Summary
Seven years ago, Bethesda dropped a bombshell at E3 — the first-everElder Scrolls 6teaser.
We were only shown a sweeping CGI shot of a vague, nondescript mountain range, which was basically Bethesda’s way of saying, ‘The game is happening, we promise.’ But even that was enough to send the community into a frenzy.
Many tried to identify the few landmarks dotted along the vast fields, matching the terrain as best they could to Tamriel’s map. Some even analysed the direction of shadows to pinpoint where the coast is located, theorising that we were looking at High Rock or Hammerfell.
It has been 14 years since the last mainline Elder Scrolls game, and nearly seven years since we saw this very brief glimpse of TES6. As reported byIGN, that means the teaser is nowolderthanSkyrimwas when it was first shown, and we still don’t have any concrete answers.
What Do We Know About The Elder Scrolls 6?
Todd Howard admitted that Bethesdarevealed TES6 so earlybecause the community was raising its “pitchforks and torches” out of frustration. It’s hardly surprising, then, that very little has been revealed about the game since E3 2018. But that doesn’t mean that we know nothing about it.
Microsoft bought out Bethesda in 2020, and internal FTC documents released three years later revealed thatThe Elder Scrolls 6 would now be an Xbox exclusive. Whether this is still the plan, given Microsoft’s continued move away from exclusives, remains to be seen.
Similar documents revealed that TES6 willlaunch in 2028 at the earliest, after havingonly just entered development in 2023. We still don’t know where it’s set (Hammerfell and High Rock do seem likely), or anything whatsoever about its story. Speculating at this point seems futile. But with it being Bethesda’s next project, the wait is nearly over.
The Elder Scrolls 6
The Elder Scrolls 6 is a long-awaited, upcoming RPG from Bethesda. In pre-production, little is known about its contents, although speculation suggests is could be set in Hammerfell.
