Bethesda Game Studios · Action role-playing · Adventure

The Elder Scrolls VI

Xbox console exclusive

The Elder Scrolls VI is an upcoming single-player action RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, serving as the sixth main entry in The Elder Scrolls series and the follow-up to 2011's Skyrim. The game is built on Creation Engine 3 and entered active production in 2023 following the completion of Starfield. Director Todd Howard has described the project as aiming to be the "ultimate fantasy-world simulator."

Released: —
Platforms: Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: Action role-playing Adventure Fantasy Role-playing
Developers: Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers: Bethesda Softworks
Series: The Elder Scrolls
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy Open world
Country: United States
Directors: Todd Howard

About

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 is 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 is using the new Creation Engine 3. The game entered pre-production by 2018, formally being announced during Bethesda's E3 2018 conference. The game entered active production in 2023 following Starfield's launch.

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Development

In June 2016, Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, confirmed the developer's intention to make a new installment in The Elder Scrolls series, while cautioning that it remained a long way from release.

According to former Bethesda designer Kurt Kuhlmann, The Elder Scrolls VI had originally been expected to follow Fallout 4 (2015), but the studio instead developed Fallout 76 (2018) and Starfield (2023). Kuhlmann attributed the decision to Howard and said that Starfield's lengthy development contributed to the extended interval between Elder Scrolls installments.