Ted Peterson

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 (PSP; 2005) and WALL-E (2008). 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

+ List of video games worked on by Ted Peterson Year Title Role(s) Notes 1992 The Terminator 2029 Writer 1993 The Terminator: Rampage Writer 1994 The Elder Scrolls: Arena Designer and writer 1996 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Lead designer 1997 Zork: Grand Inquisitor Designer 1999 Heavy Gear II Writer 2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Additional Writing & Quest Design 2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II (PSP) 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Additional Writing TBD The Wayward Realms

Television Bones season 12, story writer and editor