It certainly seems like Bethesda is expanding as a developer if creative director Todd Howard's words during a DICE talk are to be believed. According to the always enthusiastic boss, the studio is currently working on three unannounced projects.
Admittedly, Howard doesn't go into much detail, but he does say that the games are "longer-term projects", and that they're "different from anything we have done before, while also being Bethesda-style games". To us, that sounds as though these titles won't have much to do with Fallout or The Elder Scrolls, but they may well stick to the company's open world template.
Howard goes on to say that more will be revealed once the team's done supporting Fallout 4 - a game that's still very much the main priority for Bethesda right now, especially as it begins rolling out the release's downloadable content starting next month.
Whatever these mystery projects turn out to be, it's going to be interesting to see what the developer comes up with. After all, at this point it's actually quite difficult to picture a Bethesda game that doesn't come attached to the studio's aforementioned popular properties.
If you've got the time, the embedded video of Howard's talk gives some enjoyable insight into the company and its workings - just be sure to let us know what you think of this reasonably surprising news in the comments section below.
[source venturebeat.com]
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Is one of them a new engine
So long as a new elder scrolls is in the works in happy. I had hoped fallout would scratch that itch but as good as it is it's not the world I've been so immersed in since I first was introduced to it (daggerfall). Hopefully in the meantime my second favorite developer can drop a masterpiece despite how little we actually know and return us to the incredible world of mass effect.
I'd like to see Bethesda try their hand at a sci-fi RPG. I just hope that they continue making single player games rather than venturing into all these online only games we're getting more of recently.
I'd like to see Bethesda fix their bloody engine first!
We already know about Doom and Dishonoured - due out this year, but I wonder if we will see another Evil Within? Wolfenstein could be getting a follow up after the success of the New Order.
Unless this is Bethesda Softworks Studio....
I really hope they are going to do Elder Scrolls 6... New franchises are cool and all, but I REALLY want another main Elder Scrolls entry.
@ApostateMage Fallout is a Sci Fi RPG? But if you mean space based intergalactic stuff like mass effect, then yes, I'd love that.
@Grawlog The question was aimed at Bethesda as a developer, not as a publisher, and Howard's comment on "Bethesda-style" games would be a bit weird if they weren't coming from the studio.
I do agree that it's a little too ambiguous to get excited over, though. It's likely that at this point, Bethesda's working on three early concepts, rather than three destined-to-release games. Either way, he does say that they'll have more information to share after they're done with Fallout.
@JesWood13 @BigDaddyT0101 I think there's no doubt whatsoever that there'll be The Elder Scrolls VI, so I wouldn't worry about that!
@ShogunRok oh I have no doubt es vi is in the works, for me it's a matter of how soon are we talking. I've been spoiled by their 4-5 year window when it comes to releasing a new es, and just hope that it doesn't become a fallout 3-4 length wait (though we did get new Vegas in between). If they stay with that pattern this year or next year we should have it our hands.
@BAMozzy I'd love a full blown sequel to wolfenstein. That game was so good!
They release one game every 4 years, should they really split their staff to work on three new titles and their soon to be announced es game.
@ApostateMage fallout isn't sci-fi?
Let's hope all three aren't all on an engine as old as Cliff Richard, is buggy as heck and has a terrible story.
@Grawlog Yeah, Bethesda is a weird one really, as far as structure goes. Bethesda Game Studios as we know it is a studio that's under Bethesda Softworks, and Howard is basically the head honcho there, overseeing all of its projects.
Meanwhile, Bethesda Softworks itself is a publisher, but is in turn a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. It gets even more confusing when you consider that The Elder Scrolls Online was developed by one of ZeniMax Media's own teams, ZeniMax Online Studios.
I guess it also doesn't help that everyone just refers to both the developer and publisher as Bethesda!
@BigDaddyT0101 Tough to say. If Bethesda finally goes with a new engine it may be an even longer time before we hear about TES VI. If it doesn't, I'd still say it'll be a while. Maybe 2018/2019?
Having said that, if Bethesda really is working on three new projects that it plans to develop to some reasonable degree, then maybe it plans on changing its traditional release schedule. There's no doubt that the company as a whole is expanding, I think.
Would like to see the next Elder Scrolls but in no rush and can wait for that.
I'm with most people.... I want a new elder scrolls! Fallout is good and all but all I keep thinking whilst playing it is that this and that would be awesome in elder scrolls! Cmon Bethesda!
I just want an Elder Scrolls game, and I'd rather they put all their resources into one big game than spread their selves thin. Something tells me we'll be waiting 3-4 years for the next ES game, aslong as they produce something as good as their previous games I'm happy to wait. I'm hoping we'll get alot of fun features from Fallout 4 such as all the crafting etc, and I hope they build on settlements by being able to create your own faction and castles it would be great.
I also want a new ES game. Fallout 4 hasn't grabbed me in the way I had hoped it would, and ES Online is ok, but what I really want is a Skyrim style game but 2 x size and with much better combat mechanics. We can dream...
Give me a new ES and an obsidian fallout
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