Starfield lead quest designer joins other ex-Bethesda developers at Wyrdsong studio

One of Bethesda’s senior developers, Will Shen, who served as the lead quest designer on Starfield, has joined studio Something Wicked Games, which was co-founded by former Bethesda project lead Jeff Gardiner.

Gardiner co-founded Something Wicked Games last year with Obsidian veteran Charles Staples, who was the design lead for The Outer Worlds.

In the studio’s press release, Shen’s role at Something Wicked Games was revealed as a lead content designer for the studio’s debut RPG, Wyrdsong, alongside former Respawn, Obsidian, and BioWare developers.

“I’ll be working alongside an incredible group of roleplaying game developers,” Shen said in his announcement of his move on X (formerly Twitter), “and it’s amazing to think we have veterans from Bethesda, Obsidian, and BioWare all on one team”.