Bethesda: Elder Scrolls 'potentially' returning in 2010

by Alexander Sliwinski on Oct 29th 2008 5:15PM

Now that "Oblivion with guns" is done, it's time for Bethesda to make another "Fallout with swords." The developer's publishing executive, Paul Oughton, indicated to GI.biz that the company could "potentially" have the next Elder Scrolls title ready in 2010.

Oughton also stated Bethesda currently doesn't have any plans to release its titles on Wii. He acknowledges that Nintendo has opened up a market, but the publisher plans to stick with the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. An Oblivion or Fallout 3 port for Wii is still theoretically possible, it just doesn't sound like Bethesda would be the one doing it.

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Tags: bethesda, bethesda-softworks, elder-scrolls, elder-scrolls-5, oblivion, paul-oughton, PC, PS3, skyrim, the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (55)

nice! but can we please have a PS3 version on par with the 360 one? i plan on making the PS3 my system for Oblivion, while 360 will be my system for Fallout (assuming we get Fallout 4 before XBox 720). not really understanding how Bethesda can perform exceedingly on PS3 with Oblivion, then drop the ball with Fallout 3.

One can say that Bethesda was waiting to see how well the 360 and PC version would do before porting it to PS3.

Anyway you look at it, the PS3 version of Oblivion had an extra year in development whereas the PC, 360 and PS3 versions of Fallout 3 were simultaneous.

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Best,
ryan

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