Zenimax Online is developing a new AAA IP on a new engine (updated)

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On the Zenimax Online website there is curious info on their “we’re hiring” page:

"Lead Combat Designer

DEPARTMENT DESIGN DIVISION ZENIMAX ONLINE STUDIOS LOCATION HUNT VALLEY MD

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking a Lead Combat Designer to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is a chance to join an experienced group of developers in pre-production for a new IP.

(…)

Preferred Skills

Experience developing Open World games"

There is also information about a new engine:

"Senior Animation Engineer

DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING/PROGRAMMING DIVISION ZENIMAX ONLINE STUDIOS LOCATION HUNT VALLEY MD

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is looking for a Senior Animation Software Engineer to develop a robust in-game animation system in our new engine for the studio’s next AAA project."

First spotted by Xbox News Twitter profile:

Click here for the original source on Zenimax site (with lots of other details about these job requirements).

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There is your case by case game.

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Wonder if it will be a pure online game or single player.

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Yes. And if it’s a new IP (well, it seems it is), I wonder what would it possibly be: another fantasy game like Elder Scrolls or something entirely different?

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Please bring back True Fantasy Live Online. A modern take would be pretty cool.

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I wonder if they have any desire to make a game that isn’t an MMO now. And if so, they should probably change their name.

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I’m fine with whatever they want to make.

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They were making the Commander Keen mobile game that may be cancelled.

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I’ve been meaning to give TESO a shot. I got the base game, hell, we all do with game pass, haha. And recently bought Summerset for only 4 euros here. Now I just need to start playing it, lol.

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I’m wondering if they’ll put all the expansions to ESO on Game Pass. If they do, I also may try it. Might as well.

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Bought like every expansion and never played them. This the kind of game I would have played the living daylights during my college days but now with work its hard.

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I understand you very well .

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New IP and Engine is very exciting. I would imagine it isn’t high fantasy (I think?) like elder scrolls online since they want to make their own world.

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Well, no longer a “Rumor” then

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I will update the title.

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Pre-production on a new IP, so this is like 2024 if we’re lucky lol

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The first tweet said it started in 2018.

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With the money that Microsoft is now putting into all their projects, I’d be excited to see what a MMO with their backing aiming for a new generation might look like. I think this could have some exciting potential when you factor a persistent game will be able to fully leverage cloud compute. If it started 2018, it’s probably a long ways off.

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I remember when I wrote Microsoft should make a full fledged MMO and it almost seemed impossible.

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