Bethesda Game Studios Dallas

Bethesda Game Studios Dallas (formerly Escalation Studios) is an American video game developer based in Dallas, Texas, founded in 2007 by Tom Mustaine and Marc Tardif, both of whom had previously worked at Ritual Entertainment. On January 18, 2012, it was announced that 6waves Lolapps acquired the company. However, in a blog post dated May 15, 2012, Escalation stated that they had become independent again.

On February 1, 2017, Escalation Studios was acquired by ZeniMax Media, the parent company of American publisher Bethesda Softworks. At QuakeCon 2018, Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard announced that Escalation Studios had been renamed to Bethesda Game Studios Dallas, becoming their fourth development studio.