Believe it or not, today marks the 30th anniversary of Bethesda's legendary Elder Scrolls series. The franchise's PC debut — The Elder Scrolls: Arena — launched on March 25th, 1994 - and it's safe to say that the team hasn't looked back since.
Three decades on, and in the wake of an astronomically successful mainstream hit in the form of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, we're still waiting for the first Elder Scrolls game since Microsoft bought Bethesda. It's hard to wrap our heads around, but yep, The Elder Scrolls 6 will be an Xbox first-party release when it arrives.
Of course, in recent months the landscape has changed, with Xbox bringing some of its titles to other platforms - not to mention its list of third-party Call of Duty deals to come in the wake of the ActiBlizz takeover. Regardless of where Skyrim's sequel ends up releasing, we're still incredibly excited for its huge launch.
The earliest we can feasibly expect the next game in this legendary series to arrive seems to be 2026, but in all honesty, it could be quite a lot further away than that. Both Microsoft and Bethesda will want to absolutely nail this one - The Elder Scrolls has become one of Microsoft's biggest franchises since it came under Xbox's wing.
Anyway, enough about the future, let's reminisce about The Elder Scrolls' past here. From the series' Xbox debut with Morrowind to the phenomenon that is Skyrim, we've enjoyed some amazing years with this famous franchise, and we want to wish it the happiest of 30th birthdays. Here's to one legendary RPG franchise - now officially an Xbox IP!
What are some of your fondest The Elder Scrolls memories? Show us how you're finally awake down in the comments section below.
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Apparently TES6 is only in pre-production...therefore, the video we saw back at E3 2018 means precisely **** all 😒🙂
I will be surprised if it releases before the next xbox console comes out! anything before 2028 seems a fantasy
Let's hope Bethesda doesn't just follow the Skyrim template and actually starts looking at the likes of CDPR and TW games. Open world fantasy games have come some ways since the last ES.
bethesda is too slow for me to care much anymore. and while i think starfield is better than most games recently, its low effort compared to their fallouts and elder scrolls.
i don't expect elder scrolls 6 to be outstanding or released anytime soon.
now where is avowed? outer worlds 2? perfect dark? state of decay? hello? phil?
i bet we get one xbox studio game this year, hellblade and i don't even like the ip.
devs just can't produce and most of them need to be replaced with a.i.
I have high expectations for Elder Scrolls 6 simply because 5 set the bar relatively high to begin with, and Bethesda/Microsoft should learn a lot from the reception of Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, and (when it's released) Grand Theft Auto 6.
Morrowind and Oblivion were both Xbox Exclusives, at least until Oblivion was ported to PS3 with only Skyrim enjoying a 'multi-platform' console release. Of course since them, Skyrim has released 'everywhere' but arguably this IP has a longer history with MS and Xbox.
That being said, I am not overly excited by ES6. I wasn't the biggest fan of the IP to begin with but in the past decade or so, I don't really feel that Bethesda have advanced. They have used the same 'template' with the same dated interactions, animations, missions etc. I feel they really need to 'evolve'.
Just waiting on specs announcement as I will be building a new PC for this game.
Bethesda is my favorite studio. Skyrim and oblivion are 1 & 2 of my greatest of all time list. I am excited for this game.
It will probably be one of the timed exclusives that goes to playstation and maybe even nintendo after being exclusive for a year or two.
Oblivion still lives in my head, rent free, so hopefully similar to that but with a better engine… although, after the (in my opinion) disappointment of Starfield, I am a little pessimistic
@MarkD01 #soon unless they canceled it
@ironcrow86 Hate to break it to you bud, but pretty much all trailers mean absolutely f*** all nowadays 😂
@ironcrow86
They did say they wouldn't start developing TES VI until after Starfield released. That announcement came right after the trailer.
This will end up being a PS6 game
Future article: It's been 30 years since The Elder Scolls 6 was announced. Where the ***** is it?!!
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