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MMO10 Court documents say Bethesda's MMORPG already under dev, rumor says it's Elder Scrolls

By: Krystalle Voecks   2010-01-20T12:00:00     News Item: 10800

Filed under: Fantasy, MMORPG industry, New titles, News items, Legal

In this most recent round of court scuffles between Interplay and Bethesda over the Fallout MMORPG rights, it would seem that some facts are coming to light about what's going on at Bethesda's MMORPG "branch", Zenimax Media. According to filings, the word is that there are close to 100 citizens working on an MMORPG that costs "tens and tens of millions of dollars" and has been under development since late 2006. Apparently these same filings allege that the title is a "World of Warcraft" type MMORPG. Of course, considering World of Warcraft is about as equal to McDonalds in terms of brand recognition with its millions and millions served, saying something is like World of Warcraft could mean anything from 'it's a DIKU-based, kill-ten-rats, FedEx, fantasy MMORPG that looks rather a lot like WoW' on up to 'it's somewhere in the general MMORPG neighborhood.'

Now, to follow this fascinating tidbit up, the word is that Bethesda is moving to have this meticulous chunk of testimony censored to protect trade secrets. To stir the pot a bit further on why they might be scrambling to block it, VG247 have acause they allege is reliable confirming this is the often-rumored Elder Scrolls MMORPG. What's more, theircause says the Elder Scrolls MMORPG should have been announced last year.

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