I don’t have time to give Bethesda the usual long-form editorialized round-up treatment this week, so for the most part this article will be a list of links. One of the bigger Bethesda-related stories that broke this week (well, last week) concerned Arkane Studios, Prey 2, and some deceitful answers from Bethesda concerning that game and the studio working on it:

• The Smell Of Bullshit: Arkane ARE Making Prey 2 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Leaked E-mails Suggest Bethesda Misled Gamers About Prey 2
• System Shock 2 Dev Comments on Prey 2 as Spiritual Successor Rumors

Moving on, it was revealed this week that The Elder Scrolls Online will in fact be using a subscription model (a decision that not everyone in the gaming press agrees with), and will not offer any sort of freemium play option. We also got a look at a new creature.

• The Elder Scrolls Online Racial and Guild Skills Editorial
• The Elder Scrolls Online – Creating ESO: Flame Atronach
• The Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription-based [Updated] | Massively
• The Elder Scrolls Online will cost $14.99 monthly | Polygon
• ‘Elder Scrolls Online’ Should Have Taken A Page From ‘Guild Wars 2’ – Forbes
• The Elder Scrolls Online – In Photos: The Elder Scrolls Online New Screenshots – Forbes
• Gamescom 2013: The Elder Scrolls Online subscription ensures players get ‘100% of the game’

Coming back to Arkane Studios for a minute, it would seem that they more or less knocked it out of the park with the final DLC for Dishonored, The Brigmore Witches.

• Arkane On The Future Of Dishonored, Stories, Multiplayer | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Arkane hints at what’s next for Dishonored – Destructoid
• Wot I Think: Dishonored – The Brigmore Witches | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Review: Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches – Destructoid
• Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches PC Review, Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches Player Reviews
• Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches Review

And it was a pretty good week for fan mods and projects as well.

• Week in review | OpenMW, Open source Elderscrolls III: Morrowind reimplementation
• Tamriel, Man: Skywind Squeezes Morrowind Into Skyrim | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Oh, and id Software is hiring:

• Lead Environment Artist
• Generalist Programmer

That’s all for today, folks!