Bill Gates said it could possibly work for the PC, but there has been no official word from Microsoft saying that it will actually be on it.

this is TES not natal, i don't wanna lose the thread for spam.. Yummy i love SPAM, anyways lets stop spam

Natal isn't the issue, the issue is the release date, and info. Lets focus on that.

According to the book TESV will occur 200 years after Oblivion. I just hope they don't mean it literally.

It's so that they can introduce guns and aliens without going against cannon... We've already established that fact.

Really though, it might be best to consider that book as just being fanfiction (it sure reads like it). If they do skip ahead that far, they're certainly missing out on having any options of revisiting previous themes and events mentioned in either Morrowind or Oblivion. It would be like starting the franchise over from scratch, which would really be a pity. The book likely uses the 200 years setting so that it can't possibly interfere with any future storylines from the games, and also serves to distract fans from considering thoughts of a possible TESV:Skyrim or TESV:Akavir.

I hope that they will make a game explaining everything that happened in Morrowind and its future, even if the game is set in another province.

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In either case, im glad this thread is maintained so active, makes up for my own inactiveness on the issue.

Too funny! Seriously, though. I don't think it will be set so far ahead. The ending of Oblivion sets things up for them to create a very compelling TESV. Doing this would ruin all that. It would also require them to do a lot of explaining about what happened over the last 200 years.

It never said that, the amazon page for the book did before it was removed, but nowhere in the book does it mention TESV.



Oh come now, it wasn't that bad. The book only went ahead 40-50 years, not 200. And because it's only half a book, the second book isn't going to go much farther than a year or two after the events of the first. Despite how some fans may feel, the book is obviously canon. Bethesda commissioned the guy to make it, they paid him, so it's as far from fanfiction as you can get.

I think skipping forward a little makes sense. In a free-roaming RPG with choice and consequences, you need some turmoil, but too much at a pivotal point in history would be hell for continuity. So, if they skip forward to when things are a little more stable then they can give us choice without too much effect on the timeline.

I had a dream where Gstaff came on and posted saying TESV would be a linear action-adventure. None of us beleived it, not because of how ludicrous that is but because Gstaff is never the front line of information.

Aren't both Morrowind and Oblivion both kinda based around pivotal points in history (Arena and Daggerfall as well)? Don't see why they'd let such a thing stop them now. As with all cases, they can make a mostly linear main story, and still have some free-range elements. In Morrowind the player could join or interact with any of the main houses, and it really doesn't matter which one is preferred as they're all in ruin by the time Oblivion comes along.

I think the chances are good that TESV will take place far enough after the events of the books that Umbriel wont be a part of the plot. That doesn't mean 200 years after, but I assume Bethesda will want to have a unique story to tell in TESV and not a continuation of the story of the books.

It's true that they were important moments in history, but they were mostly stable. In a chaotic environment, a seemingly mundane decision could have long ranging effects. I don't think it would be bad to have a game in the chaotic times of the Septim-Mede Interregnum, but I think it would be problematic in the long term, is all.


Well, I don't think the next game will be twenty minutes into the future either, but I meant more that I'm not sure what's gonna happen with Umbriel at all. For all we know, it may become a permanent fixture. But that's a discussion for the book thread.

expanding on what you said... I really hope Bethesda doesn't try to cater to the new generation of gamers and forget about their true fans and fanbase... Since more and more info about TES has been floating around lately, like the TESting your knowledge, I think that bethesda is gettin prepared to announce the new title, and is trying to get everyone back into the series... I know it's been working for me, because I just started a new character on oblivion, and, in the span of an hour, already found a new cave which I have never been to before! (this is after playing the game for over 3 and a half years)

I don't think Bethesda is tied to whatever is in the book. They retconned the entire country of Cyrodiil for Oblivion. In TESV the events of the books could be radically changed or even left out completely.



Whenever a new gaming gimmick, especially of the motion variety is exhibited, we should always remember these immortal words: "I love the Power Glove. It is so bad."

Was just hanging out with my youngest cousin, who is 8, and brought him to Target for him to buy a video game for his upcoming birthday. He picks up Oblivion, and hands it to me. I decide to test him and ask, "Oblivion? What's that about?" He proceeds to explain as follows...

"It's a game where you're a medieval knight and your trying to save everyone. I'm usually a lizard guy, but I wish they could spit acid and eat people. And I kept dying, so they should make the next game easier."

Bethesda, I am making a request as a responsible young advlt... Don't give my cousin what he wants.

Let me say it: Bethesda has said time and time again that the book is official canon, as in, it's events are as much established canon as the events in the games, therefore yes, the events that happen in it are at least going to be history, if not an actual plot point, in the next game. Not only that, but Keyes didn't pull Umbriel out of his ass, Bethesda gave him very clear instructions on the lore, at least that's what I heard looking through old threads, that they have the lore set up for upcoming events before we see them, so keyes or not, the events of the book would have happened.


Well, glad that eight-year-olds aren't the target audience.

I can without doubt assume it is in development, as TES games take 2-3+ years to develop it would be stupidity to not even start developing the game this far after the release of the last. At the end of the day they do still think about profit, so I am expecting a 2011 release. But the more realistic side of me is waiting for 2012, although the hopeful side of me is going to keep posting 2011, becuase that is what keeps me excited.

That made me laugh.

Of course there will be an TES5. "....Its Mr. Duuurp!... Duuuuurp!!!"

But when will the long devoted fans hear ANY words from Bethesda officially concerning it?? I have no clue..... I hope to read/hear something official before 2011 gets here... I do not want/expect to see game play, or even screen shots..... I just want to know where TES5 is taking place, what is the game GENERALLY going to be about, or how long after OB and TIC does it takes place?? Just SOME type of official info after all this time, because there is nothing out there.



I have screamed a very similar question in my head many times over the past year(s)..... That also REALLY irked me... and continues to irk me. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
The OB dlc could have kept going... I did not see the need to stop offering dlc when they did; the majority of the OB dlc was small ish anyways....(Just imagine if we would have gotten 1, 2 or even 3 more Shiv. Isles-caliber DLCs!!) :banghead: ... SOMETHING 2 hold over and appeal to TES fans while we all devotedly wait for YEARS without any real information.

I have not lost any interest in getting and playing the hell out of TES5 :drool: ; but the lack of communication has caused me to get more and more annoyed, impatient, and upset with Bethesda. (I guess they could like playing it like that, but it annoys the nordic-snot out of me)

Exactly my thoughts, all I need is a timbit of official information or so, to keep me hopeful at the least.

I will be dead by the time TES V comes out.


I also speculate that NOTHING from the suggestions threads here will make their way into the game, since they're just disorganised chaos, with any potentially great ideas disappearing quickly into the ether as the only semblance of archiving is simply links to previous threads.

ZeniMax, but apparently not Bethesda, will be at GDC, it seems. Since GDC is more about technology than individual games and ZeniMax =/= Bethesda, the chances are slim at best. I just thought people would like to be told so they didn't waste any time searching on Google in vain hope for it.

Oh, and I have a question. A friend of a friend told me that someone at Bethesda saying something about the vague, general future of TES having more Morrowind-level cultural lore. Obviously, since this statement was fifth-hand at best, I would like to ask if that was really the case. If it is, I need to rub a doubter friend's face in it

And to those in my time zone, good morning and a bountiful day to you!

Todd Howard did a podcast with Kotaku and I believe he said that is something he really liked about Morrowind and would incorporate into future games.

Well that's good to hear. Thanks!