Bethesda have announced a new game, called Dishonored, developed by Arkane Studios:

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2011/07/07/game-informer-reveals-dishonored/

Sounds like a cross between Deus Ex and Thief - which is a good thing as they were two of the great PC games of around 98-2000. No coincidence since Harvey Smith (who worked on Deus Ex) is co-creative director along with Raphael Colantinio (who worked on Arx Fatalis, available here on GOG). I have a personal interest as two Thief "Fan Mission" creators have been employed to work on the game. I'll be following this one closely.

I'm pumped.

If they add the stealth mechanics of Thief, map design of Deus Ex, interactivity of Arx Fatalis and combat system of Dark Messiah this will be one hell of a game.

You had me at "Deus Ex and Thief".

Nice to know that others are interested in it too :) Apologies for not noticing these threads, I checked for Bethesda and not Arkane. If they pull that off, then it'll be one of the greatest FPS games of the decade :D I have high hopes for the level design, both Digi and Purah are among the best of the mappers in the Thief community.

They should set their sights even higher. They should add Bioware-style character interaction, digging and construction a la Minecraft, strategic combat like HOMM or Starcraft, vehicle driving, a portal gun, and Europa Universalis kingdom politics underneath it all. Why settle for anything less?

You mean - it should be like Dwarf Fortress ;P ?

Only if they add more hats.

Another FPS ? Do we really need more ?

Ones like Deus Ex we do.

What about a game with the combat system of Thief, the stealth mechanics of Deus Ex, the map design of Arx Fatalis and interactivity of Dark Messiah? ;)

Edited for accuracy. Don't forget lesbian scenes.

And some two girls and a cup too! As a bonus content featured in the Collector's Edition.

The last good game Bethesda published was Morrowind =/