Elder Scrolls MMOG In Development?

Gamespot reports on the rumours swirling around the possibility of an Elder Scrolls Massively Multiplayer Online Game. They began when ZeniMax formed their very own Massive development company, ZeniMax Online. The company subsequently hired Matt Firor, formerly of EA Mythic, as its head. Now, the discussion online is centering on the registration of a URL that hints at big things to come for Bethesda's world. Pete Hines, spokesman for Bethesda, has a perfectly rational explanation: '"We are tired of people squatting on domains related to our games or simply not being able to get them if we needed them (note oblivion.com, fallout.com, and many others) and decided a while back we'd get these to keep it from happening again ... People are grabbing domains like these and trying to extract money from us for them, or using them for some other purpose.' Bogus or not bogus?: Bogus that the URL registration confirms the existence of an Elder Scrolls MMORPG. However, with others holding the Fallout and Star Trek MMORPG rights, the RPG franchise--famous for having MMORPG-size open worlds--is the only truly proven property in Bethesda's catalog."

Comments

Re:Write Much?

[Loke the Dog]

This is just shoddy reporting. Bethesda is making Fallout 3. They have the rights. They are making the game. Why would you even say this? Yeah, they have the rights to make Fallout 3. That's not the same as making a fallout mmog. Interplay has those rights.

Type "Fallout MMO rights" on google. Or just check wikipedia.

Re:TES games are also horribly broken

[Skuld-Chan]

LOTRO has pickpocketing for burglars, one of the things they did was to give burglars a seperate loot table, so they would NOT be stealing the loot you get from the kill. Subtle detail, but can you imagine how other players would feel if all the mobs had been picked clean?

Same is true for rogues in WoW :).

Re:Fantasy MMO's suck

[Anonymous Coward]

Two words: eve online