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The Elder Scrolls Online is partly why Skyrim never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style spin-off, says Bethesda veteran

Why did The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim never receive a spin-off like Bethesda's Fallout 3 did, with Fallout: New Vegas ? According to Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, it's because of The Elder Scrolls Online. Speaking to FRVR (via VGC ), the 20-year studio veteran said the MMORPG essentially kept Elder Scrolls fans…

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The Elder Scrolls Online is partly why Skyrim never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style spin-off, says Bethesda veteran
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Why did The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim never receive a spin-off like Bethesda's Fallout 3 did, with Fallout: New Vegas ? According to Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, it's because of The Elder Scrolls Online. Speaking to FRVR (via VGC ), the 20-year studio veteran said the MMORPG essentially kept Elder Scrolls fans…

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  1. Skyrim loremaster says The Elder Scrolls never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style game because Bethesda is "very protective" over its golden gooseEurogamer

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  1. Former Elder Scrolls designer Kurt Kuhlmann on Fallout: New Vegas diehards: 'I don't know that Todd wanted to create that situation again for The Elder Scrolls'PC Gamer
  2. Tim Cain: 'Among other things that Steve Jackson Games didn't like about Fallout was Vault Boy'PC Gamer
  3. “Não estamos redefinindo nosso plano de ação nem pedindo às equipes que mudem seus focos”: chefe da Bethesda emite memorando aos funcionários após Xbox transferir Obsidian para empresa responsável por FalloutIGN Brasil
  4. Bethesda says that Obsidian's 'creative identity' will be preserved, just months after multiple projects were cancelled and it was told to make a Fallout gamePC Gamer · Cancellation
  5. Obsidian's "creative identity and strengths" will remain intact, promises Bethesda, as it takes control of Fallout: New Vegas studioEurogamer

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