Confident that "gamers everywhere will be thrilled with the offerings from this collaboration".

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Bethesda Softworks has today announced a long-term development partnership with UK studio Splash Damage, creators of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.

Bethesda continues to expand its development and publishing reach with recent expansion into Europe and Japan. The company is best known for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and currently has the highly anticipated Fallout 3 in development for release this autumn.

Details of the new title are still under wraps - more info is promised in the coming months - but both parties are thrilled to be working with one another.

"Bethesda Softworks has repeatedly been responsible for outstanding games as both publisher and developer." said Paul Wedgwood, Owner and Creative Director of Splash Damage. "Both of our studios share a passion for creating great games, and we're confident that this partnership will result in even greater experiences for gamers. We're really looking forward to working with Bethesda."

Vlatko Andonov, President of Bethesda Softworks called the partnership the "perfect fit" and went on to add: "We are confident that gamers everywhere will be thrilled with the offerings from this collaboration."