TES V to be on a new engine
The most likely engine candidate was thought to be the id Tech5 engine that is currently being used for the upcoming RAGE game by id as well as the next Doom game. With Zenimax's (Bethesda's parent company) acquisition of id Software earlier on in the year TES V on the id Tech5 seemed like a very real possibility. Unfortunately the engine is not great for open world games and is even worse for modders due in no small part to the massive texture system the id Tech5 engine employs.
Since the announcement of TES V last night Nick Breckon has tweeted that TES V will use an all-new engine:
This coincides with a recent interview with Todd Howard on Eurogamer:
And finally an IGN interview with Todd Howard should put the rumours to bed:
While we have no details on this new engine it sounds like it has been specifically tailored for the Elder Scrolls series and games of similar ilk. We can only hope that Bethesda still love us, the modding community, enough to develop their tools with the end user in mind as well.
As it is an SDK is always at the furthest edges of a developer's mind so I wouldn't expect to hear anything about it (modding) way in to the new year and much closer to the release date. I would love Bethesda to prove me wrong though.
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From what ive read the new engine will be better modable and less buggy (as its being made exactly for the kind of games like oblivion), so i say goodbye gamebryo, rest in peace.
There is a limit to how much they can upgrade, it comes a time where creating a new engine is better cost/benificial.
Although this is Skyrim, chaotic land of the Nords, so they might just take the way out of You accidentally picked up that trader's ceramic bowl?! Guards! Kill this man! then some 7 foot tall Nord runs you through with a rusty pole-axe.
LHammonds