Report: Elder Scrolls MMO announcement coming in May

by John Keefer, Mar 16, 2012 6:45am PDT

Related Topics – PC, Bethesda, ZeniMax, Elder Scrolls Series, MMORPGs

Over the years, there has been lots of speculation about a massively multiplayer online game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. A new report has surfaced claiming the project will be announced in May.

Citing three unnamed sources, Tom's Guide reports that Elder Scrolls Online will take place in the Second Era, or a full millennium before the events of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The report also said there will be three factions, represented by a lion, a dragon, and some sort of bird of prey.

Attempts to reach Bethesda for comment went unanswered.

It has been a poorly kept secret that Bethesda and ZeniMax were working on an MMO, as they have had numerous job postings on their site looking for MMO developer talent. A Fallout MMO was hoped, but the company only recently acquired the rights to an MMO back from Interplay.

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John Keefer posted a new article, Report: Elder Scrolls MMO announcement coming in May.

There has been lots of speculation about an Elder Scrolls MMO for some time. But a new report has surfaced citing three different unnamed sources that confirms the project will be announced in May.

Mar 16, 2012 6:45am PDT

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John Keefer posted a new article, Report: Elder Scrolls MMO announcement coming in May.

There has been lots of speculation about an Elder Scrolls MMO for some time. But a new report has surfaced citing three different unnamed sources that confirms the project will be announced in May. : Shacknews
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  Why? I can already imagine all the glitches. Dark Souls MMO would be better. : Ch1d0r1
  - They seem to be more competent about things with polishing up Skyrim, though, so that's not necessarily a... : arioch
- God damn it. : The Grolar Bear
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  Cautiously interested... Although I'd honestly prefer an Elder Scrolls 6. : anbilow
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    I second for ES6 and some dlc for Skyrim a la Morrowind's expansions. : Hilux SSRG
    - Tribunal and Bloodmoon were so fucking good. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Pay 15$ a month for essentially the same experience as Skyrim but now there's a text box in the lower lef... : HockeyJohnston
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    A text box filled with "LFG for oblv gate", "WTS SKYFORGE STEEL SWORD PST", and "lol argo noob ima gank u... : Rehevkor
    - Meh... *sigh*... I hate that. : nin-a
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      FGT OF KVATCH LMAO!!1!
      
      Mar 16, 2012 1:35pm PDT
      
      FGT OF KVATCH LMAO!!1! : Mr. Goodwrench
- Corporate money grab hoooooo! : fractured_sanity
- this is a really bad idea : grandmasterlee
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  No no no NO. : Mr. Goodwrench
  - ^ agreed... : NinjaGamerGirl
- What a redundant idea. There are two main selling points to the Elder Scrolls games. Freedom to do what... : bladderfish
- I wouldn't go for it. MMOs usually need to be way more restrictive on exploration roaming, do not offer a... : Lukiopimp
- On the positive side: Finally a modern Elder Scroll without monster scaling? : Geoffrois
- everyone signs up as a kahjit and yiffs 24/7 : not work safe
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  Dammit I can't read any phrase like "There has been a lot of speculation" without hearing the ASUS padfon... : Colonel Angus
  - Lots of speculation for everyone. : briktal
  - Who's calling me? : LilCrypto
- WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???????????? : MercFox1
- Can't wait to roleplay as a horker! : helvetica
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  I used to like MMOs.... No I'm not going to say it. But you're thinking it. : Lucien Irenicus
  - that's what she said? : RogerDandy
  - but now I prefer watching MLP. : Lukiopimp
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  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : conandan
  - "click enter to purchase extra lockpicks" : cptstern
  - I second this NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : thecray
  - http://nooooooooooooooo.com/ : Malaketh
- I'm down with games I can play with a couple of friends that persist my gear and progress and that kind o... : FlatlineDixay
- Just a bunch of people running around trying to shoot arrows into knees : conandan
- Another Elder Scrolls game with the typical single player gameplay, co-op, and co-op specific missions (2 : howlthorne
- I remind you that saying that the game doesn't exist and is purely speculation counts as an announcement. : tw3kr
- Say it ain't so! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQveng3Wxz8 : Highvoltage74
- I scrolled down, intending to post "As long as it's 1st person this'll be awesome". I then saw I'm the on... : Alexrose
- But, how will I attain CHIM when I keep getting ganked? : Rotten Deadite
- What a horrible fkn idea. : Zero Hoki

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