“I want us to be the most successful studio in our entire organization. That’s a big thing to say because we’ve got Bethesda Game Studios, we’ve got MachineGames, and id — the list goes on. But I want us to be that group that everybody looks at, like we do with [Bethesda Game Studios].”
ESO is a widely played MMO, but ZeniMax Online hasn’t yet achieved the same cultural footprint that Bethesda Game Studios earned with Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. Lambert is determined to change that.
“You look at Todd Howard’s group and … it’s, like, five Game of the Years in a row, and this massive legacy and all that. That’s what I want us to do,” he said. “I want to make more games. I’m not done yet, and the team continues to want to make more games as well.”
“I have lots of ideas. Hopefully we’ll be able to share those at some point.”
As a long-time player, it’s natural to associate ZeniMax Online primarily with ESO; for now the MMO remains the studio’s core focus. But Lambert warned against relying on a single pillar indefinitely.
“I don’t think you can ride one thing into forever. I mean, obviously we want ESO to be successful, we want it to be that 30-year MMO, and commit to it,” he said. “But if you put all your eggs in one basket, there’s issues.”
There’s a reason The Elder Scrolls Online ranks highly in our list of the best MMORPGs you can play today.
Source: gamesradar.com
