To celebrate 40 years of Bethesda Game Studios, the company released a short video looking back on its history while also teasing the future. At the end of that video, Bethesda confirmed the previously reported claim that Elder Scrolls 6 is titled Sentinel. But if you were expecting a release date, well… bad news.
On Tuesday, Bethesda creative director Todd Howard presented a small look back at 40 years of Bethesda. Then, at the end of the video, Howard mentioned that it was a “perfect time” to look forward.
“You know, everybody’s always asking about Elder Scrolls 6,” said Howard. “And we thought, hey, given the moment, what a perfect time to tell you The Elder Scrolls 6 is actually called.”
After that, a brief teaser played, revealing a scroll buried in sand, before finally confirming the title of Bethesda’s next big RPG is indeed Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel, as many fans expected.
This is the first new teaser for Elder Scrolls 6 since Bethesda first announced the RPG about eight years ago at E3 2018. At the time, Bethesda didn’t provide a release date or even a rough window. In the many years since, Howard has claimed that he regrets that the studio announced it so early. Considering the fact that nearly a decade has passed since that first teaser and The Elder Scrolls 6 still doesn’t have a release date, yeah, it does seem like Bethesda revealed the RPG far too soon.
Since 2018, a lot has happened in the game industry, including the slow death of E3 itself. And just two years after announcing TES6, Bethesda was bought by Xbox for $7.5 billion. Meanwhile, Bethesda launched Starfield in 2023 to mixed reviews from both fans and critics.
