
#THE ELDER SCROLLS 6 TODD HOWARD SERIES#
Hopefully Elder Scrolls 6 - you don't want to say that it's worth that kind of wait - but it does stand up to the series as it has been in a really big, impactful way when it comes out." "verything takes longer than we'd like as well, but we want to make sure we get it right. Ultimately, the success of Elder Scrolls Online and the overall health of the franchise gave Bethesda the confidence to focus on Starfield, Howard said. That's something I think we still have a long way to go with." how deep can we make it? The other thing is how AI and NPCs interact with you. When we think about games and what we would want to do going forward, it's okay. "There are a number of parts of where we don't go deep enough, where it's a veneer in terms of its interactivity. In describing what he would change about Skyrim, Howard hinted at the future direction of the series. Fans also suspect that it will be set in Hammerfell based on what seemed to be a subtle easter egg buried in the Starfield reveal trailer, along with other clues. We do know that both Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield will utilize a substantially updated version of the Creation Engine in what will be a "huge jump" from Skyrim. In the meantime, precious little info has been revealed about Elder Scrolls 6, which Howard described as being in the "design phase" back in June. Based on the usual timescale of Bethesda's development, that could mean that Elder Scrolls fans wind up waiting another several years before finally getting a chance to revisit Tamriel. Both games were announced at E3 2018, but while Starfield is targeting a release for late next year, The Elder Scrolls 6 remains in pre-production. we'd been wanting to do something else for a long time and play in a new universe, so if not now - I'm going back in time, we started right after Fallout 4, so 2015 - if not now, when? It felt like, if we didn't do it then, the 'when' could be 'never," Howard said.īethesda Game Studios ultimately decided to push forward with Starfield, effectively putting The Elder Scrolls 6 on the backburner.

What's more, if Bethesda Game Studios wound up prioritizing The Elder Scrolls 6, it was unclear if it would ever get another chance to truly do something new. However, there were other projects that came first, including Fallout 76. "Do I wish I could wave a wand and the game we wanted to make just came out? Absolutely." "Would you plan to have the kind of gap we're having between Skyrim and the follow-up? I can't say that's a good thing," Howard says.
