Ted Peterson (writer)


Ted Peterson is a writer and video game designer best known for his work on The Elder Scrolls series. He co-founded the independent game studio OnceLost Games with Julian LeFay and Vijay Lakshman in 2019.

Career

Peterson joined Bethesda Softworks as a junior writer in the early 1990s after responding to an advertisement in The Washington Post. His first project at Bethesda was writing for The Terminator 2029, followed by The Terminator: Rampage. During his time at Bethesda, he worked as a designer and writer on The Elder Scrolls: Arena and lead designer on The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. He left the company in 1996, just as Daggerfall was completed. After leaving Bethesda, Peterson joined Activision and worked as a writer on Heavy Gear II, also performing freelance work for Bethesda on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. As a writer for Bethesda, Peterson wrote almost 200,000 words of prose within in-game books in The Elder Scrolls.
Peterson worked at Savage Entertainment for ten years, contributing to games such as Star Wars: Battlefront II and WALL-E. He has also worked for Electronic Arts and Disney.
In 2019, Peterson co-founded the independent game studio OnceLost Games alongside former Bethesda developers Julian LeFay and Vijay Lakshman. The studio is developing The Wayward Realms, described as a "spiritual successor to Daggerfall", funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992The Terminator 2029Writer
1993The Terminator: RampageWriter
1994The Elder Scrolls: ArenaDesigner and writer
1996The Elder Scrolls II: DaggerfallLead designer
1997Zork: Grand InquisitorDesigner
1999Heavy Gear IIWriter
2002The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindAdditional Writing & Quest Design
2005Star Wars: Battlefront II
2006The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionAdditional Writing
2008WALL-E
TDBThe Wayward Realms

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