A former Bethesda developer who worked on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim says ‘everyone’ at the studio expected The Elder Scrolls VI to follow after Fallout 4, which didn’t happen.
Xbox head honcho Asha Sharma visited Bethesda HQ for live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6 this week, while protests continue over the recent layoffs outside the company’s offices.
The Elder Scrolls 6 remains Bethesda’s ‘primary development focus,’ the company has said during a statement issued on its social accounts.
Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls 6 is still some way off from release, with a reliable industry source claiming the game is ‘at least 2 years’ from launch.
A veteran Bethesda Game Studio designer has warned that having a faster schedule for The Elder Scrolls 6 could see reduced content and lack of polish.
The Elder Scrolls 6 is set to return to a ‘classic Bethesda game’ like previous entries such as Skyrim and Oblivion, Todd Howard has said.
The co-lead designer of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has revealed that Bethesda decided on the main setting for The Elder Scrolls VI during development of Fallout 4.
The Elder Scrolls VI was going to be like The Empire Strikes Back, according to the former Bethesda designer who was originally tipped to lead the project.
A former artist with Bethesda has been asked during an interview why he thinks The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced too early, stating that much of the reason is because it had been ‘so long’ since Skyrim came out at the time of its reveal.
Todd Howard has revealed that The Elder Scrolls VI is ‘progressing really well,’ although there’s still no release date in sight.