Don't get your hopes up. They're probably just going to announce that they're publishing another BS game that no one cares about.

Guess I'm not the only one who doesn't give a crap about Brink and Wet.

I'll get my broom ready

Guess I'm not the only one as well, then.

Remember they said don't expect to hear anything about the major project they are working on for a while, too.

Yup I know. But it's possible (though pretty unlikely) that they (Pete?) just said that so we would be all shocked when it's announced.

starting to get depressed

I'm placing my bets on them announcing the Zenimax Online project.

Yeah that's possible too. If they are making an mmo, I hope it's Fallout, not TES. A TES mmo would not only ruin the series, but it would fail because it would be way to similar to WoW and LOTR Online. But thats a different subject...

Explain to me why a TES MMO would ruin the SEPERATE single player series?
And I believe TES lore & world > WoW lore & background.....and think many would agree on that front.
The reason WoW hasn't been beat (yet) is companies clone it, hoping to get a little slice & don't take the risk to actually stand out & be DIFFERENT.
(The only companies that have tried to make a unique MMO just havent had the funding/resources to battle the goliath that is WoW)

I'm still waiting for a valid point as to why a TES MMO WOULDN'T work (all arguments up until now have boiled down to opinion and/or personal preference)

Check the MMO discussion for that, we aren't going to lock the only speculation thread, by answering that question

Touche' good sir, I do not wish to derail your thread.
Proceed

An mmo would overshadow the true Elder Scrolls games; the ones that are meant to be single-player and are believable because of it. Also, although TES lore is different and superior, it isn't enough to set it apart from WoW. There are already enough medieval style mmos. Of course this is only my opinion on the matter...

K sorry I will stop talking about mmos in

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geezz man you totaly made me forget the news I heard today about the TES V !! :lmao:

What news is that?

That another day has passed without it being announced.

Look what WoW did to the warcraft series and what and you'll realize what an mmo would do to the original TES series.

You can find all the arguments for and against a TES MMO in the corresponding thread. Of course ultimately it all boils down to personal opinion on whether it would work, but the main point is that The Elder Scrolls has always been a single player experience, with the world it is set in having a very realistic (as much as fantasy can be realistic, that is) feel. The NPCs have daily chores, going about their lives as though they were in a living breathing world. The world itself is a dangerous and treacherous one, filled with bandits, monsters and magic, most beyond the layman's understanding, and only occasionally is an adventurer bold enough to brave the wilderness of these lands. That adventurer is the main player.

Now imagine a TES world where like all MMOs there are more player characters than NPCs, all of them running about the towns and landscapes shouting "LOL", "You such a NOOB!", and "I am teh PWNZ!", and this wonderous world of immersion centered around believability has degenerated into a hub for immature players to mess around in, with the occasional mature player looking to dominate the world with a hardcoe guild, killing all the toughest enemies and PKing all the aforementioned immature players, and the odd spatter of TES fans that have been curious enough to venture into this land they love so much, and can be found drowning their sorrows at any obscure roadside inn.

As to the announcement we were all expecting from Bethesda, I'm also a little surprised that we haven't heard about it. But since we were specifically told that it would not be about the game Todd's team is working on, I'm sure we aren't missing out an announcement about TESV. We just have to wait patiently for any news on TESV, and remain vigilantly opposed to any ideas about a TES MMO.

This?

(BTW, Re-read the Daggerfall manual last night & cried a little inside. Wake me up when Julian Lefay is back)

Julian Lefay?

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/General:Julian_Lefay

Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax have a separate team to work on an MMO though.

BGS would still work on Single Player games

Wow so he's the granddaddy of TES, thx for the link

Yeah, go find a copy of the Daggerfall manual (google it)
and read what was essentially a mission statment of the company to put out a truly epic, fully fleshed RPG.
If Bethesda just followed the vision stated in that manual, everyone would esplode from the awesome.

AAND, here's the credits for http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-collectors-edition/credits
Any mention of the Father of the Elder Scrolls? (Go ahead....play 'where's waldo') ...Even a special thanks?
For shame Bethesda

Now people, PLEASE stop the MMO talk. Use the other thread (I REALLY don't want this one locked)
~Glass Prison

My opinion:

Bethesda wouldn't release a TES V in 2010. Not with Obsidian's New Vegas coming out at the same time. And given expos like E3, where New Vegas might make it's big media announcement, I even doubt we would see much at all save a CGI trailer and concept art. We might even not see that either.

That would be great.