{"product_id":"9781250122568","title":"The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bethesda Softworks, Madden Nfl, John Madden, Madden Nfl 09, Madden Nfl 10, Madden Nfl 07, Madden Nation, Madden Nfl 08, Madden Nfl 06, Madden Nfl 2005, Madden Nfl 2004, Madden Nfl 2003, Madden Nfl 2002, Madden Nfl '96, Madden Nfl 99, Nfl Head Coach, Madden Nfl '94, Nfl Head Coach 09, John Madden Football '93, Madden Nfl 97, John Madden Football '92, Madden Nfl 2001, Madden Football 64, Madden Nfl 98, Madden Nfl '95, John Madden Football, John Madden Football, Madden Nfl 2000, Madden Season 2, Joe Ybarra, John Madden Football Ii. Excerpt: Bethesda Softworks, LLC , a ZeniMax Media Company, is an American developer and publisher of video games . The company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland . With a broad panoply of games in role-playing , racing, simulation, and sports, Bethesda Softworks' major franchises are distributed worldwide. History Bethesda Softworks has been a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment content for over two decades. Founded in 1986 by Christopher Weaver in Bethesda, Maryland and moved to Rockville, Maryland in 1990, Bethesda has a long history of PC and console games. In 1998, Weaver decided to expand the company beyond PC games and into multimedia and invited Robert A. Altman to help manage the new company. Weaver and Altman co-founded ZeniMax Media Inc. in 1999. Bethesda is credited with the creation of the first physics-based sports simulation ( Gridiron! ) in 1986 for the Atari ST , Commodore Amiga and Commodore 64\/128, which led to Bethesda's creation of the first Madden NFL game for Electronic Arts. Bethesda's early games scored respectably in the gaming press, earning accolades as \"the most accurate and enjoyable simulation of a sport I have ever had the pleas...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047402619120,"sku":"9781250122568","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250122568_p0.jpg?v=1763702793","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250122568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}