A rumour that's erupted overnight, Bethesda may have a project in the works that's based on the wildly popular Game of Thrones property. All of the current speculation is swirling around a single product page on US retailer Target's website, which simply reads "Bethesda: Game of Thrones". Not really much to go on, is there?
Still, it's a potentially exciting premise. If "Bethesda" refers to Bethesda Game Studios - that's the actual developer behind The Elder Scrolls series and the modern Fallout games - then we could have an open world Game of Thrones role-playing title on our hands. There's little doubt that such a thing would set the market on fire.
However, it's also entirely possible that the "Bethesda" part refers to the publisher, in which case this product could be absolutely anything. Let's not forget that Bethesda has a hand in mobile gaming, for starters.
We wouldn't recommend getting excited about this just yet, but feel free to make crazy predictions in the comments section below.
[source intl.target.com]
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Going to be a mix of Elder Scrolls and Fallout
But...it'll be a buggy mess. 😔
This is... A good fit.
I would greatly prefer a new Elder Scrolls game to this
I would hope that the main focus over at Bethesda is a new game engine to replace the notably creaky one still in service for Fallout 4.
In fact since the release of FO4, they've only produced remasters and proposed VR versions of their main franchises, which could suggest a technical overhaul in the background for their next big new title, and if so I think that they would want to show off one of their own flagship franchises (Scrolls 6 or FO5) rather than a third party IP.
As Robert says in the article, it's probably something to do with the sister company publisher.
Woah wait a minute...this could turn out pretty good! If it's not a mix of Skyrim buggy overrated mess and Fallout 4 borefest and it only takes from the good things...it can be pretty good! Open world westeros sounds cool
It'll be some crap card game
@Xaessya not a picture from the actual show, just some picture someone uploaded on site, well done
They did say Bethesda Game Studios was working on two big projects before they would start on TES VI, could this be one of those?
"Daenerys herself wouldn't have the patience to deal with all the rabble around here!"
"I used to be a Lannister like you ... then I took an arrow in the knee."
"Time to end this little game of thrones!"
"Get me mad and I will rape you. And not a little. A lot."
"Down with Joffrey! The Killer of Kings! On the day of your death we will drink and we'll sing ..."
Supposedly Skyrim began as a Song of Ice and Fire adaptation so I guess it makes sense.
Hopefully it's published by Bethesda but developed by Obsidian.
I see lots of horse armor DLC in this game's future.
If I remember correctly then Bethesda softworks was asked if they wanted to make a Game of thrones game but they turned it down because they were working on skyrim. I would love a Game of thrones game from them, would prefer a new elder scrolls but this would be good too I'm sure.
@get2sammyb i dunno i think CD Projekt Red would be a better fit
The odds of Bethesda producing a huge, open world swords and dragons rpg based on somebody else's ip seem almost nil to me. I mean, that's kinda their video game wheelhouse already with what is a top 5 most popular video game franchise on the planet in TES.
I would much rather have a new elder scrolls!
@FullbringIchigo Fair.
If they are making a GoT RPG, I really wish they would forget it and make TES 6.
This would possibly be the best thing ever as far as I'm concerned. GoT is the only thing I bother watching on TV.
@Xaessya One guy is also doing the V sign so i think that's probably a behind the scenes picture
@get2sammyb How so? Take a world filled with great lore and complex storytelling and give it to a developer who are pretty bad at any form of complex storytelling or moral dilemmas. I mean, I love Skyrim and Oblivion, but Skyrim particularly was devoid of any of the awesome storylines from Oblivion (e.g. Dark Brotherhood). Even then, I wouldn't call their plots complex or profound. Add to that the gradual decline in storytelling and quest plots in the Bethesda Fallout series and this looks less and less of a fit.
Would be an incredible seller and would make Bethesda a lot of money, so it seems feasible
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