{"id":67198,"date":"2026-07-09T01:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67198"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:29:58","slug":"the-elder-scrolls-6-is-reportedly-still-at-least-2-years-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67198","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Scrolls 6 is Reportedly Still at Least 2 Years Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That&#8217;s according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking last night during a live Q&amp;A discussing this week&#8217;s dramatic changes at Xbox which have seen 1,600 staff made redundant and at least four studios cut from the company&#8217;s roster. A further 1,600 job losses are currently planned over the course of this year.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Doom developer id Software was gutted, as was ZeniMax Online Studios, developer of The Elder Scrolls Online. In an email to Bethesda staff sent following the announcement of the cuts, Bethesda boss Jill Braff said the company will now double down on its &#8220;strongest franchises,&#8221; which suggests the likes of Fallout and \u2014 yes \u2014 The Elder Scrolls. But IGN also understands that layoffs have taken place within Bethesda Game Studios among staff working on TES 6.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Every IGN Elder Scrolls Review<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"We've rounded up every IGN review of an Elder Scrolls game all the way back to 1998.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All of which begs the question of when TES 6 will finally launch, and whether Xbox can do anything to make good on its plans to speed up the game&#8217;s development without compromising on its quality \u2014 and hold back from impacting its team further in future rounds of layoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Bethesda chief Todd Howard formally announced The Elder Scrolls 6 during the company&#8217;s E3 press conference in Los Angeles back in June 2018, via a CGI trailer which revealed very little. In the years since, fans have seen nothing more. While few dared to hope that June&#8217;s Xbox Game Showcase would finally see the title re-emerge, there has been a growing sense of concern among fans who are starting to worry about how long it&#8217;s taking for the sequel to the all-conquering Skyrim to actually release.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The last time <u>Todd Howard talked about The Elder Scrolls 6 was in March 2026<\/u>, when he joked that we should all pretend Bethesda hadn&#8217;t announced it. This is a recurring theme; in February, Howard admitted \u2014 once again \u2014 that he would have preferred not to have announced the game so early.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Howard warned eager fans as recently as last November that the game is &#8220;<u>still a long way off,<\/u>&#8221; and has even teased that he may just shadow-drop it. He reiterated in February that &#8220;it&#8217;s gonna be a while yet,&#8221; and confirmed that, &#8220;We&#8217;re able to play it, we&#8217;re about to pass a big milestone internally, the majority of the studio is on the game and some of our partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In a recent interview with Variety, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty suggested that when Bethesda <em>does<\/em> get around to showing off The Elder Scrolls 6, it will signal that the game itself will be released soon. Booty also offered some reassurance, saying he\u2019s visited Bethesda to watch the game being played, and &#8220;it\u2019s coming along well.&#8221; As for when the reveal will be\u2026 &#8220;at the right time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em>@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/more-than-8-years-on-from-its-announcement-the-elder-scrolls-6-is-reportedly-still-at-least-2-more-years-from-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release. 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