Elder Scrolls 6 Might Not Launch Until Next Generation Of Consoles

By Vince Published 30th Oct 2018

Elder Scrolls 6 might be delayed until the release of the next generation of consoles

This year's E3 was a bit nuts, especially when Bethesda made the surprise announcement of two massive games: a brand new sci-fi single-player game called Starfield and the long-awaited The Elder Scrolls VI. The hype was at an all time high, until recently leaked news stated that it'll be a long time before The Elder Scrolls VI comes out. So long that the game might not hit until new console hardware is release.

When recently asked about the game and a around about release date, ZeniMax Online Studios game directory Matt Firor said "You can go back and count the years between Bethesda Game Studios releases, and you'll get the idea that ES6 will not be coming anytime soon".

Chiming in on the rumors, Bethesda marketing boss Pete Hines described The Elder Scrolls VI as being a "big" and "ambitious" game but would not get into further specifics about the game. Hines also went on to add that when Bethesda announced ES6 and Starfield at this year's E3, he did so to help manage expectations and let fans know that the Elder Scolls series has not been forgotten about.

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"[The Elder Scrolls VI] is big and it's ambitious, but also â€¦ the most important thing to underscore is that the timeline between products that you get from BGS is not any different than it has been historically just because we've talked about two games after Fallout 76," Hines said. "I try really hard to manage people's expectations. It's not like 'Fallout 76 this year, Starfield next year, and then TES6 the year after.' The timeline isn't any different. What's different is just trying to be transparent and say, 'Don't freak out, the next thing we're doing is single-player [in Starfield], [and] we are making TES6."

Fallout 76 launches in November for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Starfield will follow after that, with The Elder Scrolls VI coming even later. Back at E3, Bethesda boss Todd Howard said Starfield might not be released on the current generation of hardware, so that being the case, it makes sense that The Elder Scrolls VI is also rumoured to not arrive until new hardware comes out.