Bethesda Thursdays
Skyrim
From G4:
With Todd Howard hisself.
It’s just a short little video, and if you’ve followed news about the Creation Kit thus far there won’t be any surprises. For those of you who haven’t been paying much attention to it, though, it’s a pretty decent summary.
Bethesda is hiring…for next-gen console development.
Seems like CD Projekt Red isn’t the only one betting on the future where consoles are concerned:
The requisition calls for future generation console programmers, who will work on an unannounced game for future consoles. Additionally, the listing asks for persons with “extensive experience programming and optimizing for the Xbox 360 and PS3.”
Nintendo’s Wii U is the only next-generation console to be unveiled thus far. Nintendo expects to release the Wii U this holiday. Bethesda said in September that it was considering development for that system, though no projects have been announced thus far.
A Bethesda representative told GameSpot, “Sorry, no comment.”
RPGWatch reports that Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax, has filed for a trademark for the name “Dawnguard”. Skyrim DLC, anyone? Or the next major property from Bethesda? Place your bets!
Skyrim patch 1.4.27 is out on Steam!
Notable fixes in this update include the fact that companions now also sneak — properly! — when your character is sneaking. Which, granted, would probably be helpful in some circumstances! A few control issues have also been resolved, and control remapping on Xbox 360 has seen some correction as well.
GameSpy does a comparison in several categories, including combat, character creation, world design, companions, and more. Skyrim comes out ahead — deservedly so — but Reckoning manages to keep up. And GameSpy makes the same point I came to yesterday: Skyrim is the fifth title in a mature series from a seasoned developer, whereas Reckoning is the first entry in what will hopefully become a series from a still rather young developer. That a reasonable comparison can be made is, I think, a good sign indeed.
Sounds like Skyrim DLC regarding “Dawnguard”. Hopefully it’ll be good.
Dawnguard is the title is the upcoming Redguard sequel.
(Okay, maybe not)
Hmm… Dawnguard… I’m going to guess that will be an Azura-based thing. Just to be different though, I’m going to say it will be a silly iPad game, rather than a DLC.
Far as I recall Bethesda don’t currently have any exposure on the Android or iOS platforms. Would be interesting to see them reach out to them, honestly.
@Sslaxx:
Bethesda actually already have made RPGs for mobile devices: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Travels
Yes. But that isn’t iOS or Android, is it.
I was installing Morrowind the other day and this add caught my eye in the Bloodmoon Expansion setup:
http://i41.tinypic.com/ekrjl.jpg
Apparently the “Elder Scrolls Travels: Stormhold and Dawnstar” were (java) mobile phone games…
This reminds me there was an Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion planned for PSP a few years back which as far as I can telle was meant to be a dungeon crawler kind of like Battlespire.
It vanished though.