Sunday, April 25, 2010

Zenimax's secret project

I've recently started indulging myself in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition again, and because of my thirst for nerdy, useless information, I usually read a game's wiki for stuff I may have glossed over.

However, when looking at UESPWiki, I noticed that the timeline for a new Elder Scrolls game indicated we're about due for another one. And, incidentally, ZeniMax Online Studios, formed in 2007, hasn't released a single thing.

So, according to a very reliable source, VG247 thinks it has figured out the new Elder Scrolls title will be an MMO. Hopefully, it won't destroy the wonderful sense of scale that comes with a solitary experience. There's a certain indescribable element to the Elder Scrolls titles, and Im not too sure how it would translate to an MMO.

What do you think? What would Bethesda/ZeniMax have to do in order to fully translate the word of TES games into an MMO format?

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Any takers?

Apparently, there's a big scandal over in Korea regarding illegal bets on Starcraft.

Several big names over there have been accused of throwing games for monetary benefits, as well as leaking replay files of their games to a series of illegal gambling groups.

Yeah, it undermines the legitimacy of pro gaming as a viable occupation, but I also feel as if it legitimizes it a bit; People gamble on everything, why wouldn't they gamble on something so culturally near-and-dear as StarCraft on Korea?

In other news, I've been watching this video from Muscle, Milk, and Moolians, one of the pro-level TF2 gaming groups out there in North America. It's a pretty solid frag video.