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Background

Bethesda Softworks is an American game developer and publisher founded in 1986 in Rockville, Maryland. In 1999, it was acquired by ZeniMax Media and since 2001, the name was used only for publishing with the special "Game Studios" brand opened for development. Since 2009, Bethesda also serves as a publisher for other studios owned by ZeniMax, including id Software. In March 2021, Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries, which it became a part of Xbox Game Studios.

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1st Logo (1986-2000)	2nd Logo (2000-2010)	3rd Logo (October 19, 2010-)

1st Logo (1986-2000)

Visuals: The name "BETHESDA SOFTWORKS" is written in a futuristic font.

Variants:

On Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3, the logo is on a hockey puck within the game's title sequence.
On Gridiron, the logo appeared within moving rainbow colors.
On Wayne Gretzky Hockey for Amiga, the logo is on a space background, and a red grid forms before turning into the logo.
On The Terminator 2029, the logo is seen from silver liquid.
On Delta V, NCAA Road to the Final Four 2 and The Terminator: Rampage, the logo rotates on a space background, and "PRESENTS" is shown below the logo.
On Burnout: Championship Drag Racing, the logo is shown on a green background, with a microprocessor chip zooming out.
On two Elder Scrolls games, Daggerfall and Battlespire, the logo is on fire, with "PRESENTS" below the logo.
On two Terminator games, Future Shock and SkyNET, the text is shortened to "BETHESDA".

Technique: Usually none, but games like Delta V have 3D animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on early games by the company like The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.

2nd Logo (2000-2010)

Visuals: The Bethesda logo is revealed letter-by-letter. It is colored in gray with the first letter being red, and a superscript square to the left. The ZeniMax byline is wiped in below.

Variants:

From 2000 to 2001, a special animation was used with moving particles and transparent geometrical shapes, which formed the logo. This was seen on Sea Dogs and Magic & Mayhem II.
On IHRA Drag Racing, the letters zoom into the logo, with the background in white, which is then followed by the intro movie.
Sometimes the logo is still.
A colorless variant was spotted.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A dreamy soundtrack.

Availability: Seen on many games, for example The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

3rd Logo (October 19, 2010-)

Visuals: There is a white holed cube running on a black field and stopping. Instantly, it all zooms out and the word "Bethesda" appears right to the cube, which turns 2D.

Variant: Occasionally, the colors are inverted.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Unknown.

Availability: Appears on Brink, Dishonored, and Rage, and continues to be shown on recent games under the Bethesda Softworks label, such as Wolfenstein: The New Order (along with its expansion The Old Blood and its sequel The New Colossus) and The Evil Within. The inverted version appears on the 2016 version of Doom, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, Wolfenstein: Youngblood and The Elder Scrolls Online.

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-Background: Bethesda Softworks is a game developer and publisher founded in 1986 in Maryland. In 1999 it was acquired by ZeniMax Media and since 2001 the name was used only for publishing with the special "Game Studios" brand opened for development. Since 2009 Bethesda also serves as a publisher for the other studios owned by ZeniMax, including id Software.
+===Background===
-st Logo
+'''Bethesda Softworks''' is an American game developer and publisher founded in 1986 in Rockville, Maryland. In 1999, it was acquired by ZeniMax Media and since 2001, the name was used only for publishing with the special "[[Bethesda Game Studios|Game Studios]]" brand opened for development. Since 2009, Bethesda also serves as a publisher for other studios owned by ZeniMax, including [[Id Software|id Software]]. In March 2021, Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries, which it became a part of [[Xbox Game Studios]].
+{{ImageTOC
-(1986-2000)
+|BethesdaGridiron.png|1st Logo (1986-2000)
+|Bethesda2001.png|2nd Logo (2000-2010)
+|Bethesda (2016) (From - DOOM).png|3rd Logo (October 19, 2010-)
+}}
+===1st Logo (1986-2000)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+BethesdaGridiron.png
+BethesdaGretzkyAmiga.png
+BethesdaGretzkyDOS.png
+BethesdaTerminator.png
+BethesdaGretzky3.png
+BethesdaDeltaV.png
+BethesdaTerminatorFutureShock.png
+BethesdaSkyNET.png
+BethesdaDaggerfall.png
+BethesdaBattlespire.png
+BethesdaBurnOut.png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=VerW5XQACm8|id2=to6n8ut8pA0|id3=L5s-ZyaC4Hg|id4=Uw0q9ZGO5aM}}
-Logo: The name "BETHESDA SOFTWORKS" is written in a special font.
+'''Visuals:''' The name "BETHESDA SOFTWORKS" is written in a futuristic font.
+'''Variants:'''
-FX/SFX: Usually none, but games like ''Delta V'' have the logo spinning.
+*On ''Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3'', the logo is on a hockey puck within the game's title sequence.
+*On ''Gridiron'', the logo appeared within moving rainbow colors.
+*On ''Wayne Gretzky Hockey'' for Amiga, the logo is on a space background, and a red grid forms before turning into the logo.
+*On ''The Terminator 2029'', the logo is seen from silver liquid.
+*On ''Delta V'', ''NCAA Road to the Final Four 2'' and ''The Terminator: Rampage'', the logo rotates on a space background, and "PRESENTS" is shown below the logo.
+*On ''Burnout: Championship Drag Racing'', the logo is shown on a green background, with a microprocessor chip zooming out.''
+*On two ''Elder Scrolls'' games, ''Daggerfall'' and ''Battlespire'', the logo is on fire, with "PRESENTS" below the logo.
+* On two ''Terminator'' games, ''Future Shock'' and ''SkyNET'', the text is shortened to "BETHESDA".
+'''Technique:''' Usually none, but games like ''Delta V'' have 3D animation.
-Music/Sounds: None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-Availability: Seen on early games.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on early games by the company like ''The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall''.
-Editor's Note: None.
-nd Logo
+===2nd Logo (2000-2010)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Bethesda2000.png
+BethesdaIHRA.png
+Bethesda2001.png
+BethesdaStarTrekEncounters.png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=YQ6gsx5RU4E|id2=ouCCtsyxiDI|id3=E5GRz6VuKh0}}
+'''Visuals:''' The Bethesda logo is revealed letter-by-letter. It is colored in {{color|gray}} with the first letter being {{color|red}}, and a superscript square to the left. The ZeniMax byline is wiped in below.
-(2000-2010)
+'''Variants:'''
+*From 2000 to 2001, a special animation was used with moving particles and transparent geometrical shapes, which formed the logo. This was seen on ''Sea Dogs'' and ''Magic & Mayhem II''.
+* On ''IHRA Drag Racing'', the letters zoom into the logo, with the background in white, which is then followed by the intro movie.
+*Sometimes the logo is still.
+*A colorless variant was spotted.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-Logo: Simple logo animation, revealing Bethesda logo letter by letter. It is colored in gray with first letter red, and small square to the left. The ZeniMax byline is wiped out below.
+'''Audio:''' A dreamy soundtrack.
-Variants:
+'''Availability:''' Seen on many games, for example ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''.
-* In 2000-2001 there was a special animation with moving particles and transparent geometry which formed the logo. This was seen on ''Sea Dogs'' and ''Magic & Mayhem II''.
-* On ''IHRA Drag Racing'', the letters zoomed into the logo, with background in white, then followed to the intro movie.
-* Sometimes in was still. The colorless variant was spotted as well.
+===3rd Logo (October 19, 2010-)===
-FX/SFX: Letters appearing.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Bethesda2010.png
+Bethesda (1994, 2019).jpg
+Bethesda (2016) (From - DOOM).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=61nMNSWyzuc|id2=6Rd5K_VLbT8}}
+'''Visuals:''' There is a white holed cube running on a black field and stopping. Instantly, it all zooms out and the word "'''Bethesda'''" appears right to the cube, which turns 2D.
-Music/Sounds: A dreamy soundtrack.
+'''Variant:''' Occasionally, the colors are inverted.
-Availability: Seen on many games, for example ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-Editor's Note: None.
+'''Audio:''' Unknown.
-rd Logo
+'''Availability:''' Appears on ''Brink'', ''Dishonored,'' and ''Rage'', and continues to be shown on recent games under the Bethesda Softworks label, such as ''Wolfenstein: The New Order'' (along with its expansion ''The Old Blood'' and its sequel ''The New Colossus'') and ''The Evil Within''. The inverted version appears on the 2016 version of ''Doom'', ''Hunted: The Demon's Forge'', ''Wolfenstein: Youngblood'' and ''The Elder Scrolls Online''.
-(2010- )
+{{Video Game-Navbox}}
-Logo: There is a white holed cube running on the black field and stopping. Instantly it all zooms out and the word Bethesda appears right to the cube, which turns 2D.
+[[Category:American video game logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
-Variant: Occasionally, the colors are inverted.
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
+[[Category:Microsoft]]
-FX/SFX: The cube rolling.
+[[Category:ZeniMax Media]]
-Music/Sounds: Several background sounds.
-Availability: Appears on ''Brink'', ''Dishonored,'' and ''Rage'' and continues to be shown on their recent games, such as ''Wolfenstein: The New Order'' (along with it's expansion ''The Old Blood'' and it's sequel ''The New Colossus'') and ''The Evil Within''. The inverted version appears on the 2016 version of ''Doom, Hunted: The Demon's Forge,'' and ''The Elder Scrolls Online''.Don't count for this to appear on recent Bethesda Game Studios titles such as ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' and ''Fallout 4''.
-Editor's Note: None.
-'''Bethesda Game Studios'''
-th Logo
-(November 11, 2011)
-Logo: On a black background, we see the metallic Bethesda Game Studios logo slightly zoom in as a light passes through it.
-FX/SFX: Just the zoom and light.
-Music/Sounds: A quiet dark ambiance sound.
-Availability: Seen on ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''.
-Editor's Note: None.
-th Logo
-(2015)
-Logo: The Bethesda Game Studios logo slightly zooms out with a light illuminating it.
-FX/SFX: The slight zoom out.
-Music/Sounds: The trailer's music.
-Availability: Was seen on the launch trailer of ''Fallout 4''.
-Editor's Note: None.