Elder Scrolls V is Bethesda’s surprise for E3?

Back in August of 2009, Todd Howard of Bethesda made a shocking announcement at the QuakeCon event that they were not developing Elder Scrolls V — “currently”. Fast forward to June 2010 and rumors lying in sleep for the past 10 months begin to stir awake pertaining to a fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls franchise.

Back in August of 2009, Todd Howard of Bethesda made a shocking announcement at the QuakeCon event that they were not developing Elder Scrolls V — “currently”. Fast forward to June 2010 and rumors lying in sleep for the past 10 months begin to stir awake pertaining to a fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls franchise.

According to Famitsu’s latest issue, several companies are packing up huge surprises to reveal at E3. Bethesda, the magazine notes, should be one of them, listing a “secret” under their surprise category.

Where’s the Elder Scrolls V connection here? It just so happened that it was mentioned before that the successor of Elder Scrolls IV won’t be released till 2011. It’s 2010, and now would be a good time as any to unveil the fifth title officially.

Possibly, it really wasn’t in development during QuakeCon 2009. But they could have started working on it right after, right?

The surprises ought to be good at this year’s event.

Via [Abstract360]

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