Although when it comes to PC games, the most familiar nature for players is Steam, but in fact, many game publishers have their own plans (PC game launchers), including Bethesda. But now Bethesda has announced that it will shut down its 6-year-old PC game launcher and transfer the game and recharge data to Steam.
According to Bethesda's official announcement, the transfer will begin in early April. Players can transfer Bethesda Launcher's game, friends, saves, progress, and wallet data to Steam, but some data requires players to manually transfer themselves. At the same time, "Wehrmacht Headquarters: New Bloodline" cannot be transferred at present. Although the data will be integrated into Steam, the player's Bethesda account will not disappear, and Fallout 76 players do not have to worry.
The Bethesda Launcher was first introduced in 2016 as a PC game launcher for Bethesda and its studios. There's a natural idea of getting out of Steam's 30 percent cut, but the launcher itself doesn't offer a powerful game management feature like Steam. The Bethesda launcher can only be said to be a simple purchase page integrated with the game launcher, plus Bethesda continues to publish games on Steam, so the launcher quickly disappeared from view.