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

This thread is for member speculation of when and if TESV will be released. This is where you post any new infomation about when it might be released, tidbits from interviews which mention it and such.
It is also where you post your theory of when you think it might come out based on guesses, number crunching, rumor 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/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1065099. 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/

Also, the first Elder Scrolls Novel, http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Infernal-City/dp/0345508017, and it's release date, November 24th, 2009.
Further, an Amazon plot synopsis that was later removed indicates TES:V will take place 200 years after the events of the Oblivion Crisis. Here is the http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:LTwbGwuYMjgJ:www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Infernal-City/dp/1848566867 of the page via Google archiving.
Mkay, apparently that cache archive has been overwritten. In that link's stead, here are proofs http://s56.radikal.ru/i151/0910/07/1139f395d0ce.png and http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu244/MrTissueBox/TheElderScrollsV200yearsafterOblivi.jpg. Here also are posts http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1013535&st=180&p=15180738&#entry15180738, http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1046946&st=0&p=15191628&#entry15191628, and http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1046946&st=0&p=15191628&#entry15191628 from the user who first informed us of the 200-year leap before both Amazon and Waterstones spilled the beans.

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[...]". Essentially confirming that their next big game has been Bethesda's main focus only since Fallout 3 went gold on October 8, 2008, a little more than a year ago. Considering the fact that Bethesda's games take 3-4 years to develop, we may not hear about TESV for some time.

UPDATE: I've zipped and uploaded the Google Archive I saved. Download's http://www.mediafire.com/?zt0jtmunzjj through Mediafire (blech, but unless you guys know of a better free file-hosting service...). Unzip and open the html document to see the confirming archive of Amazon's page.



PLEASE NOTE: AS PER MODERATOR REQUESTS IN THE PREVIOUS THREAD, PLEASE CONFINE THIS DISCUSSION TO SPECULATION TO BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS / TES:V. DISCUSSION OF ZENIMAX ONLINE STUDIOS PROJECTS OR AN ES MMO SHOULD GO IN THE http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1036432


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http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1035506
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1045189
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http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1058478
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http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1062067
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1064256
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When and if seems a little too specific, just concentrating on dates. Cant we still speculate where or what? Cumulative speculation seems better IMHO.

Ther "where" and the "what" can be discussed in the TES V Ideas and Suggestions topic otherwise it is just duplicating posts.

Speculation on a release date for TES 5 is pointless in the absence of a confirmation or any real evidence such a thing is even in development. Its just as easy to speculate on when TES VI will be released or when the next earthquake will occur. Not to sound disheartened but since confinement of the topic is causing moderators' perpetually housekeeping time cleaning up threads I'd prefer the subject be outright banned.

I suppose, but then again suggestions and speculation aren't the same thing :shrug:

The problem was that we were removing posts daily that belonged in the "suggestions for TESV" thread. This thread was always meant to be a place where any new rumor would be linked to and people could talk about their theories about when and if there would be another TES game (single player). It was never meant to be a discussion of what we hope for in the next one or if there would be a multiplayer TES or such.

This is a thread for all those wanting to discuss theories about the next release or information about a release or hints to it in interviews and it's all it ever was. Discussion of what will be in the next game has it's own thread.

This is where we point people who come asking when the next TES will be released and a gathering spot for information pertaining to it. It is not a chat room. Nothing has changed in this thread except for the order in which the OP post is written and the title. Thus, it is the same thread it always was except it changes the order in which it was stated what this thread is for.

If your post does not fit here, then it belongs in a different already open thread or it needs it's own thread. With their being little new news it more than likely won't be a very active thread but it does have it's purpose.

Now, let's get on topic for this thread and if you need further clarification or want something else added to this thread, send a pm to a moderator for consideration but please don't further debate it in this thread as it's off topic to do so.

It's a peculiar strategy Bethesda is taking with keeping silent about projects. Bioware already announced that they plan on Dragon Age 2, and I think I recall reading that ME 3 was a distinct possibility. svcker Punch has already announced they're going to do a sequel to Infamous. Borderlands 2 is going to happen. So, you've got these successful publishers announcing within a month or so after release that they are planning on the next game. But then you get some publishers that won't even announce what they are working on.

I like the strategy where I'm told what the next project is. Even if it is a few years down the road, I'll be keeping my ears perked up and my eyes open for new information about the game. I just find it so weird for a developer to dodge and evade attempt to confirm/deny a project. It's like they've got something bad to hide. To me, it feels rather alienating. My purchases help fund them, the least they could do is let me know what I should save up my money for.

You're right. It's about time someone says it. Bethesda, we own you. we pay for the clothes on your backs. Its about time you give us what we want in return for all of our patronage.

In any case I agree with what you were saying about liking it when developers release information about games. I like it when the don't disperse it for a little while, but this is ridiculous, we've been waiting for almost 4 years! Its about time we get some answers. Although I think we will soon. I seems that we will, or at the very least some more hints and directions and I'm pretty sure we'll have our announcement before summer ends, even if we have the unwelcome guest of an TES MMO.

I think it's been long enough now (four years) that it should probably be announced at this year's E3, and released either fall this year or sometime next year. I think if they've been working on it for as long as they seem to have been, it should be almost ready to go.

They haven't been working on it for long. Fallout 3 took about 2 years of development time away from TES V(or whatever else Bethesda is working on).

Oh. Well, we can still hope, anyway.

I agree completely, why can't Bethesda just follow these examples?

Because they enjoy releasing a huge explosion of information in a stampede of hype. And coming from someone who experienced one day with Oblivion; It works. Very well, in fact.

If they make a game in three years, and they have been working on this game for about two years, if you cound the pre project time they spent on it before fallout 3, then they have another year to go, and a announcement, seemingly, should be right around the corner.

They usually spend about four years on each Elder Scrolls game, and there has only been one year of (nearly)full production for Bethesda's current project. There may be the equivalent of two years of development if we include pre-production, but that was just a best possible scenario guess. I think we may get an announcement in the second half of 2010 and a release date in late 2011 or early 2012.

I don't see Bethesda giving an announcement and then releasing the game 2 years later, that would be ridiculous. TESV could come out this year, we don't know everything about what Beth has been doing

Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 were all in development for 1-2 years after their announcement. Based on that trend, it's impossible for it to come out this year.

Edit: On second thought, Fallout 3 doesn't count because it was technically announced when they bought the rights to it.

Yep. Announced with a bang, and then slowly getting more and more hyped with weekly updates and then run the hype machine on full near the end. gamesas been very good at building up anticipation for their games and I don't see them abandoning their marketing formula anytime soon as it clearly been working for them.


The "bang" of Fallout 3 was when the July 2007 issue of Game Informer ran their article about Fallout 3 so lots of info was released right away. Before that nothing was known about the game except it was working on it.

I'm in no rush for the next game seeing as it will obviously be released within a couple years if not later.
The more time spent on the game, the less complaining I'll be doing on these forums.
As for a little info, yes, I think everyone here would love some information to tide them over.

I posted this in another thread, but I found out it didn't belong there. Does anyone else have a feeling TES V will be rushed? It seems as if there is a lot of pressure on Bethesda and many Elder Scrolls fans seem sick of waiting, yet I doubt Bethesda is anywhere close to finishing TES V.

I don't feel like it will and I don't want it too, If it takes them long to make the game how they want it to be, so be it, I don't want a game lacking some feature that were promised or planned to be in the final product.

Patience, the promised land will come......
In the mean time I hope there is a game that can keep me occupied.
"Darkspawn Filth"

How do you know? Or we know ? Oh wait we don't................


I wish I was a fan at that time..........


No I think you just a tad paranoid of them messing up because you loved Oblivion so much.

I'm pretty sure that if it isn't announced by the end of 2010 most fans will lose faith completely, if not partially and stop checking back into the forums. (unless we get clues about the series development like the announcement of an MMO or leaked information about it.)

There should definitely be an announcement in 2010. Here's a timeline I whipped up:

2000: Morrowind announced
2001: Morrowind information revealed
2002: Morrowind released
2003: Morrowind DLC released
2004: Oblivion announced, Fallout 3 announced
2005: Oblivion information revealed
2006: Oblivion released
2007: Oblivion DLC comes out, Fallout 3 information revealed
2008: Fallout 3 released
2009: Fallout 3 DLC
2010: ??? announcement
2011: ??? information revealed
2012: ??? released

The only thing Bethesda can do this year is either announce a game or do nothing regarding giving out information, because they're done with all of their other games now. And they've never just done nothing, not in the last decade anyway.

I've been looking closer at Bethesda's timeline and their patterns, and my gut tells me that they should be announcing their next game in early 2011. At least that's what the trend points to. But regardless of when they announce the game, it wont be released until at least a year after the announcement, so don't expect a game until at least early 2012.