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Bethesda boss Todd Howard has given a brand new replace on The Elder Scrolls 6, and the large takeaway is that whereas the sport is playable already, it isn’t releasing anytime quickly.
Speaking to GQ, Howard mentioned the extremely anticipated RPG is “nonetheless a great distance off.” Howard is directing the sport, and he instructed followers that they need to get snug as a result of it will be some time. “I am preaching endurance,” he mentioned. “I do not need followers to really feel anxious.”
Howard mentioned The Elder Scrolls 6 is “the on a regular basis factor” because it pertains to what he spends his time and a focus on today on the studio.
“We did an enormous play take a look at yesterday for The Elder Scrolls 6, and it’s a must to actually have a look at the display screen and say, ‘What is that this? What does this want? The place are we at?’ Nice video games are performed, not made. The display screen does not lie,” he added.
As for why Bethesda did not instantly make The Elder Scrolls 6 after the massively profitable Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Howard mentioned the crew “wanted a inventive reset.” So the studio adopted up Skyrim with Fallout 4 in 2015, Fallout 76 in 2018, and Starfield in 2023. All through these releases, Bethesda additionally re-released Skyrim on so many platforms it turned one thing of a meme.
Bethesda oversaw the event of 2025’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered from developer Virtuos. It had a profitable launch and is now the No. 5 best-selling recreation of 2025 within the US. The sport was shadow-dropped, and Howard mentioned he want to do one thing like that once more with a future Bethesda launch like The Elder Scrolls 6.
“I like to only announce stuff and launch it. My good version–and I am not saying that is going to happen–is that it will be some time after which, sooner or later, the sport will simply seem,” he mentioned.
Howard personally introduced The Elder Scrolls 6 at E3 2018. Greater than seven years later, Bethesda has not shared any official particulars in regards to the recreation, nonetheless, prompting followers to surprise in regards to the recreation’s standing.
In keeping with Bethesda veteran Bruce Nesmith, who has since left the corporate, Howard solely agreed to announce the sport so early as a result of followers have been coming with “pitchforks and torches” inquiring in regards to the recreation. Howard himself has mentioned he usually wonders if it was the appropriate factor to announce The Elder Scrolls 6 so early. “I’ve requested myself that so much,” he mentioned. “I do not know. I in all probability would’ve introduced it extra casually.”
Bethesda broke with custom by saying The Elder Scrolls 6 so early, as the corporate beforehand introduced Fallout 4 in June 2015 and launched it simply 5 months later. Skyrim, in the meantime, was introduced in December 2010 and debuted lower than a 12 months later. Issues later shifted, as Bethesda introduced Starfield in 2018 and did not launch it till September 2023.
Oblivion Remastered noticed Bethesda return to the sooner playbook, although. The sport was the topic of quite a few leaks and reviews, however wasn’t really ever formally introduced earlier than it was shadow-dropped in April 2025.
Along with The Elder Scrolls 6, Bethesda continues to help Fallout 76 with new content material, together with issues based mostly on the Prime Video TV collection. Bethesda can also be growing Fallout 5, together with a reported Fallout 3 remaster.