The last genuine Elder Scrolls title is seven years old. Seven. Years. Old.
Though Bethesda looked set to bring Skyrim to a variety of different platforms at this year's E3 yet again (a prospect they met with a fantastic sketch), the studio went and surprised everyone with an announcement for The Elder Scrolls VI. Not much else was revealed about the project other than a forty-second long teaser, but it looks to be being made with the next-gen in mind and with a brand new setting too.
The setting is what’s gotten everyone talking though. The subject of where the next Elder Scrolls will be set has been speculated upon endlessly, even in the months immediately following Skyrim’s release. It’s that much of a deal, and with each successive entry in the franchise having opted to visit a new locale, logic would dictate we’ll get to see a brand new setting in this one.
There are certain places we can write off already however. The rocky formations and grassland of the teaser point towards a few places in particular, and although the venerable Argonians of Skyrim’s community might be looking forward to a potential visit to Blackmarsh, all signs point elsewhere...
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
