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, and DOOM Eternal will be released on Steam as well as https://t.co/p0BARqmTBp. We will also be bringing Fallout 76 to Steam later this year.

— Bethesda (@bethesda) March 25, 2019

"We're pleased to announce that RAGE 2, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, and DOOM Eternal will be released on Steam as well as [the Bethesda website]," reads the official Bethesda Twitter account. "We will also be bringing Fallout 76 to Steam later this year."

Bethesda games on Steam isn't completely surprising in itself. Many of the publisher's games are available on Valve's service, including the Fallout series, the Wolfenstein games, and the various Elder Scrolls titles. However, it should be noted that Fallout 76 did skip Steam upon its initial release, so that game's arrival is worth mentioning.

It's also a relief to Steam users who have seen more and more games declare exlusivity to the Epic Games Store, with the latter offering a full 88 percent revenue split for developers. Among the blockbuster games that have gone Epic exclusive are The Division 2 and The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Some games have gone exclusively to Epic for a limited period, with Metro Exodus, The Outer Worlds, and Quantic Dream's PlayStation library among the games in that category.

No word on when exactly Fallout 76 will hit Steam, nor is there any word on release dates for DOOM Eternal or those Wolfenstein spin-offs that were unveiled back at E3 2018. We do know that Rage 2 is set to arrive on May 14 and it is expected to arrive on Steam on the day of its release.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?