The Elder Scrolls VI is an upcoming game in The Elder Scrolls franchise. It was announced at E3 2018 as being the next major project to be released by Bethesda Game Studios, after Starfield.
On 9 August 2016, Pete Hines stated that The Elder Scrolls VI “isn’t in development,” clarifying on 18 October 2016 that “nobody is working on it.” On 12 August, 2016, he said, “You’re not going to be hearing first details on [Elder Scrolls 6] years before the game comes out, absolutely not.”
At E3 2017, Pete Hines stated in an interview that The Elder Scrolls VI was “down the road.” He continued, “To reiterate, they have at least two major titles that they are working on before we’re gonna get to Elder Scrolls VI. […] We’re pretty clear, TES VI is not in dev.”
On 10 June 2018, at E3 2018, the company released a teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls VI. On 11 June 2018, Todd Howard noted in an interview that The Elder Scrolls VI is in “pre-production” and was not yet playable. He also said that the technology needed for the game is “getting closer.”
On 4 June 2019 in an interview with IGN, Todd Howard said about The Elder Scrolls VI, “I think everyone should be very patient […] The gap in between is obviously going to be long, it already is. On one hand, I think it’s good to miss things. I think that makes people come to it with really, really fresh eyes. And I think when they eventually see the game and what we have in mind, they’ll understand the gap more in terms of technology and what we want it to do. The one thing it does is people are still playing Skyrim, it’s still one of the best-selling games. I know people joke about it online, but it’s one of the best-selling games on Switch. Anything we put it out on, it becomes a hit game. And they love it, they still play it, it’s almost infinitely playable, all of the mods and everything like that. And we’re 8 years post-Skyrim. It lets us know going into Elder Scrolls 6 this is a game we need to design for people to play for a decade at least, at least.”
On 10 May 2020, Pete Hines stated on Twitter in response to a fan request for information about that game, “It’s after Starfield, which you pretty much know nothing about. So if you’re coming at me for details now and not years from now, I’m failing to properly manage your expectations.”
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