[Ross Zombie]

Live Saturday December 11, 8PM ET/5PM PT

[Allison C]

Live Saturday December 11, 8PM ET/5PM PT

OK perfect. 2 am over here but I shall be up watching MMA fights all night anyway.

I think I'll literally bust a nut on the carpet if its announced.

[Hayley Bristow]

There's going to be a lot of disappointed sleep-deprived people tomorrow morning. As much as I want it to be I just don't see them announcing it tonight. Sorry.

[Elizabeth Falvey]

We might as well take that rumor with a a grain of salt like the Eurogamer Denmark rumor if that's true...nobody really knows for sure were that rumor started and VG247 was claiming the court documents plus a source saying it missed it's 2009 reveal.

My point is not about whether or not ESV will be an MMO. I stated it will not. My point is that, Phil Kollar has an interest with the Elder Scrolls combined with what Nannersaur has posted about him.

[danni Marchant]

There's going to be a lot of disappointed sleep-deprived people tomorrow morning. As much as I want it to be I just don't see them announcing it tonight. Sorry.

Then when? This is ridiculous. Bethesda either needs to drop the Fallout series until they get even more developers or hire a crapload of more developers, again. I love that their games take time and are large, and I don't want to lose that. I also genuinely enjoyed Fallout 3 and it will always be one of my favorite games, but this isn't working for me. It's been nearly 5 years, and they can't even confirm that they are making a damn game? At this rate, we won't see more than one Elder Scrolls game per decade, and as much as I like Fallout 3, I can't wait this long simply for confirmation of a new game, and, luckily for me, I haven't had to wait all this time as I haven't been playing Oblivion since release, but as much as I would like to sit around patiently, this wait has gone on long enough and if this is a mirror of the future, I don't like the future.

What could they possibly be waiting for now, and why?

[Tom Flanagan]

IMO the only reason Bethesda would skip the hype train of the VGAs is if they already have some exclusive deal with GI. If we don't see it tonight at the VGAs, than I'll take that as yet another piece of evidence to support the Feb GI cover theory, which already has a ton of evidence to support it. I'm a little surprised that there aren't more rabidly happy fans viewing this forum at the moment. In the month leading up to the Aug issue, the one that turned out to be DA2, this place was off the chain crazy with like 70 to 80 people viewing this topic at once. And back then we only had one tweet to go on as evidence, and a stronger competitor to TES V in DA2. There's like 100 times more evidence now, all of which supports the Feb cover. We've got the interview with Todd Howard claiming the game is ready to show, the Eurogamer rumors, countless tweets from McNamara, Reiner, Kollar, and HInes, plus the conveniently placed Elder Scrolls spread in the Jan GI. And I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting. My point is we have a boatload of evidence to support the fact that the Feb issue is gonna be TES V. Get excited people...

[Setal Vara]

Then when? This is ridiculous. Bethesda either needs to drop the Fallout series until they get even more developers or hire a crapload of more developers, again. I love that their games take time and are large, and I don't want to lose that. I also genuinely enjoyed Fallout 3 and it will always be one of my favorite games, but this isn't working for me. It's been nearly 5 years, and they can't even confirm that they are making a damn game? At this rate, we won't see more than one Elder Scrolls game per decade, and as much as I like Fallout 3, I can't wait this long simply for confirmation of a new game, and, luckily for me, I haven't had to wait all this time as I haven't been playing Oblivion since release, but as much as I would like to sit around patiently, this wait has gone on long enough and if this is a mirror of the future, I don't like the future.

What could they possibly be waiting for now, and why?

Whoa, hold on a second.

All of BGS's history leads us to believe that they don't spend extended periods of time on quiet development between each game. They usually take just about as long as any other developer - 2 years - before they show off what they're working on. Ignoring ALL the other evidence we have suggesting an announcement is coming soon, it's been about that long, so if there were zero evidence I'd still be predicting an announcement in the next 3-6 months.

Regardless, BGS owes you nothing, mate. Impatience is one thing, but anger is quite another, and there's no place for it. You want a reason to be frustrated? Go be a Half-Life fan, go wonder why it's been over three years since the last installment with not even a peep possibly even mentioning a sequel could be in production. Go be a Duke Nukem fan, look at the terrible roller coaster of a development cycle that game has had. But if you're with us, if you're going to be an Elder Scrolls fan, you cannot let your obvious love for the universe cloud your reasonable judgement. In a year from now, if we still have no solid Elder Scrolls news, then you have a right to be frustrated - until then, you need to realize that BGS is the developer of one of your favorite series, and if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, it's them.

[Prisca Lacour]

Whoa, hold on a second.

All of BGS's history leads us to believe that they don't spend extended periods of time on quiet development between each game. They usually take just about as long as any other developer - 2 years - before they show off what they're working on. Ignoring ALL the other evidence we have suggesting an announcement is coming soon, it's been about that long, so if there were zero evidence I'd still be predicting an announcement in the next 3-6 months.

Regardless, BGS owes you nothing, mate. Impatience is one thing, but anger is quite another, and there's no place for it. You want a reason to be frustrated? Go be a Half-Life fan, go wonder why it's been four years since the last installment with not even a hint or a peep that a sequel might be in production. Go be a Duke Nukem fan, look at the terrible roller coaster of a development cycle that game has had. But if you're with us, if you're going to be an Elder Scrolls fan, you cannot let your obvious love for the universe cloud your reasonable judgement. In a year from now, if we still have no solid Elder Scrolls news, then you have a right to be frustrated - until then, you need to realize that BGS is the developer of one of your favorite series, and if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, it's them.

I am very much aware of Bethesda's game development cycle. They announced Morrowind about two years into its development and Oblivion about 2-2 1/2 years of its development. They've had time to exclusively work on TES V, with a development team about twice the size of Morrowind's and Oblivion's, for over two years, now. It should be being announced right about now.

[Rachell Katherine]

I am very much aware of Bethesda's game development cycle. They announced Morrowind about two years into its development and Oblivion about 2-2 1/2 years of its development. They've had time to exclusively work on TES V, with a development team about twice the size of Morrowind's and Oblivion's, for over two years, now. It should be being announced right about now.

And all evidence we have says it will be, so I'm still not really sure why the frustration was present. Give events some time to unfold - even if they don't get the Feb cover (which I doubt), another month or two is a small span of time to wait in the grand scheme of things.

Also, it's worth mentioning: a larger team does not mean a faster development cycle. TES:V is likely grander than Oblivion in every way, so there's no way to know how much time it will take for them to finish up and polish all the content they have planned.

[Sebrina Johnstone]

I am very much aware of Bethesda's game development cycle. They announced Morrowind about two years into its development and Oblivion about 2-2 1/2 years of its development. They've had time to exclusively work on TES V, with a development team about twice the size of Morrowind's and Oblivion's, for over two years, now. It should be being announced right about now.

Indeed it should. This could be the reason that we think that it will be announced very soon then seti. Almost everyone here is sure that the next GI cover will be The Elder Scrolls V and some even think it will be announced this very night. I can't say im happy about the time it takes for them to make games but for the most part it is acceptable since Bethesda makes their games better than everyone else's.

[Big mike]

And all evidence we have says it will be, so I'm still not really sure why the frustration was present. Give events some time to unfold - even if they don't get the Feb cover (which I doubt), another month or two is a small span of time to wait in the grand scheme of things.

Also, it's worth mentioning: a larger team does not mean a faster development cycle. TES:V is likely grander than Oblivion in every way, so there's no way to know how much time it will take for them to finish up and polish all the content they have planned.

Indeed it should. This could be the reason that we think that it will be announced very soon then seti. Almost everyone here is sure that the next GI cover will be The Elder Scrolls V and some even think it will be announced this very night. I can't say im happy about the time it takes for them to make games but for the most part it is acceptable since Bethesda makes their games better than everyone else's.

I plead withdrawal.

My frustration comes from pure boredom. All my favorite game series seem to have just vanished. I'm still waiting for a new single-player Final Fantasy that isn't described overwhelmingly linear, a Kingdom Hearts III, a KotOR III, a Dragon Quest for a Playstation home console again, another dungeon-diving, fantasy RPG, or just some new game that I actually care for to come out.

[Emma Copeland]

I plead withdrawal.

My frustration comes from pure boredom. All my favorite game series seem to have just vanished. I'm still waiting for a new single-player Final Fantasy that isn't described overwhelmingly linear, a Kingdom Hearts III, a KotOR III, a Dragon Quest for a Playstation home console again, another dungeon-diving, fantasy RPG, or just some new game that I actually care for to come out.

For me that is what is going to make TES V so damn great. I can not think of another game right now besides MAYBE Dragon age (2) that will do for me what the Elder Scrolls can do.

Edit: sounds a bit wrong up there :frog:

[Czar Kahchi]

http://twitter.com/MrDirtySays/status/13635399410786304

http://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/13636835444006912

Sorry if this is old news. How many of these trailers can we account for as a given though?

Obviously UC3 is one, so that leaves 12. And BioWare's new game (almost certainly ME3). Anyone else? I haven't been keeping up with the VGAs except for whispers of TES

[Katie Louise Ingram]

http://twitter.com/MrDirtySays/status/13635399410786304

http://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/13636835444006912

Sorry if this is old news. How many of these trailers can we account for as a given though?

Obviously UC3 is one, so that leaves 12. And BioWare's new game (almost certainly ME3). Anyone else? I haven't been keeping up with the VGAs except for whispers of TES

I suppose Half Life is a possibility, and the next Call of Duty game. The mods don't want us to needlessly talk about other game series though and I don't see how discussing trailers at the VGAs can help us speculate. Besides, no one will think of all 13, the point of the trailer is that the games are unannounced right now.

[Steve Fallon]

I believe it would be more prudent to wait until the VGAs until we continue our speculation. We aren't going to get anymore out of Mr. Keighley.

[Eibe Novy]

Also note that Phil Kollar has 1220 out of 1250 gamerscore for Oblivion (That's 98%). 98% is dedication, let me tell you that.

That is the most % complete for any of the major franchise titles he owns. Well, except for sports games, but GI doesn't do Madden covers.

[Anthony Santillan]

Also note that Phil Kollar has 1220 out of 1250 gamerscore for Oblivion (That's 98%). 98% is dedication, let me tell you that.

That is the most % complete for any of the major franchise titles he owns. Well, except for sports games, but GI doesn't do Madden covers.

Really? There is nothing that hard about getting all of the achivments for Oblivion. I have 100% personally. There are no difficult challenges to preform. Only completion. That does say something though as he had to play the Shivering Isles TWICE to get 100% which im assuming he did not.

[His Bella]

I believe it would be more prudent to wait until the VGAs until we continue our speculation. We aren't going to get anymore out of Mr. Keighley.

I agree completely, but no one's going to listen to us. I think I'll be content to just lurk for the next couple days.

[Veronica Flores]

Really? There is nothing that hard about getting all of the achivments for Oblivion. I have 100% personally. There are no difficult challenges to preform. Only completion. That does say something though as he had to play the Shivering Isles TWICE to get 100% which im assuming he did not.

Ugh, not my point. People on the forums are hardcoe TES gamers. He has a high profile, important job examining games where it is difficult for him to play games to a high degree of completion. Most game reviewers/writers only play games to 20-25% completion (for free world games). You are a hardcoe TES fan, so of course you are expected to hit 100%.

[Noely Ulloa]

Ugh, not my point. People on the forums are hardcoe TES gamers. He has a high profile, important job examining games where it is difficult for him to play games to a high degree of completion. Most game reviewers/writers only play games to 20-25% completion (for free world games). You are a hardcoe TES fan, so of course you are expected to hit 100%.

Ahh, I understand now. Im not quite sure how I did not before. Indeed he must be a fan, most people are not I suppose, how odd. That is certainly good news though. His most anticipated games are the next two covers and his most played out game is Oblivion. I can not think of better news

[Claire Jackson]

In case there is anyone who wants to watch the VGA's and doesn't get Spike, I think this link might work: http://www.boxlive.tv/channels/spiketv

I wouldn't get get my hopes up, though.

[Brooks Hardison]

I asked Philip if he can give us some hints on the next cover. He can't, but he said he will maybe be able to soon
http://twitter.com/pkollar

[Natalie J Webster]

I asked Philip if he can give us some hints on the next cover. He can't, but he said he will maybe be able to soon
http://twitter.com/pkollar

Thats great! Try asking him "how soon?" As in days or weeks or months.

[lucile davignon]

Thats great! Try asking him "how soon?" As in days or weeks or months.

I already asked something similar to this:
"@pkollar So is it safe to say that we could get more hints in a near future, or would have to wait until January?"

However I don't think this is a good question
Can someone else ask him "how soon?" I don't wanna spam his twitter.

[Vicki Blondie]

Thats great! Try asking him "how soon?" As in days or weeks or months.

Well it won't be months. We'll now what the Feb cover is in early Jan.

@ Silvade: I just asked PK "How soon is soon?"