Dawnguard PS3 Wasn't Delayed Because Of Hearthfire, Bethesda Assures

Yesterday, Bethesda announced Hearthfire, the latest DLC for Skyrim. It looks to be a charming little DLC pack, but there's just one problem: Xbox 360 owners will be getting Hearthfire next week, but PS3 owners are still without Dawnguard, Skyrim's first DLC. This understandably has some PS3 players wondering if Bethesda delayed Dawnguard on PS3 so it could finish up work on Hearthfire and get it out the door quickly.

According to Bethesda's VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines, that isn't the case. When asked on Twitter if the delay of Dawnguard had something to do with the production of Hearthfire, Hines replied with "No, they are separate things." When another fan expressed their disappointment in the fact that Xbox 360 players were getting their second DLC offering while PS3 owners have yet to receive their first, Hines said "We are working on multiple projects, even beyond those two things. The entire team doesn't work on one thing at a time."

So there you have it – multiple teams at Bethesda are working on both Dawnguard for PS3 and Hearthfire for Xbox 360. When the PC version of Dawnguard showed up a few weeks back, many were surprised to see that the PS3 version didn't launch alongside it. At the time, Bethesda said that it wasn't satisfied with the performance of the PS3 version, and wouldn't be releasing it as expected. We're still waiting for that PS3 release date, unfortunately, and Hines even said today that he didn't have any new information to give.

Let's take a step away from this Dawnguard debacle for a moment though and examine Hines' words more closely. While he said that both Hearthfire and Dawnguard PS3 are in development at the moment, he also said that there are other projects in the works at Bethesda. We know that Bethesda isn't developing the upcoming Elder Scrolls MMO, so Hines' comments lead us to believe that Bethesda is also working on Fallout 4. DLC woes aside, that's pretty exciting, wouldn't you say? Keep it here at SlashGear, as we'll update you once Bethesda spills more details on the missing PS3 version of Dawnguard.