I agree. If it's too big, it can be put in a spoiler or code box.

Anyone think one of the next few months game informers (leading up to E3) could have a TES related cover. Whether it be the MMO announced or TES V I hope one or the other is announced in the coming months. With Bethesda known for announcing games through GI and the Skyrim trademark with only about 4 months left I am very hopeful.

Yeah, it is very likely, imo, that they will have a GameInformer cover accompanying the announcement. They did with Oblivion, and they did with Fallout 3. Fallout 3 was announced years before the being featured, but the announcement of the cover was the same month as the first official trailer was released so it might as well have been accompanying an announcement. Keep in mind that they did not announce Oblivion through the magazine, but rather the magazine cover was announced with the official announcement by Bethesda. The magazine was released later.

Lets say that they will have a GameInformer cover. The trademark expires sometime in the summer, probably July, and we already know that the April edition's cover is Portal 2. So assuming they have until July to announce it, we have the following editions left:

(FYI, April edition= March release, May editon= April release, etc etc.)

May edition
June edition
July edition
August edition

So 4 more covers. GameInformer usually announces the cover of the month's edition early in the month before subscribers get them. Take the http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/02/04/march-cover-revealed.aspx?PageIndex=5 and http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/05/april-cover-revealed.aspx reveals for example. That means that every month that passes where TESV is not revealed to be the cover, we will know that it wont be announced at all that month.

That's all just assuming that TESV will be featured in GameInformer, of course.

Correct me If I am wrong but I think that even if the Skyrim trademark expires in July there is a way around so that they can still use it. I think this is what happened with the Oblivion trademark which expired but Bethesda somehow managed to reregister the trademark and use it a few months later. So even if we don't have an announcement by July it is quite possible that we do have an announcement later this year.

I'm no expert on trademarking laws, but I think it's a lot of paperwork to re-register an expired trademark. It would be much easier on their part (again, I think) to show an intent to use the trademark before it expires, like, say, by showing a trailer, or even a few screenshots. Maybe a concept art or two.

...Pretty please?

anyone else see the elder scrolls category is now above the fallout 1...

That would be because all forum categories are now listed alphabetically on the main page.

Doesn't 'T' come after 'F'?

Many (if not most) alphabetizing systems don't count 'The' and use the next word instead, which in this case is an 'E'.

It was me (unless someone suggested it before me, then I relinquish such a speculation). Except I did not say the TESting your knowldge would occur sequentially. I only stated that the questions would lead up to one we could not answer and thus the announcement of TES V!!!! I have to admit, it would be cool if this was right. However, it would be cool if ANYONE was right, as long as we get an announcement before the turn of the century, hahah.

QUOTE: Official: When and If We Will get TESV #19 Member speculation about future release

Posted 19 February 2010 - 03:25 PM

I bet they will precede annoucing TES V by asking a TESting your knowledge question that we can't answer since it'll be based on the new game. And then reveal the answer along with the announcement!

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"We would like to apologize for last week's TESt question. It turns out that there is no answer currently available in the lore or games. The only way to find out the real answer is to buy TES V, coming this fall. *insert screenshots, videos, and previews that blow our minds*"

I think their next big game their Talking about in the first post is this http://bethblog.com/

Except they're publishing that, not developing it. Big difference.

I don't know why, but all but a few select forumites have the inability to read or distinguish between publishing and developing.

Does anyone know if another elder scrolls book is coming out? Or do you think the sequel to the infernal city will be
elder scrolls V?

I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that there will be 2 books, but there hasn't been a release date given yet. I don't think TESV could be the sequel to the book because the book focuses on the stories of at least 4 different characters. It isn't Bethesda's style to make the player play as more than one character, or to even play as a character that they players themselves didn't make.

It's because most people don't distinguish between the two branches. They just see "Bethesda" and assume developers. Not all that unreasonable, but still.

Yeah, they're publishing it, so it actually doesn't effect Todd's team (who we are generally assuming are currently working on the next TES as their "big project") at all.

I'm confused which of the two companies works on the elder scrolls series?

Bethesda Game Studios works on the Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series. They have also developed less popular games in the past, but none of those games are currently on the forums.

Bethesda Softworks publishes games from other developers and from Bethesda Game Studios, and all of the games on the forum that aren't TES or Fallout have been published by them.

Zenimax Media is the company that owns them both.

I feel like the more ways we guess about Bethseda releasing information, the less ways they have to surprise us with the information.

I think its going to be from a blimp also that is also announcing the production of Duff beer.
See, that one's out of the book now.

I guess they won't be projecting a map of Skyrim on the moon either since I just mentioned it... :hehe:

To Infinity000: There must have been someone else that speculated they were taking questions from each game sequentially as a countdown to TES:V and I grafted your speculation into it. I hereby apologize for tarnishing your good name.

As to a second book, I remember from a Bethblog entry with Keyes that he mentioned something about working on the next book after finishing 'The Infernal City'.

I've been researching the trademark as well and your date of July 19 may be correct, but that isn't taking into account the Notice Of Allowance. They can only file for an Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use for 3 years, it's true. But that 3 years starts when they are issued their Notice of Allowance. July 19 is 30 days after the Publication of Opposition, http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/next.jsp Assuming it took 12 weeks for Bethesda to get the NOA, that means the absolute final date that they can announce it is October 13, 2010, though it would have to be a bit earlier because they have to file a Statement of Use. They also have the other two trademarks to consider, and those dates are earlier, September 2 and September 16 2010 respectively.

So, assuming that it did indeed take 12 weeks for the Notice of Allowance, Bethesda has until October 13 2010 to announce it. But because we aren't sure just how long it took, it's safe to say that they may need to announce it anywhere between June 2010, when their first two trademarks may possibly expire, until October 2010, when they all will definitely expire.

So we should keep on the lookout from May 2010-October 2010.

Also, I've been looking up how long it takes to file a trademark, and apparently it takes several months. http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/07/magazines/fsb/AskFSB_trademerk.fsb/index.htm, for example, says it takes 15 months to get it through the trademark office, and I've seen other sites say it takes at least a year. That means that if Bethesda allows the trademark to expire, they will have to wait at least a year to announce it, which I simply can't see them doing. So I'm pretty sure they wont allow it to expire.

All of this means that Bethesda HAS to announce TESV before October or November 2010, or else they wont be able to announce it for at least another year.

And, if anybody was wondering, the fact that the trademark is still live, and the fact that they haven't registered for any other trademarks related to the Elder Scrolls yet, means that they definitely will be using the Skyrim trademark.

xXAntibodyXx, lets have some fun. This beat is sick. Wanna take a ride on gah nvm.
Anyway, nice speculation so far guys. Really makes me excited about a announcement sometime in the near or semi near future.

Lady Gaga? Too far man, too far...

It would have been funnier if I had said "this thread is sick", but, you take some you lose some eh.
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