Bethesda has warned Elder Scrolls fans not to expect a significant update on the next series entry anytime soon.
The highly anticipated Elder Scrolls 6 was announced at E3 2018 with a brief teaser trailer which confirmed it was in pre-production atBethesdaGame Studios.
However, Bethesda also revealedStarfieldat the same event, and the sci-fi RPG was ahead of the fantasy one in its release pipeline.
Following several delays,Starfield will launch this weekfor some pre-order customers, and Elder Scrolls 6 will the studio’s next flagship game,ahead of Fallout 5.
In an interview with Spanish publicationVandal(translated byGameSpot), Bethesda’s head of publishingPete Hinesreportedly said Elder Scrolls 6 “is in early development”, but that fans shouldn’t expect more news about the game to be revealed until “a few years after” Starfield’s launch.
“So no, don’t expect to hear anything aboutThe Elder Scrolls 6anytime soon,” he said. “For now, Starfield is our focus, and it will continue to be our priority for some time until we speak about anything else.”
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Starfield and Elder Scrolls series directorTodd Howardwas recently asked if he regretted announcing the fantasy sequel so long ago.
“I have asked myself that a lot. I don’t know. I probably would’ve announced it more casually,” he toldGQ.
Commenting on what he’d like to achieve with the game, Howard said: “It’s like… I don’t want to answer, but I want to be polite. I will say that we want it to fill that role of the ultimate fantasy-world simulator. And there are different ways to accomplish that given the time that has passed.”
