[Erin S]

Elder Scrolls VI? :laugh:

Probably the expansions.

[George PUluse]

Bethesda Softworks was looking to publish a game using Kinect, I believe.

Don't even count on the idea of ESV using Kinect.

Agreed.

I could see something like Fallout 3's VATS system using Kinect, but other than that, I don't think anyones figured out (without some sort of peripheral) how to get Kinect rolling without a controller. I actually had the opportunity to try out Kinect on the weekend, and its still very all of the place..similar to the Wii, I can't see such a core game working on something so buggy.

[Gemma Flanagan]

well apart from the facts that it's the follow up to the first book, will also bridge the gap between games and it's written by Greg Keyes
so not nothing, just not much

Actually, no.
Pretty sure that conclusion is just the result of these threads speculation. We don't know it'll have anything to do with TES:V. We just think so. Well, you all. I don't.

[Hella Beast]

Actually, no.
Pretty sure that conclusion is just the result of these threads speculation. We don't know it'll have anything to do with TES:V. We just think so. Well, you all. I don't.

nope, it was confirmed at the release of the first book that Greg Keyes was writing two books,
it was also confirmed (in advertisemants and on a sticker on the back of the infernal city that I am looking at right now) that infernal city was the first of two books that bridged the gap between the elder scrolls games
that's all we know, but we do know that much

[Smokey]

How could the books not bridge the gap? And don't think too hard about the answer.

[SHAWNNA-KAY]

So you're telling me that the back of the first TES novel actually says "this book and it's sequel will tell you what happens up until the events of TES:V"?
I don't think so, given the fact that TES:V hasn't been announced yet.

[Naazhe Perezz]

The book doesn't need to say that. I don't know what the cover of the book says. Any game in the sequence of the chapters will follow these books. These books fall between IV and V.

[noa zarfati]

Yes, that is your opinion though, and a good one at that. But it's not fact, so don't say it is.

[John Moore]

So you're telling me that the back of the first TES novel actually says "this book and it's sequel will tell you what happens up until the events of TES:V"?
I don't think so, given the fact that TES:V hasn't been announced yet.

The review copy of The Infernal City said that before the public copy was released.

[Jessie Butterfield]

Yes, that is your opinion though, and a good one at that. But it's not fact, so don't say it is.

You're right. For all we know, Bethesda might set V in the forty years before the novels. Or they might remake the novels as V, or maybe V and VI. No one can say.

[Frank Firefly]

Its damn sure that TES V will be impacted by what happens in the novels, however.

[Breanna Van Dijk]

The book doesn't need to say that. I don't know what the cover of the book says. Any game in the sequence of the chapters will follow these books. These books fall between IV and V.

Unless the books are just a giant spoiler and TESV's plot is identical to the plot of the books.

[Cassie Boyle]

Was reading through the interview in Electronic Gaming Monthly with Todd Howard and it was a really good read. The interviewer almost got Todd to slip up and spill the beans. He mentioned that Todd likes to play the old ES games before they start work on a new one. Then Todd mentioned playing Shivering Isles recently. The interviewer put 2 and 2 together. Of course Todd said it was "a coincidence." And then gave an evil grin and wouldn't speak any more about it. HA!

[Wayland Neace]

Was reading through the interview in Electronic Gaming Monthly with Todd Howard and it was a really good read. The interviewer almost got Todd to slip up and spill the beans. He mentioned that Todd likes to play the old ES games before they start work on a new one. Then Todd mentioned playing Shivering Isles recently. The interviewer put 2 and 2 together. Of course Todd said it was "a coincidence." And then gave an evil grin and wouldn't speak any more about it. HA!

Link? How recent was this interview?

[SiLa]

Is it true its going to be called empire? Also is it true it would be in summerset I would hate that. I also heard the Akavir would invade.

[Astargoth Rockin' Design]

Is it true its going to be called empire? Also is it true it would be in summerset I would hate that. I also heard the Akavir would invade.

Can you really imagine ESV being called, "Empire"?

Evidence most likely points towards Skyrim, as numerous trademarks have been filed since late 2006.

No one knows the plot line. We do not know if Akavir will invade.


Never trust people who tell you, "DUUDE ESV IS GUNNA BE EMPIRE SRSLY!!!1" or "LOL SUM GUY THAT HAS A RELATIVE FROM BETSEDA SAID ESV WUS GON BE CALLED SHADOW RELM!"

[Céline Rémy]

Is it true its going to be called empire? Also is it true it would be in summerset I would hate that. I also heard the Akavir would invade.

Yes! All of this is true! Haven't you read the announcement? Akavir invades Summerset Isle to form a new Empire... the whole thing takes place in the city of Alinor, they announced it way back in April... on the first I think.

What I would do, to get any meaningful information, besides being teased by us meanies, would be to take a good read through the first post and read the links with the interviews as this really is all there is at the moment-- hence the title of the thread. I wish it could be called "Official TESV Facts Thread" but in truth we can't say that it is a fact the game is even being made.

[Albert Wesker]

Link? How recent was this interview?

Don't have a link to the article. I was actually reading the print copy in Books-A-Million. It is this issue http://egmmediagroup.com/blog/page/277

[Jason Rice]

Don't have a link to the article. I was actually reading the print copy in Books-A-Million. It is this issue http://egmmediagroup.com/blog/page/277

Shame those of us without the magazine can't read it. Hope the interview pops up somewhere online sometime.

[john palmer]

So you're telling me that the back of the first TES novel actually says "this book and it's sequel will tell you what happens up until the events of TES:V"?
I don't think so, given the fact that TES:V hasn't been announced yet.

Bethesda said the books are canon, and the events in the book happen after Oblivion, so yeah, the events in the book and the second book lead up to their next game.

[Sheila Reyes]

Forget the books!

The next game shall be a TES Adventures game like Redguard, and will serve as a prequel to Arena. There will be no number, and it will be released next month. Todd Howard and Winston Churchill told me this themselves!

Fanatic and unfounded rantings aside, no, I firmly believe that the books bridge the gap between Elder Scrolls IV and V. First, it's reasonable to assume that a game bearing the roman numeral V is a sequel to the roman numeral IV, and therefore should take place after the prior installment. Then it is a fact that the books take place after Oblivion. Now, assume for a second, whether you want to or not, that the books take place after Elder Scrolls V. It seems so very illogical to create a setting with so much confusion and information gaps if they weren't going to explain it any time soon. What could happen is that the books take place alongside the game. But that too is a flawed idea, because you would think that a missing prince and a floating city of undeath are a pretty big deal, and is too important to exist as NPC conversations. I'd be very confused in Oblivion if I was walking down the streets of Chorrol and one citizen says to another "Did you hear about the giant floating city over Morrowind? It has an army of undead below it and is heading towards the Imperial City!" "Simply fascinating! I also saw a Mudcrab down by the creek the other day. Nasty buggers...". The books aren't something that can exist alongside another story involving a player. It makes almost as little sense as the books existing outside of any game to be seen in the next 10 years.

I don't think I made my point clear enough, because I'm quite tired and can't think straight. But as for the books serving as a bridge between IV and V, I'd be willing to bet money on it I believe it greatly enough.

[koumba]

Forget the books!

The next game shall be a TES Adventures game like Redguard, and will serve as a prequel to Arena. There will be no number, and it will be released next month. Todd Howard and Winston Churchill told me this themselves!

Fanatic and unfounded rantings aside, no, I firmly believe that the books bridge the gap between Elder Scrolls IV and V. First, it's reasonable to assume that a game bearing the roman numeral V is a sequel to the roman numeral IV, and therefore should take place after the prior installment. Then it is a fact that the books take place after Oblivion. Now, assume for a second, whether you want to or not, that the books take place after Elder Scrolls V. It seems so very illogical to create a setting with so much confusion and information gaps if they weren't going to explain it any time soon. What could happen is that the books take place alongside the game. But that too is a flawed idea, because you would think that a missing prince and a floating city of undeath are a pretty big deal, and is too important to exist as NPC conversations. I'd be very confused in Oblivion if I was walking down the streets of Chorrol and one citizen says to another "Did you hear about the giant floating city over Morrowind? It has an army of undead below it and is heading towards the Imperial City!" "Simply fascinating! I also saw a Mudcrab down by the creek the other day. Nasty buggers...". The books aren't something that can exist alongside another story involving a player. It makes almost as little sense as the books existing outside of any game to be seen in the next 10 years.

I don't think I made my point clear enough, because I'm quite tired and can't think straight. But as for the books serving as a bridge between IV and V, I'd be willing to bet money on it I believe it greatly enough.

I really don't think Betrayer really doubts that the books bridge the gap, but I think the semantics of "fact" vs "informed speculation" is where he takes issue. I think any reasonable person who has managed to create a profile and has the intellect required to type words in this thread is aware of and truly believes that the books bridge the gap between games. All we have right now to justify that is a retracted statement by the publisher that was leaked on Amazon before the books release. This hardly is a "fact" and I see where he takes issue... but I wonder, why come here and say "You must have facts to speak like you speak about it as though it is a fact"... when I think it is clear this thread only exists because there aren't any "facts" regarding TESV? It doesn't matter how someone comes across in here, in my opinion, even if they state something as the God's Honest Truth, I think we can reasonably assume that until an official announcement, the "facts" we have are illusionary at best or contributory whilst not actually definitive.

[NAtIVe GOddess]

So since there's going to be no showing off a new Elder Scrolls at PAX, what other conventions are upcoming?

[TWITTER.COM]

So since there's going to be no showing off a new Elder Scrolls at PAX, what other conventions are upcoming?

Aside from TGS, nothing big until GDC and E3. Those just so happen to be conventions that Bethesda likes showing their games off at so it wont be surprising if they show off TES V at GDC and then show it off even more at E3.

[Oscar Vazquez]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gaming_conventions
Skimming over the list, I don't see anything else for this year that Bethesda might be interested in. Might be worth a second look.