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The Elder Scrolls VI Is still in Pre-Production According To Bethesda Game Studios Profile
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mansoor1980
Gold Member
the fact that there is no alternate to main line elder scroll games on any system baffles me , this is gonna be a long wait
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Wonder if gta6 will drop before this
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
All hands on deck for starfield I would imagine
Trogdor1123
Member
Ive wondered this too. There is almost no one else in this space. you would think someone would have also jumped into it. Maybe someone will now that it is singleplatform
kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
This is kinda odd considering the game was announced, albeit very early, in 2018 and that the universe, lore, locations and whatnot already exist.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Well yeah it's all hands on deck with Starfield right now trying to get the game out for November
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ManaByte
Member
That has absolutely nothing to do with it. They're finishing Starfield. They won't start TESVI until Starfield ships.
For someone who comes here LARPing about being an industry insider, you don't know what you're talking about:
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ChiefDada
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Where have I ever claimed to be an industry insider? Also, you don't need to finish the production of one title in order to determine the release window of another. Competent studios can walk and chew gum at the same time.
You seem to take the most mundane topics very personally. None of these discussions are high-stakes, so relax.
clarky
Gold Member
Pull you pants back up on the way out dada.
ManaByte
Member
Right here:
This is how Bethesda has always worked. They didn't start working on Starfield until after Fallout 4 shipped.
ManaByte
Member
I think they're fine with TESO filling the void until then. With the next-gen upgrade it's really TES 5.5, it looks and runs great on the new systems.
NonPhixion
Member
Hopefully they consider using anything but the Creation Engine for its production.
ManaByte
Member
It'll be using Creation Engine 2 like Starfield is.
NonPhixion
Member
Yes, which is why I said what I said. To think calling it the 2nd edition is going to make it drastically better. hahahaha
ByWatterson
Member
Skyrim 76 on deck.
ManaByte
Member
You mean Elder Scrolls Online, which is what Fallout 76 was trying to be.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Microsoft should have created multiple teams at Bethesda. 1 for starfield. 1 for elder scrolls. 1 for fallout. Have them all on a 3 year cycle.
Waiting 18 years for the sequel to the biggest rpg of all time is insane.
Waiting 18 years for the sequel to the biggest rpg of all time is insane.
ChiefDada
Member
You are being disingenuous; I do work in M&A, but I made it abundantly clear that I am not in the gaming industry. This is from the same thread:
If you choose not to have conversations in earnest then please avoid engaging with me. It's not worth the time or effort for either of us.
YukiOnna
Member
With majority of their team on Starfield, they probably don't have the staff to move straight into mass production.
Bernkastel
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
Sounds just right. BGS usually start pre-production around 2 years before switching to full development.
Now that the new engine is here, I guess we might see TES6 in 2024-2025
Now that the new engine is here, I guess we might see TES6 in 2024-2025
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
it’s been rebranded as The Elder Scrolls: World of Warcraft after this weeks news
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clarky
Gold Member
I think scaling up is a big problem for these companies, hence why we see all these buy-outs.
ClanOfNone
Member
I'll buy an Xbox when this finally releases, though if Starfall ends up being awesome I might pick one up then.
Torrent of Pork
Banned
By your logic Unreal 5 is not drastically better than 4, which we all know is bullshit.
clarky
Gold Member
No way we are seeing it launch that soon. Gonna have there hands full with Starfield until at least the end of this year.. My guess would be fall 2026 minimum. If Starfield is a big success the we'll see expansions/ dlc for that as well remember.
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Elysion
Banned
Yeah, it’s kind of strange that despite open world games being so abundant these days, the most successful open world rpg of all time has no real copycats. That’s the one instance where I wish the industry actually was a bit more derivative, lol. Where’s Ubisoft when we need them?
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Yikes man. This looks wild when you put it that way. Hopefully after Starfield, it doesn’t take them another 7 years to develop their next game (Elder Scrolls). They definitely should split into different teams like Obsidian had an Avowed team, Grounded team, and The Outer Worlds 2 team. Even Arkane has multiple teams/studios for different projects.
jakinov
Member
Who are these competent studios?
UniformDeliverance
Member
I know it’s frustrating, but is this really news? Starfield is not out yet. They are working on that, and I’m sure some work is starting on the dlc plans for that game.
NonPhixion
Member
Cool tweet. I know Zenimax has some great game engines. Like ID Tech, which that level designer is basically using with Arkane's new Engine. The Creation Engine itself isn't something I see evolving drastically, which it needs to.
UE5 is an improvement from a great game engine called UE4. The Creation Engine 2 is an improvement from a buggy game engine called Creation Engine. That would be my logic.
Your logic though, seems way off.
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Utherellus
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ChiefDada
Member
Too easy.
But seriously, most large studios regardless of platform are able to work on multiple titles simultaneously.
clarky
Gold Member
And? What's your point here. your expecting the to make Starfield and ESVI AND maybe Fallout at the same time? These game are huge, not some 5 hour expansion pack or a linear 8 hour story game.
They've been on Starfield for years, and Elderscrolls has been in pre for a couple of years. Is that classed and "walking and chewing gum" lol.
I think BGS were around 500 employees last time i checked, they are not even that big. Have you seen how many people it takes to knock out a COD game on a years basis? They would need to more than triple in size to even get 2 of these things out in a timely fashion.
Although it would be nice to see them speed up a bit. The games they make are great.
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jakinov
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Companies like insomniac have hard distinctions of teams and are structured to be one brand but multiple teams, multiple AAA projects. Insomniac has been explicitly a multi team multi AAA project studio for a while that’s geographic seperated too similar to how bioware had a bioware Austin and bioware whatever all ultimately run by the same honcho under same brand. Studios that essentially have one big team to do a single AAA game and who get some people start a bit of work on next project (because planners don’t do coding) hardly ever give release windows for the next game. It’s one team overlapping projects to be efficient. It’s not incompetence, its just different numbers of teams flying under the same banner. Spider-Man and Ratchet have different game directors and whatever undernaearh working on the projects seperately whereas Todd Howard is game director for all AAA games under the BHS banner and it’s the same people working on every AAA game.Too easy.
But seriously, most large studios regardless of platform are able to work on multiple titles simultaneously.
ChiefDada
Member
To answer a question someone asked me.
kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
I don't know much about the studio in question, but the ones I've worked for in the past usually handle development in phases and the pre-production phase was a different subset of creative individuals in the studio. Concept artists, designers and writers vs modelers, developers and testers for the later stages of production. Even one team can work on two products if Starfield is as far along as has been previously claimed.
nani17
are in a big trouble
Didn't they already mention it at E3 that they are sorting out stafield first and they'll move all things over to elder after that.
it's possible but GTA 6 is definitel in development trouble.
clarky
Gold Member
We'll find out this summer, They seemed confident enough last year to announce a date even after the pandemic hit. I think it was due last year personally, and they delayed internally due to COVID. This is their extra year IMO, we'll see.
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