Voodoo Extreme reports that Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media has purchased the domain "ElderScrollsOnline.com," leading them (and us) to believe that an Elder Scrolls MMO may be in the works. You may recall that Zenimax recently opened a new branch -- ZeniMax Online Studios -- specifically to focus on MMOs. Honestly, it makes sense. The Elder Scrolls has always had a rich world to explore, but the games have always been a solitary experience. An MMO version would finally allow players to share their custom characters and exploits with their friends. Not only that, but it might provide players with more motivation to plow through the hundreds of hours worth of side quests and extra content. Of course, the best reason that this rumor would be true is that MMOs are big money these days. With World of Warcraft creating Scrooge-McDuck-sized piles of money, making the next Elder Scrolls online is just a smart move.
Unfortunately, even if Elder Scrolls goes online, our experience will remain solitary, because we'll still be sitting in the corner grinding up potion ingredients. Mmm ... alchemy.
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11-02-2007 @ 3:23PM
thisguyrighthere said...
I suppose as long as the laggy experience that killed Two Worlds online isn't repeated it would be pretty cool.
But if they expect to charge on top of the Live subscription this is one Elder Scrolls game I won't be playing. I cannot express how much I hate subscription fees in games.
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11-02-2007 @ 3:30PM
Tom said...
I've wanted an Elder Scrolls MMO for sooo frickin' long...I hope this doesn't deter them from future TES games though.
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11-02-2007 @ 6:22PM
Foggy Bottoms said...
could they make this cross-platform?
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11-03-2007 @ 1:14AM
Sunny said...
This would be really cool, as long as they actually make it use the actual world, and not like one or two reigons. Morrowind was huge, and the expansions added even more land to roam. Oblivion was big too, and the map shows that it was only a small part of the whole continent... and if I recall correctly, theres three continents. That would be really really BIG.
Unfortunately the domain doesn't confirm anything. Adding "online" into a domain is pretty common for big resource sites.
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11-03-2007 @ 6:17AM
IncredibleBulk92 said...
Why are all the good games being made into MMOs these days? I'm perfectly happy sitting here by myself killing goblins thank you very much, I don't want to "grind" levels or try to get the rare armors that only 1% of my server has. Next TES game? Lets hope its solo, but coop? I can live with coop
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11-04-2007 @ 4:24AM
albinogoldfish said...
I love Elder Scrolls, and Bethesda, but I don't see them trying to do anything in the MMO space other than exploiting their flagship title with a cookie cutter MMO, they wouldn't be the first but come on Bethesda, prove me wrong, please!
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11-04-2007 @ 9:34PM
Keyth.Halloween said...
Add me to the list of people who doesn't want this. Nothing would destroy the experience of Elder Scrolls more than a whole world full of cursing brats with bad grammar who treat the game like MySpace chat with swords. Screw that. NOBODY honors the ROLE-PLAYING part of the MMORPG designation.
Now, a multi-player game that allows a group of six friends to play in a party in an otherwise AI or DM-controller world? That would be cool.
You know... Kind of like Neverwinter Nights is.
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11-05-2007 @ 1:40PM
Joff said...
Why can't someone churn out a decent Sci-Fi MMO for XBL? Something like EVE. (If there's anything out there that I've missed, let me know!!)
I can't stand dungeons, goblins and potions. Give me hyperspace jump gates and photon lasers!
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