Bethesda’s Paul Oughton has revealed that the publisher is hoping to release its next instalment in the popular Elder Scrolls series some time in 2010.

"At the moment we've got Fallout 3 for this year and potentially there's a new Elder Scrolls title in 2010," said Oughton.

He also confirmed that the company is focusing the entirety of its efforts on PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 platforms, stating it is “not that interested” in Nintendo Wii.

"At the moment we're not that interested in the Wii. We're going to stick to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. We'll continue to pursue three or four titles a year and go for big titles," he said of the company's publishing plans for the future,” he explained.

"We've seen games selling in the past 18 months that we never thought we'd see. We wouldn't have thought that pet games and cooking games would have a viable market five years ago. No publisher would have taken those products on.”

The most recent entry in the Elder Scrolls saga, Oblivion, was released for Xbox 360 and PC in 2006 to universal acclaim and was subsequently ported to PlayStation 3 the following year.