Elder Scrolls Online Developer Zenimax Working on New AAA Title

Microsoft’s acquisition of Zenimax Media Inc is already promising big things for the future. According to the latest reports, Zenimax Online, developer of the famous Elder Scrolls Online series, is reportedly working on a new AAA title.

‘Xbox News’ channel on Twitter breaks this news that will excite fans all over the world. The tweet reads, “Confirmed: Xbox first-party studio Zenimax Online, developer of The Elder Scrolls Online, is working on a brand new AAA IP, built on a brand new game engine. The title has been in development since at least 2018.”

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While most initially thought this to be just a rumor, a Zenimax designer, Alex Tardiff, more or less confirmed the report.

“Not much to say about this yet, but it’s been so much fun creating a brand new engine. With how rare this kind of thing is nowadays, I feel fortunate to be at this studio while we invest heavily in our own technology.”

The new AAA title by Elder Scrolls Online developers has been in the works for a long time

Apparently, the team has been working on this for quite some time now. In an interview published in the official Xbox Magazine in 2019, Zenimax Boss Matt Firor had mentioned, “Yeah. Not a lot of people have picked up on this, but if you look on our job site you’ll see that we are accepting applications for people to work on a new engine for a new triple-A game.

“So yes, we have ideas, but we’re committed to ESO for as long as it takes.”

This is great news for fans of the Elder Scrolls Series. Even though the game is a new IP, fans can expect it to be as complex and intricate as Elder Scrolls. Additionally, the development of a new engine is another bit of good news. This only makes it easier for other studios in the Xbox family to be able to use it.

Arkane Studios is also working on a new title

Arkane is another studio that Microsoft acquired in the Zenimax deal, along with several others. Recent reports suggest that even they are hiring for an undisclosed AAA game that they are working on. Being part of Microsoft definitely seems to have given the studios bigger budgets to work with.

Yet another RPG, ‘Avowed’, is already being developed by Obsidian for Xbox. This is still a good 2-3 years away in terms of release, but its preview shown at the Xbox Games Showcase looked promising.

These are exciting times for Xbox fans all over the world. Xbox Studios are developing many AAA titles at this point. Maybe this time, they will be able to match (or even outdo) Sony in terms of providing great exclusives. The developers have suggested that they will release games for other platforms on a case-to-case basis. Nevertheless, this still doesn’t rule out the possibility that they might just make them exclusive titles, even if they are timed ones.