The Elder Scrolls VI

The Elder Scrolls VI
Developer(s)	Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher(s)	Bethesda Softworks
Director(s)	Todd Howard
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Series	The Elder Scrolls
Engine	Creation Engine 2
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows Xbox consoles
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single player
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The Elder Scrolls VI (working title) is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It will be the sixth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The project will be led by game director Todd Howard, reprising his duties from previous games in the series, as well as other games developed by Bethesda Game Studios. The Elder Scrolls VI will be the second game developed on the studio's in-house engine, Creation Engine 2, following Starfield (2023). The game entered pre-production by 2018, formally being announced during Bethesda's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2018 conference.

The game is scheduled to be released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox consoles.

Gameplay

See also: Gameplay of The Elder Scrolls

The Elder Scrolls VI will be an action role-playing game.

Development

In June 2016, Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, confirmed the developer's intent to make a new entry in The Elder Scrolls series, describing the game's status as "kind of the elephant in the room", while asserting that "It's good to tell our fans in these moments, yes, of course we are [making The Elder Scrolls VI). He would however, caution expectations in regards to the game's progress by warning that "It is—I have to be careful what I say—it's a very long way off", adding that, "it's something that's going to take a lot of time, what we have in mind for that game".

The game was formally announced during Bethesda's conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 event on June 10 that year, where Todd Howard presented a short teaser trailer, and revealed that the project had started pre-production, with its launch scheduled to follow the releases of the studio's imminent games in development, Fallout 76 (2018) and Starfield (2023). This release plan would be reiterated in October 2018 by Zenimax Online Studios producer Matt Firor, who when interviewed by Eddie Makuch of GameSpot, likened the release timeline of The Elder Scrolls VI in relation to Starfield and prior games developed by Bethesda Game Studios, stating that "You can go back and count the years between Bethesda Game Studios releases, and you'll get the idea that [The Elder Scrolls VI is] not coming anytime soon". He would additionally put forth the prospect that by the time the game would be completed, "There will be a different console generation by then". The Elder Scrolls VI's release status would again be clarified in May 2020, when Senior Vice President of Global Marketing & Communications at Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines, responded to a user on Twitter regarding when more information about the game would be released. Hines responded, "It’s after Starfield, which you pretty much know nothing about. So if you’re coming at me for details now and not years from now, I’m failing to properly manage your expectations".

In March 2019, through a promotional video commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda announced that YouTuber Shirley Curry, otherwise known online as the "Skyrim Grandma", would be featured in The Elder Scrolls VI as a non-player character (NPC), depicted through motion capture photography. Curry's inclusion in the game came about following a fan petition initiated on Change.org in order to "immortalize" her in the game following a comment she made, expressing regret towards not being able to play the game by its release due to her age. Notably, Bethesda Game Studios similarly included a cameo appearance from another major figure in The Elder Scrolls fan community in one of their games, namely cancer victim Erik "Immok the Slayer" West, who appeared as the NPC "Erik the Slayer" in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011), which inspired the fan movement advocating for Curry's addition to the game. The video also detailed plans for the game to utilize photogrammetry technology in order to capture real-world landscapes and typography and use them to depict the scale of the game's world, citing a need to "push our future tech for games to levels we have not done before".

In September 2020, Microsoft entered an agreement to acquire Bethesda Softworks' parent company, ZeniMax Media, thereby receiving ownership of Bethesda's various development teams, including Bethesda Game Studios, as part of Xbox Game Studios. When asked about the likelihood of The Elder Scrolls VI and future entries releasing on PlayStation platforms, Todd Howard cryptically responded, "I can't really project where things will be except to say we've done those sort of exercises ourselves as an independent. If you look at every Elder Scrolls game, there has been some exclusivity on Xbox or with Microsoft". When said acquisition completed in March 2021, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer clarified the status of Bethesda's relationship with Xbox going forward, remarking that while contractual obligations with other publishers and game communities meant that "There might be things that have either contractual things or a legacy on different platforms that we’ll go do", he would conclude that, "this is about delivering great exclusive games [for you] that ship on platforms where Game Pass exists and that’s our goal. That’s why we’re doing this. That’s the root of this partnership that we’re building and the creative capability we will be able to bring to market for our Xbox customers, it is going to be the best it’s ever been for Xbox after we’re done here". In an interview with GQ Magazine that November, Spencer asserted The Elder Scrolls VI and future Bethesda Game Studios titles' exclusivity to Xbox consoles and Microsoft Windows, stating that, "In order to be on Xbox, I want us to be able to bring the full complete package of what we have. And that would be true when I think about Elder Scrolls VI. That would be true when I think about any of our franchises". In the same interview, Todd Howard provided an update on the game's status, confirming that "We've been designing", and that the game's technology would build off of the groundwork established by Starfield, further anticipating that the game would "arrive some fifteen to seventeen years after Skyrim". Phil Spencer additionally anticipated the game to launch after the upcoming Fable game from Playground Games.

While promoting Starfield in June 2022, Todd Howard participated in an interview with IGN's Joe Skrebels, where he clarified, "Elder Scrolls VI is in pre-production and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while. We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well".

Release

The Elder Scrolls VI will release on Microsoft Windows and as a console exclusive for Xbox platforms.

External links

• Official website
• The Elder Scrolls VI on IMDb

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