Xbox would like a bulk studio deal: Microsoft's troubled Xbox division wants to lean way into movies and TV adaptations, so it's begun quietly pitching Hollywood on a pricey package of more than a dozen games. Halo, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, Diablo, and many more could all be headed to one studio or streamer, and so far I'm told that at least Netflix, Paramount, and Universal are taking a look. (They all declined to comment.)

Since Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard in 2023, Xbox is now the largest video game publisher outside of China, and much of its I.P. has not been adapted by Hollywood, though Minecraft is at Warner Bros./Legendary for movies, Fallout is at Amazon, a Call of Duty film is coming from Paramount, which recently made two seasons of a Halo show (rights have reverted back to Xbox), and Gears of War and a Minecraft animated series are being developed by Netflix.

But like much of the video game industry, Xbox is kind of a mess these days, cutting 3,200 jobs in July, or about 20 percent of the unit's workforce. So Microsoft would very much like a big check for its I.P. One source told me it wants more than $300 million for a long-term deal, a price that caused at least one of the potential partners to balk. (Microsoft declined to comment.)

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I decided to drop by after this sub having seen the news, and something that stood out to me was the statement they made

"We're where we planned to be."

I don't know if this is just vague corpo-talk, or if they're talking about something else entirely, but to me it indicates that development for the game is going smoothly.

Originally, as per the Microsoft leaked court documents, TES6 was planned for "2026 or later". That was prior to Starfield's delay and release.

Obviously, a court document can't predict the future, and it didn't predict that Starfield would get delayed from 2022 to 2023.

I think if their original plan before the Starfield delay was releasing Starfield in 2022 and TES in 2026, then 2027 for a planned internal release date seems more likely.

Does that mean the game is actually coming out by then? It isn't guaranteed proof, since none of us can predict the future, but it's something.

A YouTuber named VoicesFromTheDark, someone who has been making Skyrim content from when it first launched (and much more other content, including Oblivion), recently completed a 4 year long, 222 episode Skyrim series where he 100%'d the game. He did so through a personal goal of defeating every enemy and creature, finding every treasure, meeting every NPC, finding every marker on the map, getting all items, doing all quests, and many many more.

What stuck out to me was at the start of it, he said "I hope this series will keep us occupied until The Elder Scrolls 6"

At the final episode, at the outro, he repeated that phrase. How the series was meant to hold him out with something to do until TES6 dropped, yet the game didn't seem any closer today than it did back then.

He also did a series called "Champion of Cyrodiil" where he basically did the exact same 100% playthrough, but for Oblivion. That series was 9 years ago, and again, at the start of it he said "something to hold us out until Elder Scrolls 6"

This guy has been a dedicated fan and has done many series for Skyrim and generally everything Elder Scrolls. His most popular one was back in 2013 about a Khajiit named K'joor. He has been a huge nerd and a fan for TES games, waiting patiently for them for years, yet he seems more and more disappointed every time he mentions it as the years go by. It is kind of heart breaking.

I hope soon enough, after all these years, I will get to hear him say "Welcome to episode 1 of Elder Scrolls 6". It would be a very satisfying moment, given he was the #1 reason I got infatuated with the Elder Scrolls way back when.

I just thought I'd share this with you all. I hope this post is relevant enough to TES6 for this subreddit.

https://preview.redd.it/vev0l4erh0ch1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=691de81d6771395657eb089b7d744d9a5f395517

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I feel like I can't venture out for 5 minutes before my inventory gets filled up, and this is with leather backpacks. Sturdy backpacks barely help the problem, same goes for elks. Boats are a huge step up, but that's assuming you live near an ocean.

Pros:

Makes the game more casually enjoyable

Allows newer players to learn the ropes of the game better

Lets you focus on the game beyond just killing zombies day and night

Cons

Teaches you bad habits, makes you fear hordes less

Invalidates any weapon choice or strategies that don't consist of using long melee weapons

Fence/Window camping erases all zombies without effort

Makes dealing with three or four zombies hardly any different than dealing with a horde