Announced last February, Bethesda will be shutting down its PC app and migrating its games to Steam. Players who wish to can migrate their active accounts in the launcher to the Valve store starting next April 27. They will have a margin of two weeks until the final closure of the application dated May 11.
This account migration allows transfer both the game library and Portfolio from Bethesda.net to Steamalthough the company confirms through its Blog that some games may require some manual save game transfers. “For games where this is the case, you will continue to use your Bethesda.net username to log in and play. Your Bethesda.net account will not be lost and will remain accessible on our website and in games. Additionally, we will continue to support all Bethesda.net accounts in future games.”
“Many of our games and services will continue to use the Bethesda.net account. This way you will retain access to the Bethesda.net services as mods, in-game items such as skins, and exclusive news and updates,” the company explains in the FAQ. Bethesda.net account migration is simply a procedure to move the execution of games to Steam. «Any title you own on the Bethesda.net app will be available for free on Steam. Any purchases you have made will carry over to your Steam account. Many game saves will also carry over, though some will have to be manually backed up.”
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A few years ago it became fashionable for each publisher to launch their own launcher to operate independently on PC without relying on Steam, although the Valve store has ended up becoming a game nerve center and many companies have ended up giving their arm to twist, like Bethesda. Will this decision have something to do with its purchase by Microsoft?