Five years after it was originally teased, Elder Scrolls 6<\/em> is now finally in the early stages of development, but the developers have bad news: its release is still five-plus years away due to the team’s focus on Starfield.<\/em><\/p>
Starfield <\/em>may be launching only a few short days away, on Sept. 5<\/a>, but this extensive Bethesda project may be one of the reasons why the next Elder Scrolls<\/em> won’t be released for quite some time.\u00a0<\/p>
Phil Spencer, the big boss at Microsoft, admitted during the Microsoft FTC Trial<\/a> that the same devs who have been working on Starfield<\/em> are the ones who will be working on ES6<\/em>. As Starfield<\/em> is launching this year, it took priority. As such, he said, ES6<\/em> is still five-plus years away from actually launching.<\/p>
On top of that, it’s “unclear on what platforms it\u2019s launching on.”<\/a> But if their history is anything to go by, we can assume it will be another Xbox exclusive.<\/p>
None of this is even set in stone yet either apparently, at least according to other Bethesda brass. In an interview by Vandal with Pete Hines<\/a>, a vice president at Bethesda, on Aug. 29, he revealed ES6<\/em> is now in its earliest stages. Seeing as it took devs over 10 years to develop Starfield<\/em><\/a>, their aim for a 2028 ES6<\/em> release may be on the hopeful side.<\/p>
Related: Todd Howard suggests he regrets announcing Elder Scrolls 6<\/em> so early<\/a><\/strong><\/p>
