Although the focus is on Starfield right now, Bethesda is also busy with one other massive-scale game. We're talking about The Elder Scrolls 6 and it seems there's been another minor update about the status of this highly anticipated fantasy project.
During an interview with Spanish games website Vandal (translated by GameSpot), Bethesda's head of publishing Pete Hines revealed The Elder Scrolls 6 has officially moved from the "pre-production" phase into the early stages of development. The bad news is, it's still apparently years away:
Pete Hines: "It's in development, but it's in early development."
According to Hines, fans of this long-running series shouldn't expect to hear "anything" about the sixth entry "anytime soon". At best, news about the game can be expected "a few years after" the launch of Starfield. He also reiterated how "everybody" at Bethesda right now is completely focused on Starfield, which releases in early access on 1st September and officially launches on 6th September.
Up until now, there's been a number of mixed reports about when exactly Starfield will arrive. More recently, Xbox boss Phil Spencer mentioned during the FTC hearing how The Elder Scrolls 6 was possibly "five-plus years away". Platforms also haven't been confirmed just yet:
Phil Spencer: "As I said, with Elder Scrolls VI, it's so far out--it's hard to understand what the platforms will even be at this point. It's the same team that's finishing Starfield, which comes out this September. So we're talking about a game that's like five-plus years away."
Keep in mind, this is just an estimate from Phil and an official release date for The Elder Scrolls 6 is still a long way off.
The Elder Scrolls 6 was officially announced in a teaser trailer back in 2018, with Bethesda mentioning at the time how the game was "currently in pre-production".
How do you feel having to wait possibly years for the next major development update about The Elder Scrolls 6? Will you be playing Starfield? Leave a comment below.
[source vandal.elespanol.com, via gamespot.com]
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News like this is like, “Yay! Awwww…..”
Awesome that it’s in development, sad that it’ll likely be 5+ years before we can play it.
I know it's not related, but has there been any update on The Witcher (1) on series X?
even though they annoyed me by not releasing it physically i much prefer a shadow drop like hi fi rush to a game anounced last gen , expected to be this gen and ending up a next gen release like es6.
This just confirms these games don't take 10+ years to make...they just postpone it as long as they can milk previous ones.
I mean I can't wait for the next Elder Scrolls but this also means that the next Fallout is probably a decade out.
Really wish Bethesda would let another studio do a Fallout spinoff like New Vegas again, though I suppose they're not keen on doing that again after another studio did their IP better than them.
(Note: I'm not being serious on the last point and love all the Fallout games, just poking fun at the fact that the community on the whole seem to prefer New Vegas over Fallout 3.)
@GunValkyria Good. Let your country pay for your gaming needs.
5+ years takes us to 2028...so ES6 will be a launch title for the next generation ?!
I’ll be shocked if it’s even out on this generation of consoles tbh
Lol so basically don't expect to play this until 2028 if we're lucky.
So Elder Scrolls might miss TWO console generations?? GTA missing one gen daft enough but a top franchise sounding like its missing two is ludicrous
@General_Spiller
Isn't GTA5 a PS360 title?
Will probably be made in max 4 years because of gamepass and so many teams with chance to develop together under Microsoft.
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