The Daily Verse: Elder Scrolls MMO, and Trailer for Max Payne and Lollipop Chainsaw

So for today’s verse it’s two trailers and a megaton! That’s right, The Elder Scrolls is going online, just like people have been requesting for years. Aside from that we’ve got some new footage of Max Payne 3’s multiplayer and a behind the scenes featurette for Lollipop Chainsaw. The countdown to megaton is on, in today’s verse’!

Max Payne 3 – Second Multiplayer Trailer

Lollipop Chainsaw – Behind The Scenes – Behind The Apocalypse

Bethesda Softworks Announces The Elder Scrolls Online!

ZeniMax Online Studios Takes Award-Winning Elder Scrolls Franchise Online In Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

May 3, 2012 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced The Elder Scrolls® Online, an MMO in development at ZeniMax Online Studios. The Elder Scrolls Online will be thefirst Elder Scrolls game to allow gamers to explore the legendary Elder Scrolls world with others.

The Elder Scrolls Online is being developed for PC and Mac under the leadership of industry veteran Matt Firor, who has spent the last two decades working in online game development. Details about the game are revealed in an exclusive cover story in Game Informer’s June issue, which ships to subscribers and newsstands this month.

“We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”

The Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim® is the most recent title set in the award-winning Elder Scrolls universe. Skyrim, developed by Bethesda Game Studios, was released in November 2011 and enjoyed worldwide critical and commercial success. Skyrim earned hundreds of ‘Game of the Year’ awards, including top honors at the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards, the 15th Annual 2012Interactive Achievement Awards held at the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit, and at the2011 Video Game Awards. Internationally, Skyrim shipped over 10million units within the first month of its release, was the second highest grossing title in the industry last year, and is the fastest selling title in Steam’s history.

The Elder Scrolls Online will be featured on magazine covers across Europe and in online stories in the coming months which will provide gamers with more information about this exciting title.

The Elder Scrolls Online has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

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  1. MMO Elder Scrolls is an interesting idea. But the way it all plays doesn’t excite me. I wish they made a Skyrim version instead.