The Elder Scrolls 6: everything we know so far

The Elder Scrolls 6 was first revealed over five years ago with a 36-second announcement trailer. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a lot of concrete news on the title since.

Now that Bethesda has launched Starfield — the developer’s first brand-new IP in 25 years — with great success despite plenty of criticism on the game’s advertised scale versus its gameplay, it goes without saying that the studio will be shifting to the next installment in the Elder Scrolls series. The new title will be building off the wild success of its predecessor Skyrim (which made the cut for Digital Trends’ top 50 video games of all time) and MMO The Elder Scrolls Online.

The hype for The Elder Scrolls 6 is immense, to say the least. Not many other IPs can kickstart a years-long rumor cycle with a quick trailer of some rocky terrain and a title. And the anticipation has only grown over time, especially this year with the massive success of fantasy titles like Diablo 4 and Baldur’s Gate 3.

We’ve got our fingers crossed with hopes of a new trailer soon, but it sounds like we’re still several years away from getting our hands on The Elder Scrolls 6. Here’s everything we know about the game so far. We’ll update this article regularly whenever news hits or rumors are circulating.

Release date speculation

Every fan is looking for a concrete release date for The Elder Scrolls 6, but there’s been no official update on the project since the announcement trailer and any significant update on its timeline is likely still years away.

Since the announcement trailer launched in 2018, Bethesda executives have been adamant that The Elder Scrolls 6 would not remotely be a priority for the studio until the launch of Starfield. And even that timeline has shifted — Starfield was originally slated for November 2022 before it was pushed back to early 2023 and then finally launched in September 2023.

In an interview with Spanish gaming news site Vandal (and translated by a ResetEra gaming forum user) in August