A former lead artist at Bethesda says he quit during the development of Starfield because he felt the team had grown too large.
Nate Purkeypile worked at Bethesda for 14 years, during which time he was lead artist on Fallout 76 and worked on other titles including Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Before that, he worked at Retro Studios where he was a world artist on Metroid Prime 3.
However, Purkeypile left Bethesda in 2021 to form his own solo studio called Just Purkey Games, and has now shared a trailer from his latest game on Reddit, along with comments on why he left Bethesda in the first place (as spotted by PC Gamer).