News for The Elder Scrolls VI is “years away”, says Bethesda’s Pete Hines

In a recent Tweet, Bethesda’s Pete Hines confirmed that the company had no plans to release any more information about The Elder Scrolls 6 in the near future, stating that the company will discuss Skyrim’s successor after Bethesda “Starfield”. 

Starfield is Bethesda Softworks’ next big RPG, starting the first new franchise for the company in 25 years. At this time, little is known about Starfield, so it makes sense for Bethesda to be focusing on that game right now. Hines has stated that gamers should expect details about The Elder Scrolls VI “years from now”, and that gamers need to “properly manage your expectations”. 

So why did Bethesda reveal The Elder Scrolls VI at E3 2018?  

If Bethesda isn’t ready to talk about The Elder Scrolls VI in 2020, why did they reveal the game at E3 2018? The answer to this question is simple; they needed to reaffirm their commitment for the singleplayer RPG genre after the reveal of Fallout 76.    

At this time, Starfield was not late enough in its development to properly showcase, and Bethesda needed something positive for fans to talk about. With Bethesda’s latest entries into The Elder Scrolls series being Legends, an online card game, and Blades, a Mobile-only game, it only seemed right for the company to discuss the next main series entry for the franchise. The problem is that the game’s development had only started, making it way too early to start talking about the game publically.