[Sweet Blighty]

There is NO OFFICIAL information about a new TES game release.

This thread is for member speculation of when and if TES V will be released. This is where you post any new information about when it might be released, tidbits from interviews which mention it and such.

It is also where you post your theories of when you think it might come out based on guesses, number crunching, rumors or such.

This is about speculating on the next TES game and when -- or if -- it is going to be released. It is not a place for discussion of what is going to be in it, what type of graphics there will be, or any other subject of that type; they belong in the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1112872-tes-v-ideas-and-suggestions-177/. If those kind of posts get raised they will be deleted and the poster warned for going off topic.


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More recent interviews of note:
April 27th, 2009: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/974/974529p1.html
June 25th, 2009: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24211 (particularly this quoted part)August 14th, 2009: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/08/14/quakecon-2009-todd-howard-keynote-highlights/
August 17th, 2009: Pete clarify many things of what happen in QuakeCon in this blog: http://bethblog.com/index.php/2009/08/17/clarifying-about-next-elder-scrolls-game-mmo-etc/
January 6th, 2010: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kotaku/2010/01/06/chatting-with-fallout-and-oblivions-todd-howard, at the 9:30-10:30 mark Todd Howard said: "[...] we spend a lot of time adding to the engine, [...] and we've sort of been doing that with the big new game [we've been] making since we finished Fallout 3. You know we finished Fallout 3 over a year ago so that whole time has been spent re-doing a large part of our basic technology[...]".
May 4th 2010: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/interview-bethesdas-pete-hines/ about future games
July 29th 2010: http://www.industrygamers.com/news/bethesdas-todd-howard-on-rpg-development-3d-not-supporting-nintendo-and-more/
August 2010: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-16-bethesdas-todd-howard-interview?page=1 and an http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1112464p1.html

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[Danielle Brown]

So... did anyone see that Eurogamer article? Game's totally confirmed now.

[Minako]

So... did anyone see that Eurogamer article? Game's totally confirmed now.

Been speculating on that rumor for like two weeks now.

[Cartoon]

Been speculating on that rumor for like two weeks now.

Huh. You guys are fast!

[Sheeva]

Been speculating on that rumor for like two weeks now.

Obviously sarcasm doesn't travel well on the internet.

[loste juliana]

Obviously sarcasm doesn't travel well on the internet.

Oh...Yeah.

(Plus I'm not very good at detecting sarcasm in real life, anyway)

[DAVId Bryant]

Anyhoo, did anyone come up with a reason for Feb GI not being ES:V apart from the Duke Nukem Forever theory? I would be interested to see someone debunk that.

Not that I don't want it to happen, just that I'm wary about getting my hopes up. Again.

[Emmie Cate]

Anyhoo, did anyone come up with a reason for Feb GI not being ES:V apart from the Duke Nukem Forever theory? I would be interested to see someone debunk that.

Well there's been http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/10713596157763584 when he was replying to http://twitter.com/TheNannersaur/status/10571277450354689.

That's about it though I think.

[Mariana]

Anyhoo, did anyone come up with a reason for Feb GI not being ES:V apart from the Duke Nukem Forever theory? I would be interested to see someone debunk that.

Not that I don't want it to happen, just that I'm wary about getting my hopes up. Again.

Based on the discussion late in the previous thread, it seems like we can't rule out DNF, nor does it seem incredibly unlikely. But you might think that Pete's tweet that Bethesda have fixed an announcement date is some sort of confirmation that the announcement will be soon (shortly after the new year?) You might think this suggests that the Feb GI cover is TES V - a website announcement followed shortly after by a GI cover...

[Melanie]

Could be Half Life. Though have they said there would be an episode three? Personally Half Life 3 would be more exciting. As far as begging goes that's all the theory I have.

So there is a definite chance of it being TES V

[Kate Norris]

But what if TES is announced at the VGAs? If it is i wouldnt think that they would have a real reveal showing game content there.

[Brιonα Renae]

Well there's been http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/10713596157763584 when he was replying to http://twitter.com/TheNannersaur/status/10571277450354689.

That's about it though I think.

Ah yes. I even commented on that in the last thread. Stupid stupid stupid :facepalm:

[e.Double]

I suspect it's not Duke. There have already been magazine covers with Duke on it, specifically both Pc Gamer and Maximum Pc. Not Gameinformers style to say "hey, here's something other's have already done"

Also, that's "soon enough"
They'll announce it, it'll be TES V, it'll be set in Skyrim, it'll come out between September 2011 and early 2012.

[Travis]

Man, if I were Bethesda making TES V, I'd release a small "Making of the Next Game" clip. Like a teaser.
'This is x, he's responsible for the texturing.' Then show a bit of what he does. Not too much, just to give the fans a small glimpse and launch them into a frenzy. 'This is y, she does animations for characters.' Then watch the fans squeal in glee as a skeleton animation of a guy swinging a sword plays.
Would only have to be two minutes, and you know everyone would be all over it.

[Robert Jr]

Hey you all, long time lurker, first time poster. I've been following these speculation threads for a long while now and find them quite entertaining while at work. Every time a rumour pops its head up, i get all excited. And i'm pretty damn excited for next week.

[Mariaa EM.]

@Cueball B Finally signed up eh? http://images.uesp.net//c/c4/Fishystick.jpg

I'm personally hoping for a VGA announcement. Even though it's highly unlikely, it will be the only reason I watch.

[Romy Welsch]

Could be Half Life. Though have they said there would be an episode three?

No, they're just going to end it on that huge cliffhanger and disappoint millions of fans.

Anyway, I'm actually pinning all my hopes on this:

http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/10011902629388288

'Soon'?

Well, we're discussing Valve Time, but soon is pretty promising...

[Scared humanity]

Man, if I were Bethesda making TES V, I'd release a small "Making of the Next Game" clip. Like a teaser.
'This is x, he's responsible for the texturing.' Then show a bit of what he does. Not too much, just to give the fans a small glimpse and launch them into a frenzy. 'This is y, she does animations for characters.' Then watch the fans squeal in glee as a skeleton animation of a guy swinging a sword plays.
Would only have to be two minutes, and you know everyone would be all over it.

You want the trailer first though, people won't feel a shock and awww from watching a guy draw but will feel a shock and aww from a fire breathing dragon. Their is a reason why those are almost always released after an announcement trailer and not before.

[electro_fantics]

No, they're just going to end it on that huge cliffhanger and disappoint millions of fans.

Anyway, I'm actually pinning all my hopes on this:

http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/10011902629388288

'Soon'?

Well, we're discussing Valve Time, but soon is pretty promising...

That's pretty solid, imo. It would seem as though they know when and where they will announce the game. That means it can't be to far ahead and the venue of announcement should already be booked, if he says he can tell us "where".

[Astargoth Rockin' Design]

If they have finalised graphics they will announce it soon, otherwise other games will be made with better graphics which will make TES V look older. So unless they want to redo the graphics they'll announce it soon (all this assuming they have gotten to that stage).

What I was trying to say, is no matter when the game is announced the graphics won't change. If you announce a game with super awesome crazy graphics but release it 10 years later, they will look very outdated when the game will come out, people know how to put this into perspective. If a game is announced with graphics slightly better than what there is, but the release date is quite far, people know the graphics will be outdated, as they know they'd be quite good if it was released the week after. If a date is given with the announcement, it changes nothing as far as hype goes. And even if no date is given, you don't know when the game is going to be released so the graphics still can manage to look outdated.

I really don't see how they'd release the game later to get better graphics (hell, they'd probably have to update the engine, and for consoles, the difference would be minimal unless the whole game is remade) if they announce it too late. No developer update graphics to suit such needs, hell they'd do this only if they'd start the game over like with Splinter Cell Conviction.


Otherwise, on top like this I can't think of a game beside TES V people have been begging for. And if I can find one, TES V is still the most begged for game out there, each Bethesda related post results in people demanding TES V. And in this industry, people are not used to wait more than 5 years for a sequel, Bethesda don't seem to work so much accordingly to today's practices where there's a Call of Duty game each year for example. Even the Halo series had one instalment every 3 years, now it's been more than 5 years without any kind of announcement.

[April D. F]

You want the trailer first though, people won't feel a shock and awww from watching a guy draw but will feel a shock and aww from a fire breathing dragon. Their is a reason why those are almost always released after an announcement trailer and not before.

Not trying to be the grammar nazi, but you know it's "shock and awe" right, not aww?

But I agree with you, concept art isn't too exciting compared to a trailer or at the very least, real screenshots.

[Anna S]

Not trying to be the grammar nazi, but you know it's "shock and awe" right, not aww?

But I agree with you, concept art isn't too exciting compared to a trailer or at the very least, real screenshots.

I'm fairly confident we will see a trailer when we have an announcement (or within the first few days), with some screen shots coming soon after. Concept art is nice and all, but I want some more 'set in stone' information.

This is coming from nowhere in particular by the way. Just what I think will happen.

[Sherry Speakman]

Once the game is announced though, it's like a boulder being set rolling.... everything should be thought out before it's announced (release date, marketing, game events etc etc). So it's not really possible to just say "it's being worked on" when you think about it.
I heard Fallout: New Vegas was brilliantly marketed, so Bethesda know what they're doing. I agree it's been an incredibly frustrating experience for the fans though, but the wait should be over soon enough.

[Wane Peters]

What I was trying to say, is no matter when the game is announced the graphics won't change. If you announce a game with super awesome crazy graphics but release it 10 years later, they will look very outdated when the game will come out, people know how to put this into perspective. If a game is announced with graphics slightly better than what there is, but the release date is quite far, people know the graphics will be outdated, as they know they'd be quite good if it was released the week after. If a date is given with the announcement, it changes nothing as far as hype goes. And even if no date is given, you don't know when the game is going to be released so the graphics still can manage to look outdated.

I really don't see how they'd release the game later to get better graphics (hell, they'd probably have to update the engine, and for consoles, the difference would be minimal unless the whole game is remade) if they announce it too late. No developer update graphics to suit such needs, hell they'd do this only if they'd start the game over like with Splinter Cell Conviction.


Otherwise, on top like this I can't think of a game beside TES V people have been begging for. And if I can find one, TES V is still the most begged for game out there, each Bethesda related post results in people demanding TES V. And in this industry, people are not used to wait more than 5 years for a sequel, Bethesda don't seem to work so much accordingly to today's practices where there's a Call of Duty game each year for example. Even the Halo series had one installment every 3 years, now it's been more than 5 years without any kind of announcement.

You're completely right.

The point I (think) I was making was kind of a moot point. That if they are nearly in post production they will announce it soon. If they still have placeholder graphics they may announce it later. But if they are nearing post production they won't announce it later.

Better graphics sell more to the mainstream. Bethesda won't let their graphics age.

[Sunny Under]

What I was trying to say, is no matter when the game is announced the graphics won't change.

Just to be devil's advocate, that's not exactly true. Look at Duke Nukem Forever. Compare the 1997 screenshots to the ones released now.