General:The Future of TES Games

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Contents 1 The Elder Scrolls V 1.1 Locations 1.1.1 Skyrim 1.1.2 Summerset Isle 1.2 Production 2 MMO Elder Scrolls

[edit] The Elder Scrolls V

[edit] Locations

[edit] Skyrim

There is speculation that the next game could be based in Skyrim. The name has been trademarked by Bethesda, which could indicate that there is an upcoming game called Skyrim, as there was for Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles. A simple search at the US Trademarks website reveals four applications for Skyrim as a Trademark, three from Bethesda, and one from a telecommunications company in Florida. It is interesting to note that Bethesda filed for Oblivion's trademark on June 21, 1995, but abandoned the trade mark, only to refile for it on April 4, 2003 about 3 years before release (2006). Morrowind followed a similar 3 year pattern (1999 to 2002).

[edit] Summerset Isle

There is some speculation that TES V will take place in Summerset Isle, due to various rumors about Daedra Worship increasing and a boycott of Imperial goods in Oblivion (It is important to note that there are several rumors about what's happening in other provinces in Oblivion). This would follow the pattern set in Morrowind, which had rumors mentioning trouble in Cyrodiil. In fact, it was rumored that TES IV would take place on Summerset Isle, due to developer comments from before Morrowind's release, but those proved to be untrue.

In terms of gameplay, Summerset Isle seems to make a great deal of sense in that it is surrounded by water, thus providing a natural boundary to the playable game-world, much like Morrowind had by only using Vvardenfell and not the mainland area of the province. The invisible walls at the edges of the mostly land-locked Cyrodiil was a major complaint by many fans about Oblivion, and this method wonderfully avoids that.

[edit] Production

Bethesda has announced that it will commence development of TES V after it completes work on Fallout 3. How far they are already into this process is unclear at the present time.

[edit] MMO Elder Scrolls

Speculation about a MMORPG that takes place in the TES universe has mainly been started by ZeniMax's press release that they had formed a new company, ZeniMax Online Studios. This rumor gained some credibility after ZeniMax bought the domain name, elderscrollsonline.com. As of now, the site has no content.