--- title: BG3 Publishing Lead: New Morrowind "Would Sell Like... description: Larian's publishing director Michael Douse publicly disagreed with former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith about the viability of a Morrowind remaster. While... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bg3-publishing-lead-new-morrowind-would-sell-like-f-cking-hot-cakes--qu7ydie2g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BG3 Publishing Lead: New Morrowind "Would Sell Like F*cking Hot Cakes" | daily.dev og:description: Larian's publishing director Michael Douse publicly disagreed with former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith about the viability of a Morrowind remaster. While... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bg3-publishing-lead-new-morrowind-would-sell-like-f-cking-hot-cakes--qu7ydie2g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qu7Ydie2G.png og:image:alt: BG3 Publishing Lead: New Morrowind "Would Sell Like F*cking Hot Cakes" og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BG3 Publishing Lead: New Morrowind "Would Sell Like F*cking Hot Cakes" **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Larian's publishing director Michael Douse publicly disagreed with former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith about the viability of a Morrowind remaster. While Nesmith believes the game wouldn't stand the test of time and that development resources would be better spent on new projects, Douse argues that a modernized version with updated combat would be commercially successful. The debate follows the strong reception of the Oblivion remaster, which attracted 4 million players in three days. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tsumanu** · 0 upvotes > More and more big titles fail but surely this one will score huge win! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Former Bethesda Lead Artist Looks Forward to Fallout 3's Remaster](https://daily.dev/posts/former-bethesda-lead-artist-looks-forward-to-fallout-3-s-remaster-3bo4dssf5) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Don't Expect Dragon Age Remasters: BioWare Lost Old Engine Knowledge](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-expect-dragon-age-remasters-bioware-lost-old-engine-knowledge-xucujig2k) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Fallout Dev: Bethesda Doesn't Have "Engineering Know-How" for Remaster](https://daily.dev/posts/fallout-dev-bethesda-doesn-t-have-engineering-know-how-for-remaster-6ncrgoxm0) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bg3-publishing-lead-new-morrowind-would-sell-like-f-cking-hot-cakes--qu7ydie2g) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BG3 Publishing Lead: New Morrowind \"Would Sell Like F*cking Hot Cakes\"","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bg3-publishing-lead-new-morrowind-would-sell-like-f-cking-hot-cakes--qu7ydie2g","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bg3-publishing-lead-new-morrowind-would-sell-like-f-cking-hot-cakes--qu7ydie2g"},"datePublished":"2026-02-03T09:18:11.271Z","dateModified":"2026-02-03T09:18:34.379Z","description":"Larian's publishing director Michael Douse publicly disagreed with former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith about the viability of a Morrowind remaster. 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