Answering fan questions on the subject, Howard said that there are "no current plans" for a fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series.

Well that sucks

gah.....

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You guys forget that Bethesda work with id now? The next Elder Scrolls is going to be super crazy running on the id Tech 5 engine. ZeniMax is one smart ass company. For sure they're going to focus on something new, while they set plans ready for the next game.

That sucks, I fucking love Oblivion.

I'm way more interested in a new TES than anymore fallout stuff, or WET, to be honest. I'm probably not the only one. So the fact that they're not even (allegedly) planning right now is a little bit of a bummer.

I hope this isn't true. I would love another Elder Scrolls game.

What happened to all that stuff in 2008 about Bethesda saying that they saw Elder Scrolls V coming out some time in 2010? :(

this sucks. at least he said its possible for an Elder Scrolls MMO

Bummer.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH SUCKAS!

I thought they said it was coming before? 
 
My... my whole fucking weekend... ruined...

Is this serious?

Aww... but atleast they said it, rather than letting people keep wondering if they are working on it.

Good news, in my opinion. Because, come on, we all know TESV would have been Oblivion 2. I would like to see them continue expanding the lore through books and on their forums.

It's for the best. Bethesda has some capable developers, and it would be a shame if they were forever tied to a single game series and weren't allowed to pool their talents into an original IP.

That's cool, I still haven't gotten through the sewers of Oblivion yet.

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well what the hell else do they do then
they are not even the ones making fallout new Vegas that's the alpha protocol guys

Never!

" That sucks, I fucking love Morrowind. "

So what are they working on instead? More Fallout?

There isn't a chance in Hell they're not making another TES game.  
 
Bethesda shipped 1.7 million copies of TESIV (when it was only available on the 360 and PC) from Mar 20th 2006 (its release date) to Apr 10th 2006. By early 2007 it had sold over 3 million copies. Those are insane numbers.  
 
TES is Bethesda's keystone franchise, without the reliable money it generates they could hardly fund additional projects or expand their development teams.  
 
Maybe he's implying that there won't be a TES V anytime soon, meaning that IV's sequel won't be on any of the current generation platforms (and that wouldn't be too hard to imagine, that's how all of the previous entries have worked as well.) They're not anymore likely to stop making TES games than McDonald's is likely to stop selling burgers. 

Then what is Todd Howard's team working on? Fallout: New Vegas is being made by Obsidian, and it's not like Bethesda has any other significant IPs.

" @HandsomeDead:   They outsourced Fallout to Bioware I believe "

Me want oblivion 

You misquoted the guy. They have not plans for THE ELDER SCROLLS 5. Could be a Morrowind/Oblivion sequal or an MMO.

" There isn't a chance in Hell they're not making another TES game.  
 
Bethesda shipped 1.7 million copies of TESIV (when it was only available on the 360 and PC) from Mar 20th 2006 (its release date) to Apr 10th 2006. By early 2007 it had sold over 3 million copies. Those are insane numbers.  
 
TES is Bethesda's keystone franchise, without the reliable money it generates they could hardly fund additional projects or expand their development teams.  
 
Maybe he's implying that there won't be a TES V anytime soon, meaning that IV's sequel won't be on any of the current generation platforms (and that wouldn't be too hard to imagine, that's how all of the previous entries have worked as well.) They're not anymore likely to stop making TES games than McDonald's is likely to stop selling burgers.  "

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Morrowind > Oblivion

" Morrowind > Oblivion "

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" Morrowind > Oblivion "

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I don't want to say Oblivion was "dumbed down" but they definitely simplified it massively to appeal to a wider audiance, and it lost a lot of what made the past Elder Scrolls games so great.
 
But I'm not overly disappointed that they aren't working on a 5th game, Oblivion did end the series quite nicely, and although they could obviously go back and revisit the universe, I'd prefer to see them working on something else.  Why is Halo the only series that gets bashed when it's announced they're releasing an expansion for one of the most popular games of all time, yet a 5th Elder Scrolls game, not counting spin-offs and expansions is what everyone wants?
 
I say give the series a rest.
 
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" You misquoted the guy. They have not plans for THE ELDER SCROLLS 5. Could be a Morrowind/Oblivion sequal or an MMO. "

That makes no sense.  I sequel to Morrowind or Oblivion would be the Elder Scrolls 5, even if they decided to go back and set the game in Vvardenfell again, it would still be the 5th game.  Are you suggesting they make an Elder Scrolls V:  Morrowind II?    And an high fantasy MMO is the last thing we need, even set in the Elder Scrolls universe, is it really necessary?  The Elder Scrolls was always supposed to be a single player experience, which is why they refused to include any form of multiplayer/co-op in Morrowind and Oblivion..  I have a hard time believing they'd go against everything the series was supposed to stand for, for the sake of making a few quick bucks. "