[Todd was named to Variety's list of the 500 most influential people in the global media industry] Game designer/producer/director Todd Howard was selected as one of the most influential people in the global media industry by Variety, a well-known business media publication. 500 influential people. Bethesda Game Studio also issued a message today to celebrate the event. Variety described it as follows: "Todd Howard is famous for directing large-scale open world games. Although these games often have bugs, they are also well received. In his new work "Starry Sky" in September this year, he made up for a lot of such shortcomings. This large-scale The space exploration game is also Bethesda's first new IP in decades. The failure of "Fallout 76" once put Howard's studio in trouble, and he also started the road to redemption. After Microsoft acquired ZeniMax in 2021, "Starry Sky" became an Xbox exclusive work. After "Hongxia Island", also a 3A work, failed to launch, "Starry Sky" turned the tide and won. It attracted 10 million people within two weeks of its launch, and had 6 million players on its launch day, making it the largest game in Bethesda's history. works. Not only that, tens of thousands of concurrent players on Xbox make it the most played next-generation game on the console. In addition, Howard is also the executive producer of Amazon's game adaptation drama "Fallout", which will be released in 2024. It will be broadcast in April this year.” (The picture is the official picture of the magazine, and the picture is provided by Microsoft)