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ZeniMax Media/Bethesda Softworks game budgets + other information. (based on known data from 1986 to the present) (updated with The Legend of Jack Sparrow sales)
Sales: 118,620,120
Revenue: $4,726,160,000 - $4,746,160.000
Total spent since 1986: $437,150,000

Bethesda Softworks' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow™ Achieves Greatest Hits Status for PlayStation®2 system April 16, 2007 (Rockville, MD) - Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced that its best sellin…

source: web.archive.org/web/20230327...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda, 2006) sold over 400,000 copies for the PlayStation 2 (Greatest Hits)

source: www.linkedin.com/in/edison-lo...

Regarding Fable

more here
source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/0705...

Playground Games' financial statements for 2024 are out
The company continued development on Forza Horizon 5 with monthly content releases, which have been very successful.
Development on Fable continued
The employee count grew from 381 in 2023 to 455 in 2024
+ other data

via Video Business
source: web.archive.org/web/20001205...

NPD Top titles by units
Platforms: PlayStation and Dreamcast
Period from October 29 to November 11, 2000

via Games Domain
more here
source: web.archive.org/web/20000817...

Rare Heretic 2 (1998, Raven Software) Interview

Article clipped from The Boston Globe Clipping found in The Boston Globe published in Boston, Massachusetts on 11/14/1996.

source: www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Game prices in November 1996

Batman data/stats
$16 billion in retail sales from 1939 to 2012 (per Warner Bros)
$650 million in DVD and VHS sales (by 2005)
$300 million in television revenue from the 1960s Batman TV show (by 1975)
Almost $8 billion at the Box Office
#Batman #WarnerBros

Viacom's Nickelodeon to Put Spotlight on New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' at Toy Fair Time Warner's Warner Bros. Consumer Products will focus its lineup on "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Hobbit" and DC superheroes and more.

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web.archive.org/web/20120204...
web.archive.org/web/20170328...
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
www.the-numbers.com/movies/franc...

Batman data/stats
$16 billion in retail sales from 1939 to 2012 (per Warner Bros)
$650 million in DVD and VHS sales (by 2005)
$300 million in television revenue from the 1960s Batman TV show (by 1975)
Almost $8 billion at the Box Office
#Batman #WarnerBros

Viva Piñata (2006, Rare, Xbox 360) turns 20 next year

Quake 4 (Raven Software) turns 20 this month

KarmaStar - Wikipedia

I've also made the Wikipedia page for this game
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KarmaStar

Fun Fact of the day
Did you know Arkane Studios made a mobile game?

sources: web.archive.org/web/20121220...
web.archive.org/web/20090614...
web.archive.org/web/20011102...
www.ign.com/articles/200...

Old Grand Theft Auto III (2001, Rockstar) coverage

YouTube video by Ruby Ranger The True* Story of Incision.

Incision is an incredible game that nearly wasn't finished. But it was. I spoke to developer Smoothbrain to get insight on his story, which is a tale of stress, burnout, passion, and ultimately triumph. Let's talk about the making of Incision.

youtu.be/I0rFdTq3NQM

Michael Edwards - Bethesda Game Studios | LinkedIn Outgoing and versatile software engineer with over 6 years of experience in the mobile… · Experience: Bethesda Game Studios · Education: California State University-Sacramento · Location: Oakland · 50...

sources: www.linkedin.com/in/mikedotcpp/
www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-au...

2 people (possibly more) from ZeniMax Online Studios now work at Bethesda Game Studios (as of September 2025)

Official U. S. Playstation Magazine Issue 74 ( November 2003) : Official us Playstation magazine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Official us Playstation magazine volume issue 74 November 2003.

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archive.org/details/psm-...
www.newspapers.com/article/detr...
web.archive.org/web/20031206...

Old Jak II (2003, Naughty Dog) coverage

sources: web.archive.org/web/19990209...
archive.org/details/Comp...
web.archive.org/web/19990117...
web.archive.org/web/19990221...

Old Godzilla Online (1998, Mythic Entertainment&Centropolis Interactive) coverage