Bethesda, id parent buys Arkane Studios

or TES with dark messiah goodness

dark messiah 2 plz

Sounds to me like a good acquisition. Don't know why the cost is not reported though - I doubt it's a huge acquisition. Perhaps they can help iD with Doom 4 - the team is quite small and the game will come out faster with more help.

@drummzer965 Well I'm just expressing my opinion; they're not a bad developer in my opinion - and also, I never said that you're a child - I said you MIGHT have become a gamer in the 2000's...not that you're too young or anything: ever since the release of Alpha Protocol everyone has been bashing Obsidian and forgetting that a lot of developers make mistakes sometimes...as well as WHO they are talking about. Obsidian have proven themselves already in my book; and many developers go through hard-times or make development mistakes - this does not make them a bad company. Oh, and no I didn't play Pac-Man in the arcades; I was too busy playing the Might and Magic and King's Quest series on my old machine. ;) P.S. It's Brink. Not Blink.

@sirmordredx Another sidenote, why is it everyone online thinks that if someone disagrees with them, they are "a child" or too young to understand. I am one of the people who was around for the games most people still cling to.... but MOVE ON. No one cares that you played Pac-man in the arcades and "nothing will ever beat that." It's just ridiculous to assume that because you are older than someone, you know better than them. That's something we learned from the earlier generations that simply isn't true. In fact, I find myself becoming more and more ignorant as I get older, and believe me, I see it in others too, Ok I'm off my soapbox

@sirmordredx Just because a game developer USED to make great games (and yes, I played Baldurs Gate, and Fallout 1 and 2, and loved them; even though that wasn't technically obsidian anyway) doesn't mean they have a free pass for life. Look at Infinity Ward, they've been riding on the success of Modern Warfare for around 3 years now, and haven't made a good game since. Just copies of the same game, expansion packs, really. Good game developers can't get lazy. And that's what Obsidian, Blizzard, Infinity Ward, etc. etc. have been doing for years. You can't just take the same winning formula and apply it over, and over, and OVER. On a side note, I would've also included Bethesda in the earlier sentence (Fallout 3 was slightly mediocre compared to TES 2, 3,4; in my opinion), but I think they are doing something really cool with Blink. They didn't let me down.

GREAT news - if Arkane worked with Bethesda on the combat of TES 5, then we'd have the ultimate combo of Dark Messiah's Combat and Oblivion's role-playing - perfect. @drummzer965 I'm really sick of you Obsidian bashers - you don't even realize who you're talking about; maybe that's because you only became a gamer in the 2000's. Obsidian used to be Black Isle - all the key people from Black Isle work there now - wait, you don't even know who Black Isle are...? Baldurs Gate: DA, Icewind Dale, Planescape, Fallout 1 and 2 - ring any bells? No? [Sighs].

Bethesda, please just quit buying other developers and make Elder Scrolls V!(with a new graphics engine at least, and also PS Move functionality)

bring out Elders Scrolls V!! but not a MMO please :D

@giant11 & mxero First off, let me start by saying "Thank you". I almost thought I'd get through all these comments without hearing a bit on The Crossing. Now I'll admit I don't know exactly who controls the IP for The Crossing or whether this new development could spell disaster for the whole thing. What I will say is I hope AS keeps it in the back of their minds. Perhaps this leg up could be just what the game needs to get back into development. Don't give up hope just yet. Wait till the project announcement. *fingers crossed*

@syafiqjabar Everything you said about Obsidian is completely false. Look how many Obsidian titles have looked "deep" and engaging, and completely flopped. KOTOR 2 (which was in no way better than one, I have no idea where you are getting that), Alpha Protocol, Neverwinter Nights 2, just to name a few. And I have a feeling New Vegas will be the same type of carbon-copy/flop of the others mentioned.

Outside of their house-developed games, Bethesda Softworks hasn't had much luck with publishing (Wet, Rogue Warrior lol), but hopefully this studio and other studios with near releases (including Rage and Fallout: NV) will have more success!

I would like a new elder scrolls but i would prefer it it was made by the same people who made tes IV

I guess this is the end for 'The Crossing' :(

Rippedentrails New Vegas is by Obsidian. If anything their games are all about depth. Even the broken KotOR2 that they made has better stories and characters than the first one. And Mask of The Betrayer is just amazing; they show that the people responsible for making Planescape: Torment great is still with Obsidian. Your comment is surprisingly ignorant for someone who cares about depth and RPGs. Did your last look at New Vegas was when the game was first announced. Did you say what you say because of just glancing at the screenshots? Deus Ex is no different from Battlefield, then, because they are both first-person games?

the time has come, they cant ignore the roar of the fans any longer, its been 5 years since Oblivion, now its time they announce the 5th installment in the series, (please,) and with this news it seems it may only be a short time now before they do. There shall be much rejoicing as soon s they do.

This is ok with me.

@Dazza102 I know what you mean, I can tell already that Fallout New Vegas is going to no depth in it..

Interesting...

Don't come complaining when every game becomes an Oblivion Clone. There's a little thing called "Depth" that people like in their RPGs.. and Bethesda just doesn't understand that. I hope the tallent can turn the publisher arround and make them realize why people liked Morrowind over Oblivion. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP USING GAMEBRYO! You have IDTech now.. USE THAT!

Elder Scrolls 5 would be great!!!!!!

A new Elder Scrolls would be a great thing to hear

Elder Scrolls 5 please please please please! pretty please!

I finally got around to beating Elder Scrolls 4, getting 5 so soon would be a dream come true!

Elder Scrolls 5 BABY!!!!!!!

bethesda should first release Elder Scrolls 5 . I think it's about time , ok we love fallout , but sorry , nothing is comparable to Elder Scrolls !!

Beh, Arx Fatalis is a mediocre Ultima Underworld wannabe. Bad choice to buy them.

Arx Fatalis... I remember sneaking around in dark tunnels and tracing out runes with strokes of my mouse. I didn't get very far before I bored of the game, but it was clear that some original thought went into it.

Arx Fatalis was a good game! Anyway shouldn't the next elder scrolls be coming out soonish?

cool beans

You know what I remembered most about Arx Fatalis? The cooking! If there ever was any game that actually made making digital food engrossing, that was it. Also, in a statement relevant to one of Bethesda's IP that has plenty of food, Arx Fatalis at least showed some respect for the foodstuffs, which can mainly be turned into food exclusively. In Oblivion, the player can make poisons out of apples and lettuces - mortifying for me indeed. The player in Oblivion: "Dear grocer, give me 25 watermelons!" Grocer: "Oh, someone's planning a great picnic!" The player: "No, ma'am, I just learned that << LINK REMOVED >>! Jolly good for my next romp into Oblivion, would it not?" Grocer: "Ah, that is fine indeed! If you would not mind, why not have a bunch of pears and some boar meat to round out your lunch basket for your otherworldly friends?" The player: "Splendid suggestion indeed, my good woman! They make plenty good fodder to << LINK REMOVED >>! If you ask me, they are too scrawny for their own good!"

I would've want valve to buy them instead of bethesda so they can continue working on the crossing.

Elder Scrolls 5! And please don't make it an MMO -_-; I'll have FFXIV and Guild Wars 2 to fill that gap.

oh please be elder scrolls 5

Optimistic: Good news! with all these houses under it's belt, they can truly make some great games that raises the tides of the otherwise calm river of game industry etc etc etc etc...... Pessimistic: Activision (v2.0) is on the waaaaaaaaay! What do you think? Thumb up for Opti Thumb down for Pessi

ohmygodohmygod TES V with Dark Messiah of Might & Magic combat is an actual possibility!!

So i found Elder Scrolls Amn or something of that nature.. It's a old p/c game i bought but never installed cuz i was so hooked to Diablo 2.. I'am actually interested in installing it now since i've looked up on the internet and it's suppose to be a really good game.. Should i install and play or no?

Hey, maybe it'll be... No, I really need to stop getting my hopes up.

I'm getting that Elder Scrolls itch. Too bad I've put it over 300 hours into Fallout 3 and Oblivion.

How cool would it be to have TES: 5 and another Arx Fatalis game. Too bad Arx isn't backwards compatible on the 360. I remember when I first played it and thought it was pretty cool how the magic system was, and the fact that you can mix ingredients to make a pie, and give a toss near the fire, and you could watch it as it "cooked" that was pretty awesome. I can only dream that something like that would be in the next Elder Scrolls game.

ZeniMax haven't disappointed me yet. I hope they keep up with their amazing work.

another one under the corporate tree....

give mah tes 5

Arx Fatalis was amazing. I really want a sequel to that game.

Ok.