Bethesda Working On A Super Secret WOW Style MMO

At this point, we know that Zenimax Media, Bethesda's parent company, opened up an MMO division head by Dark Age of Camelot's Matt Firor and have been working on an unannounced game. What we didn't know was that Bethesda let slip some information in the court case against Interplay, and now they have filed to redact those statements so their competitors can't find out about it.

A trusted source who wishes to remain anonymous informed DAC of these actions being taken by Bethesda. The deadline to file for redactions of testimony was yesterday, 19 January 2010. As we learned from previous transcripts leaks, there are 218 pages of transcripts from the preliminary injunction hearing between Interplay and Bethesda. We've only been able to get our hands on a few pages, but what we've seen has been enlightening. What Bethesda doesn't want us to see is information about their in-the-works MMO.

The Big Trade Secret ? Bethesda has "tens and tens of millions of dollars" and "close to a hundred people"working on a "secret" "World Of Warcraft" type MMO and they don't want their competitors knowing about it. They've been working on it pretty heavily since 2007 after assigning the team in late 2006. According to testimony given by Bethesda, the development timetable for an MMO is 4 years, so that would mean they would be releasing this game next year.

Bethesda also does not want their competitors, whether Interplay or big MMO competitors like Blizzard, to know whether it's Fallout MMO or not. Based on testimony released on DAC, they are not working on a Fallout MMO and they cannot start working on one until they win the rights from Interplay. Technically speaking, that means no Fallout MMO from Bethesda until 2014 at the earliest if the court case gets settled soon and in Bethesda's favor. However, if they are working on a Fallout MMO anyway, which would mean perjury and therefore highly unlikely [Edit : And just so people aren't confused, I am in no way suggesting Bethesda committed perjury], next year might see a Fallout MMO from Bethesda.

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Another MMO lol. I'm sick of it.

UPDATE : According to VG247. It's Bethesda's Elder Scrolls MMO.

WoW style MMO

Stopped reading there.

We can already say it now. Another one bites the dust.

We can already say it now. Another one bites the dust.

Mograine

Not if it's a console Elder Scrolls MMO.

Just what the gaming industry needs, another mmo attempting to cash in on WOWs success.

WoW style? Now I know I definitely won't want it.

ANOTHER MMORPG? - -MMOs are basically half finished games - and developers want gamers to pay for the privilege of filling in the blanks.

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This is getting ridiculous. Developers have gotten greedy and lazy - they need to get off their ***** and start cranking out some quality single player games if they want my money.

I don't think we need more MMO's. At least not right now.

We need more MMO's but not more "ctrl c , ctrl v of wow ... Note im not saying i dont like wow i mean i do play it. But we still need new ideas, new competition so that blizzard aint just siting alone controlling 95% of the MMO market here in the W

the developers who make MMO for money always fail...this has been the truth since 2004.

anyways, im disappointed that my fav devlopers is wasting their time on MMO. i loved their single player free roaming rpg.

i loved their single player free roaming rpg.

chapman86

EDIT : According to VG247.. This Secret MMO IS Bethesda's Elder Scrolls MMO. :)

the developers who make MMO for money always failchapman86

Just what the gaming industry needs, another mmo attempting to cash in on WOWs success.

Katakalypto

lol same could be said about every game made after pong and tetris.

[QUOTE="chapman86"]the developers who make MMO for money always faildos4gw82

lol same could be said for all games. lol if they didnt think they would make money off of developing a game, do you think they would still develop it?

yeah i didnt think so

I don't think we need more MMO's. At least not right now.

UnknownElement4

One bad company trying to copy another (which, it must be said, copied off of everyone else to begin with)...yeah, color me unimpressed.

ANOTHER MMORPG? - -MMOs are basically half finished games - and developers want gamers to pay for the privilege of filling in the blanks.

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This is getting ridiculous. Developers have gotten greedy and lazy - they need to get off their ***** and start cranking out some quality single player games if they want my money.

Born_Lucky

If it uses real time combat like oblivion or even morrowind I will be happy. If it uses combat like 99% of the mmo games out there right now then I refuse to play and will continue to wait for TOR.

If it was an Elder Scrolls type MMO, sure. Hell, even a smale scale persistant world game (2-20 people) I'd be on board for.

If Matt Firor is on it, it is worth checking out.

First it was Fallout, then it was KOTOR, now it's TES. This is killing me. What beloved PC RPG will be turned into a vile MMO next? Baldur's Gate MMO? Diablo MMO? What about Neverwinter Nights, Planescape, Icewind Dale MMOs? Wouldn't surprise me at this point. I hate these studios and publishers selling out. krazyorange

First it was Fallout, then it was KOTOR, now it's TES. This is killing me. What beloved PC RPG will be turned into a vile MMO next? Baldur's Gate MMO? Diablo MMO? What about Neverwinter Nights, Planescape, Icewind Dale MMOs? Wouldn't surprise me at this point. I hate these studios and publishers selling out. krazyorange

If they do a good job then maybe i will get it, but i don't see how anything can be better than WoW.

I really hope this doesn't suck Lennit

One bad company trying to copy another (which, it must be said, copied off of everyone else to begin with)...yeah, color me unimpressed.

-wildflower-

I find it ironic that you criticise these companies for copying, yet your cynical "too cool for the mainstream" attitude is not original by any means either.

Torchlight is built in the MMO engine that mythos use.

I just when I thought Bethesda couldn't sink any lower.

Like there aren't enough crappy WoW clones already.

Bethesda lacks the talent to create a popular mmo. Their games push technology, but are not polished enough to be appealing to the masses. Just like every other mmo developer. Biowares star wars is the only game that has a chance of getting a solid share of the market.

WoW style MMOMograine

Stopped reading there.We can already say it now. Another one bites the dust.

i heard about another game being like wow it wasn't so i'll wait till the game is out

ANOTHER MMORPG? - -MMOs are basically half finished games - and developers want gamers to pay for the privilege of filling in the blanks.

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This is getting ridiculous. Developers have gotten greedy and lazy - they need to get off their ***** and start cranking out some quality single player games if they want my money.

Born_Lucky

I am of a similar opinion. If it's an MMO, I won't even touch it...even as much as I like Bethesda's other games.

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

One bad company trying to copy another (which, it must be said, copied off of everyone else to begin with)...yeah, color me unimpressed.

crazymaghie123

I find it ironic that you criticise these companies for copying, yet your cynical "too cool for the mainstream" attitude is not original by any means either.

Or maybe I'm sick of playing the same freakin' rehashed game for the past 10 years. Nah, that couldn't be it... :roll:

I'm sure in a interview when Oblivion came out, Pete Hines was asked about MMO, and he stated that Elder Scrolls universe single player is what they aim for, and always will. Why change? Oblivion was a massive seller, why change?

It's not being developed by bethesda it's being developed by Zenimax Online Studios :?

Great idea... Lets make a MMO just like WOW.

WOW is popular and the typical WOW player has played the game for around a year. They are just dieing to play more of the same right?

So lets make a game just like it except it won't be as polish and have very little end game content. But will make the game play similar so they won't be bored. Millions are bound to drop their WOW accounts in which they have hundreds of hours invested in to come and play a game just like WOW right?

Great idea... Lets make a MMO just like WOW.

WOW is popular and the typical WOW player has played the game for around a year. They are just dieing to play more of the same right?

So lets make a game just like it except it won't be as polish and have very little end game content. But will make the game play similar so they won't be bored. Millions are bound to drop their WOW accounts in which they have hundreds of hours invested in to come and play a game just like WOW right?

sleepingzzz

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

One bad company trying to copy another (which, it must be said, copied off of everyone else to begin with)...yeah, color me unimpressed.

crazymaghie123

I find it ironic that you criticise these companies for copying, yet your cynical "too cool for the mainstream" attitude is not original by any means either.