Realurls

Bethesda Softworks

Also known as bethesda. Wikidata Q684425.

Official domains: bethesda.net

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q684425/P856. Display name from wikidata:Q684425.

bethesda.net verified primary · confidence 0.67 · verified 2026-09-06

1 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A9 anchor App Store history: an established app by an Apple-verified company named like the entity, seller URL points here
app=DOOM track_id=336347946 seller=Bethesda Softworks LLC artist=Bethesda seller_url=https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en released=2009-10-31 age_days=6154 ratings=1802 apps_for_domain=3 apps=[{"app":"DOOM","seller":"Bethesda Softworks LLC","released":"2009-10-31","age_days":6154,"ratings":1802},{"app":"The Elder Scrolls: Castles","seller":"Bethesda Softworks LLC","released":"2024-09-09","age_days":726,"ratings":13197},{"app":"DOOM II","seller":"Bethesda Softworks LLC","released":"2019-07-30","age_days":2594,"ratings":395}]
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. created=1997-04-10 expires=2028-04-11 remaining_days=582 locks=["transfer","server delete","server transfer","server update"]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Amazon san_count=6
 TLS handshake bethesda.net:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q684425 label=Bethesda Softworks kind=organization site=https://bethesda.net/ sitelinks=44 competing_items=0
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=7847 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=2001-05-02 history_days=9258
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: fewer than 1095 days until expiry; not the long prepaid term typical of corporate registrations
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/bethesda.net | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q684425&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/bethesda.net

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=bethesda.net&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify bethesda.net

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