Pete Hines says he left Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it being 'damaged' and 'abused'

PC Gamer | April 10, 2026, 6:02 p.m. | Original
Hines, Bethesda's former vice president of marketing and PR, left Bethesda in 2023, three years after it was acquired by Microsoft.
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