Official TES V Speculation Thread # 47 : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:21 pm

I really think TESV is the only game fantasy nuts will crap themselves over.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:48 am

I really think TESV is the only game fantasy nuts will crap themselves over.

But they're going to speak about their cover game like that no matter what it is. No GI rep is going to say "our next cover will feature a game that fantasy fans will be moderately interested in!"

There are still other possibilities, such as Guild Wars 2.

» Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:05 am

CASTLE CRASHERS 2.

That would make me crap myself, anyhow.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:56 pm

wow i am surprised that no one freaked out from that.... it certainly got me for a few seconds

I was freaking out until I saw the three F's.

I saw someone quote it, and saw the name, and was like FFFFUUUUUU - and then I went and checked and saw no avy, no logo, and the third f.

LOL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID. :rofl:
I was like, no, no, NO NO NO FFFFFUUUUUUUU- oh. wait.

» Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:06 am

Guild Wars 2.

That was mentioned a few posts back, Guild Wars 2 won't be the cover. There was a post somewhere on the internet confirming it wouldn;t be.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:56 pm

What's your real username?

What's Trine 2? As for Diablo 3, I guess so, if it wasn't at E3. Odds are it's TES V, though.

Trine 2 is a fantasy pc rpg I believe not sure if it was at e3...

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:12 pm

But they're going to speak about their cover game like that no matter what it is. No GI rep is going to say "our next cover will feature a game that fantasy fans will be moderately interested in!"

There are still other possibilities, such as Guild Wars 2.

it is not GW2 we have been over this over and over.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:16 pm

What about trine 2 or diablo 3 any chance they make the cover?

I hadn't even heard of Trine. I doubt it's big enough to make fantasy fans crap themselves.
Diablo 3 is unlikely, as they're most probably saving their big D3 info for BlizzCon in October. It's not impossible, though.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:54 pm

Has anyone here heard of trine 2? This may be far fetched and I haven't seen a single mention of it but is there ANY possibility the cover could be world of warcraft 2...

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:29 pm

Has anyone here heard of trine 2? This may be far fetched and I haven't seen a single mention of it but is there ANY possibility the cover could be world of warcraft 2...

World of war craft cataclysm hasn't even been released...

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:04 pm

Has anyone here heard of trine 2? This may be far fetched and I haven't seen a single mention of it but is there ANY possibility the cover could be world of warcraft 2...

i hope it isnt WOW

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:41 pm

K, so the possibilities are

TESV.
The Witcher 2 (although I doubt it, it has been announced for a while)
Diablo 3.
Dragon age 2.

Fable 3, Trine 2, and gothic 4 were all at e3. I really think that TESV is the only "fantasy sequel that will make people crap their pants.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:28 pm

I am closing this for a while ............

Ok following a childish attempt at impersonating Gstaff I have had to do a lot of clearing and editing. Whilst going through I see once again this is like a chat box. It isn't, it is a discussion topic so either you make useful and non-repetitive posts that discuss some thing of value, or don't post. I understand that some of you may be excited at the unlikely prospect of some news, but I am sure you want to be around to continue the discussion, not languishing on the sidelines with a posting suspension for spamming.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:25 pm

If I remember correctly wayyy back an interview with Todd Howard, he said half the team is working on Fallout 3 and the other half is working on future Elder Scrolls games. That was like 4 years ago.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:58 am

Right...so continuing on with speculation. Sadly, my post was deleted by Rohugh, though I found it to be rather important and interesting.

Gstaff came here quite quickly and cleared things up when the famitsu article had arisen and people started asking questions regarding a TES V announcement at E3. He also cleared up our conspiracy theory about TESting your knowledge being some sort of promotional piece for TES V

He hasn't come by to clear this one up yet but its causing quite the stir.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:29 pm

I don't think it's an unlikely prospect of news... I think it is very likely..

» Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:44 am

K, so the possibilities are

TESV.
The Witcher 2 (although I doubt it, it has been announced for a while)
Diablo 3.
Dragon age 2.

Fable 3, Trine 2, and gothic 4 were all at e3. I really think that TESV is the only "fantasy sequel that will make people crap their pants.

Witcher 2 was at E3. That's not the cover.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:48 pm

I don't think I've ever seen a thread on here with 50+ viewers.

» Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:20 am

K, so the possibilities are

TESV.
The Witcher 2 (although I doubt it, it has been announced for a while)
Diablo 3.
Dragon age 2.

Fable 3, Trine 2, and gothic 4 were all at e3. I really think that TESV is the only "fantasy sequel that will make people crap their pants.

DA:O was released last year, I would not expect any news about DA2 until next year.

So, 50% chance it's TESV, or am I being too hopeful?

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:48 pm

Right...so continuing on with speculation. Sadly, my post was deleted by Rohugh, though I found it to be rather important and interesting.

Gstaff came here quite quickly and cleared things up when the famitsu article had arisen and people started asking questions regarding a TES V announcement at E3. He also cleared up our conspiracy theory about TESting your knowledge being some sort of promotional piece for TES V

He hasn't come by to clear this one up yet but its causing quite the stir.

I agree that it does add to the GI cover theory, but maybe, and I mean maaaaaaaybeeeeeeee, do you think he got tired of us going "He's fooling us." when he tried to correct us?

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:11 pm

I agree. Personally I think todays dlc announcement makes a TES V cover seem much more likely.

Lelianna's Song was announced back when E3 was running. It was released today I think.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:36 am

Diablo 3.

Not sure if this has been ruled out. Blizzard has been know for fantastic artwork and it would be just in time for Blizzcon.

I wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out to be D3.

» Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:46 am

K, so the possibilities are

TESV.
The Witcher 2 (although I doubt it, it has been announced for a while)
Diablo 3.
Dragon age 2.

Fable 3, Trine 2, and gothic 4 were all at e3. I really think that TESV is the only "fantasy sequel that will make people crap their pants.

I may be reading too much into it, but when they make a statement like "fantasy fans will crap their pants", that implies to me that the cover and article need to be something more than just some new news on a game we already know about. If they're expecting a big reaction, that suggests a game announcement to me.

If that's the case, it limits the possibilities rather significantly:

TESV
Dragon Age 2
the next DnD PC game

Dragon Age 1 is still being pretty strongly supported, so they probably aren't going to unveil the sequel just yet, and last I heard, Atari and WotC are in a legal tiff over the DnD video game license, so I'd say TESV might just be the frontrunner possibility.

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:24 pm

I highly doubt the GI will be Gothic 4. Gothic 4 is set to release in October 2010, so why would GI put a cover story on a game that is real soon to be released?...

» Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:16 pm

I would say you get more attention if you are the only player on the field at the time. TESV announcement will probably make the cover of every gaming mag regardless but if you want significant pages inside you need to hit during a slow news day/month.

Beth seems to prefer the 'big splash-big buzz' approach with notable visible progress. I don't have a problem with that as long as they don't show one thing then deliver something else. The tech should be proven and the artwork representative otherwise I don't see the point in the long silence.

Yes, and do you think id would be happy if both Doom 4 and TES V were unveiled at QuakeCon, id's convention, and the magazines were all gushing about TES V?

As I said it's not wise to compete against yourself, it makes more sense to stagger big announcements like this so both games get their moment in the sun.

I know you may be joking, but posts like these really tick me off, especially if a person is still arguing against another TES game being in the works. The latest trademark applications on SKYRIM undeniably prove otherwise. There is a game in the works that is TES related, whether it is TES V or TES MMO.

In regards to Zenimax online, are they now covering other online games under their department? Like Quake?

Interesting job post: http://zenimaxonline.com/jobs_csr_quake.html

http://www.quakelive.com/#home

Other titles to now consider for Zenimax's Online Studios MMO could now include any id Software title, like QUAKE. I realize that Zenimax Online was started in 2007, and id Software wasn't accquired until 2009, but you never know.

Reason I mentioned this quake stuff is that if this is true, this could lessen the chance the MMO they are working on is TES related :sleep2:

I think it's pretty likely that ZOS is working on an Elder Scrolls MMO. The MMO market has a ton of competition and it's extremely difficult to break in to - having a well known setting would help quite a bit.

The Quake stuff is interesting. I don't imagine ZOS is working on a multiplayer Quake game but it could be that they were well set up to watch over Quake Live :shrug:

Until this Game Informer thing is either confirmed or denied, I kind of wish the mods would add the relevant info about when it's revealed/shipped to the OP

If we put the Game Informer information in the first post people will probably assume they need to pay attention to it - and at the moment we have no reason to do that (and knowing nothing plenty of reasons not to legitimize this). In all honesty I think Dragon Age 2 is more likely then TES V.

Hey everyone, Amanda here. I'm a big twitter user (http://twitter.com/caffeinated_mom!) and also a big elderscrolls fan and i heard about the game informer rumours so i decided to snoop around twitter and see what i could dig up.http://twitter.com/elderscrolls5 with a pretty legitimate URL. The image appears to be a roman numeral of the number five and the background is covered in what looks like frost or snow. Did i find it?! Did i find the elderscrolls V??!?!! :shocking:

It looks like everyone has passed this but I thought I'd point out that the V in there is the same one used in some TES IV artwork, it's just had the I deleted and been recolored. I imagine Bethesda would put the effort in to making a knew icon

:key dates that some folk thought were christmas 2009 and E3, could it be 3rd time lucky?? :bowdown:

Anyone who has suspected E3 hasn't been paying attention to Bethesda's E3 visits for the past ~ten years.

If I remember correctly wayyy back an interview with Todd Howard, he said half the team is working on Fallout 3 and the other half is working on future Elder Scrolls games. That was like 4 years ago.

The Devs may have said that they aren't done with the Elder Scrolls but they've never said that they're working on a new one. One can make a good argument for their next game being an Elder Scrolls title, and a good argument for their next game specifically being TES V (opposed to a spin-off), but these are still educated guesses and speculation, there isn't a shred of solid evidence.