The Elder Scrolls VI: Every Rumour & Confirmed Detail So Far

Coming from Bethesda who specialized in sports games at the time, 1994's Elder Scrolls: Arena was planned as a gladiatorial battle game that would see players travelling between venues and fighting teams of warriors. During development side quests were added and towns outside of those on the world tour were built. Around this time the team built dungeons, the gladiatorial aspect of the game was quietly dropped, and the game transitioned into a full role-playing game.

A cult hit, it wasn't long until sequels followed. After the impossibly huge Daggerfall (15,000 towns and a population of 750,000 characters), we got a sequel every four years or so, until 2011's Skyrim became one of the highest-selling RPGs in history.

Of course, there was going to be another sequel after that.

But with the introduction of Elder Scrolls Online muddying the rumour mills and nine straight years passing between games so far, we've no idea what to believe. So let's regroup for a fresh look at what we know so far, alongside some of the more interesting rumours surrounding The Elder Scrolls VI.

The first thing we need to get out of the way is that it's very unlikely we'll be seeing this game at E3 this year as Bethesda will be focusing on their other franchises. However, we may get a hint at how soon we'll see the game based on what Bethesda do show at the conference.

Starfield is a massive new franchise to stand alongside The Elder Scrolls and Fallout as one of the pillars of Bethesda. A single-player RPG set for next-generation consoles, Starfield is set in one of the streaming worlds that Bethesda have made their name on.

Showing us a universe in which space travel is still dangerous but rewarding, this has been touted both as the largest game that Bethesda has ever made and also an experience that could only be realised on next-generation consoles.

So, what's that got to do with The Elder Scrolls VI? Well, Starfield is currently the primary game that Bethesda are working on, with four of their studios contributing in some way or other. While production of that is currently winding down, The Elder Scrolls VI is still in pre-production.

This means that we won't be seeing anything until Starfield has released.