Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130819093722/@comment-24434525-20140216014945

They own the rights to the game and all lore associated with it. They use it if they wish, however I would advise you all to look at TESO as that will be the best reflection of what direction the series is going to take. The thing is he's a former writter and artist for Bethesda. Bethesda owns the rights to TES, Zenimax owns Bethesda, so Zenimax owns TES, and it is Bethesda and Zenimax that have the ability (and ONLY them) to declare what is and isn't canon. There are new writters working on the series now, they are the ones that will be deciding the future of the series. More than likely they will continue to take Mr. Kirkbrides past contributions into acount and continue to expand on those ideas, however that isn't always the case, new writers often times mean new ideas and new directions. I am simply advising everyone to keep an open mind, and remember that Kirkbride does NOT work for Bethesda any longer and thus isn't a current writer and developer of the game.

Now to return to topic, as Im sure we can always make up a Mr. Kirkbride topic to debate on all day long if you like.