Bethesda’s Todd Howard did not rule out the possibility of an Elder Scrolls 5 during his talk at QuakeCon. This runs contrary to our original story -- which is totally and utterly wrong -- based on notes and written with the anxious haste of a blogger. Blame me for not following up. Blame me for not taking the care to realize I attributed not only false words, but also false words to the wrong man.
“Don’t look for a new Elder Scrolls game in the near future,” Howard actually said in response to the fan question before stating the franchise would continue. In a recent posting on the Bethesda blog, PR man Pete Hines clarifies that Howard seemed dodgy because he didn’t want to talk specifics.
As for the MMO question Howard fielded with “I guess there’s a chance,” it was a statement made in jest. As Hines clarifies, Howard doesn’t even work for the team that is handling the MMO. It also hasn’t been announced, as we stated previously but reiterate here for clarification purposes.
So, an Elder Scrolls 5 may happen and a ZeniMax Online Studios-created MMO is on the way.
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4:11 PM on 08.17.2009
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Everything in its place.
Here's hoping they switch from the Gamebryo engine to id tech5. Those megatextures would go a long way in improving variety in the world, so that we don't see the same old caves and ruins (or subways in Fallout) repeated over and over...
@HiddenAHB
It already came out: it's called "Morrowind".
Please please please Bethesda I would absolutely love an ES5 game to be set in the continent of Akavir. All new landscapes all new races: Kamal, Tsaesci, Ka Po' Tun and Tang Mo (Snow Demon people, Snakemen, Tigerman more feral than the Khajit and the Apemen).
I mean Bethesda even set it up for this since in ES lore after Dagoth Ur was destroyed, the Council Gods stripped of their status and Hircine banished, the Nerevarine (protagonist from ES3) traveled to lands of Akavir and has yet to return from his unspoken quest.
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This is what I like to hear.
The better be working on it!