Pete Hines Is Leaving Bethesda After 24 Years

Video Games

Oct 17

Pete Hines, the head of publishing at Bethesda announced in a post on X that he is retiring from the Starfied developer after 24 years with the company. Hines joined Bethesda in 1999 as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications before he was promoted to Head of Global Publishing a year ago. Hines said, “I am retiring and will begin an exciting new chapter of my life exploring interests and passions, donating my time where I can, and taking more time to enjoy life. This was not a decision I came to easily or quickly, but after an amazing career, culminating in the incredible launch of Starfield, I feel like the time is right.”

Bethesda praised Hines for all his work with the company, “His contributions have been integral in building Bethesda and its family of studios into the world-class organization it is today. His vision helped push us forward, and his hard work inspired us.” Bethesda thanked Hines for his 24 years of leadership and shared a humorous post on X prescribing plenty of video game time for the newly retired Hines. The news of his retirement follows Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Hines previously supported the deal, hoping that Microsoft’s resources could help the studio make even better games.