"Bethesda and ZeniMax are hard at work on a new MMO, and it's taking you back to the world of Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind."

Tomsguide.com :

"While details are still few and far between, Tom’s has learned that ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda will officially announce Elder Scrolls Online in May 2012.
An industry source that wishes to remain anonymous revealed the name of the new MMO to us, and confirmed that the game would take place a full millennium before The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Using the http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline as a guide, Elder Scrolls Online will likely take place during the “Second Era,” or several hundred years before any of the other Elder Scrolls games. This information was corroborated by two additional sources before publication.
Elder Scrolls Online will have three playable factions, according to the tipster. Not much is known about the factions, except each is represented by one of three animals: A lion, a dragon, and a bird of prey (either a phoenix or an eagle, we aren’t sure).
A May 2012 announcement would likely be followed by some sort of presence at E3, the annual Los Angeles video game convention. The game would also be shown at Quakecon 2012 in August, along with id Software’s Doom 4 and several other titles.
The fact that ZeniMax and Bethesda are working on an MMO is hardly a secret, as http://jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions/view/176 have been on http://jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions/view/44 for http://jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions/view/62. What remained unknown until now was the universe in which this MMO would take place. While some were certainly hoping for a Fallout MMO of some sort - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Interplay-Bethesda-Fallout-MMO-ZeniMax,14457.html – that is not to be the case.
When Tom’s reached out for confirmation, the response from ZeniMax and Bethesda was a “no comment.” We will update this article as more information comes in."


Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html#xtor=RSS-993


What do you guys think about an elder scrolls MMO? Would you buy it?

And as always the source could be [censored]ing us.

Edit: just to add some additional information Zenimax did start a massive online gamestudio in 2007. Bethesda is working on a "World of Warcraft type MMO", according to legal papers submitted in a court case between the company and Interplay. But keep in mind that this could be for a fallout MMO

The "Edit" information above is from Eurogamer, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bethesda-mentions-wow-like-mmo

Kotor all over again. Bye bye singleplayer TES as we know it.

Sounds fun. wouldn't buy it right away as games are more fun single player but will have to try it at a later date.

• An industry source who wishes to remain anonymous
  
• This information was corroborated by two additional sources before publication

Reliable sources there. And don't you think that if Bethesda were planning to release a MMO that these "sources" would talk to someone else and not just Tom's guide?


Also, we have a dedicated thread for discussion about TES Multiplayer/Co-op. Please use that one:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1358980-official-tes-multiplayerco-op-thread/

I couldn't play it anyway but this sounds interesting...

Whispers about an Elder Scrolls MMO have been churning for years now. I hope it's true, and it winds up being good. MMO's make great "Filler" games, between droughts of quality titles.

Do not know if want.
I used to play MMOs but... well, other people grate on my nerves.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1358980-official-tes-multiplayerco-op-thread/