Ok, rpg fans. Pop quiz, Who is Ken Rolston? Add some points to your intelligence if your answer is "played a large role in the design of Bethesda's Morrowind and Oblivion". Rolston retired after the release of Oblivion but has since been lured out of it by Big Huge Games who has since partnered with THQ to release a next gen RPG.

IGN has learned that Southern California-based publisher THQ will announce a new venture tomorrow morning that will take the company into the world of RPGs. Teaming up with famed real-time strategy developer Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations), THQ's will utilize the wisdom of renowned designer Ken Rolston for its upcoming project. For the unfamiliar, Rolston played an important part in the production of Morrowind, Oblivion, and the pen and paper line of RuneQuest and Paranoia RPGs.

Rolston had retired following the completion of The Elder Scrolls IV but came out of it in early 2007 to join the Big Huge family. Now we know why.

Unfortunately, THQ has remained pretty tight lipped about the specific details surrounding its next endeavor (other than to say that it will be coming out in 2009), but we did corner THQ Executive Vice-President Kelly Flock to learn what we could. BHG President Tim Train joined Flock for our brief Q&A.

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