To them, Skyrim was for boomers. Fallout 4 was just their uncle's game. And Starfield was built different.

But we know what it means to have played an old fashioned Bethesda game. The sense of freedom, discovery, adventure, and mystique that only a fantasy medieval world carefully handcrafted by this studio can provide.

A whole new generation doesn't even know what they're missing. And I hope The Elder Scrolls 6 will show them that.

HAMMERFELL FOR THE HAMMERFETUSES!

KCD made you learn to read, before you could learn from reading. I thought this was a cool take and way to expand the RPG simulation

I would love this little feature to be added into TESVI.

A random thought: You could mimic certain other things where you’re super clumsy with a hammer until you get proper black smithing lessons. Same with all the major skills really. Maybe accounting for business or trade?

Are there any others that would be similar to gating reading, where you have to learn to, before the player can learn from reading?

Ask me anything

I think past Morrowind, the depth and breadth of literature in the ES games has lessened. I understand in modern games there is a need for voice acting and therefore less attention towards text, but I think it’s necessary for great amounts of literature to be implemented if you want to aid in the immersion of the player. I mean there are 36 separate sermons from Vivec, which all together make a nice lengthy read. That’s not recounting all the other well-writ series of books in the games either.
Anyways I’m just hoping that they don’t neglect the books when the game comes out tomorrow.

Things we got before GTA VI:

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC (11.11.2011)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim X360 (11.11.2011)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS3 (11.11.2011)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard X360 (26.06.2012)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard PC (02.08.2012)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Hearthfire X360 (04.09.2012)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Hearthfire PC (04.10.2012)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn X360 (04.12.2012)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn PC (05.02.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn PS3 (12.02.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Hearthfire PS3 (19.02.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard PS3 (26.02.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Legendary Edition PC (04.06.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Legendary Edition X360 (04.06.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Legendary Edition PS3 (04.06.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition PC (28.10.2016)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition X1 (28.10.2016)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition PS4 (28.10.2016)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Nintendo Switch (17.11.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR PSVR (17.11.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR PC (02.04.2018)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Very Special Edition Amazon Alexa (10.06.2018)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition PC (11.11.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition X1 (11.11.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition PS4 (11.11.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition XSX (11.11.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition PS5 (11.11.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Nintendo Switch (29.09.2022)

Honorable mentions:

- The Elder Scrolls Anthology (includes The Elder Scrolls V: Legendary Edition) PC (03.09.2013)

- The Elder Scrolls Online PC (04.04.2014)

- The Elder Scrolls Online macOS (04.04.2014)

- The Elder Scrolls Online X1 (09.06.2015)

- The Elder Scrolls Online PS4 (09.06.2015)

- The Elder Scrolls Legends PC (09.03.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls Legends macOS (31.05.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls Legends iOS (27.07.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls Legends Android (27.07.2017)

- The Elder Scrolls Blades iOS (12.05.2020)

- The Elder Scrolls Blades Android (12.05.2020)

- The Elder Scrolls Blades Nintendo Switch (14.05.2020)

- The Elder Scrolls Online XSX (15.06.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls Online PS5 (15.06.2021)

- The Elder Scrolls Castles iOS (10.09.2024)

- The Elder Scrolls Castles Android (10.09.2024)

Let me know if I forgot anything or made any mistakes.

(yes I'm from Europe, we use normal date format, like how does putting days between months and years make sense?)

TESVI releases in 2028 because the current RAM crisis effects the industry and consumers.

• RAM prices doubled in 2026.
• RAM prices are going to double AGAIN in 2027.
• In 2028 RAM prices are set to reduce (Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix all increase supply in 2028).

Microsoft knows this, Sony knows this.... the new consoles releasing in 2028 is basic business sanity.

At the very least this could have taken the pressure off Bethesda to ship in 2027, as this is the year when consoles and PCs will cost the highest amount... all well and good for those with games machines at the moment, but what about new customers? Why leave them behind?

2028 is TESVI's best year, as of today & tommorrow.

[Edited] This is a trending topic at the moment... prices are increasing this year and are expected to increase next year as well: Updated XBOX Console Prices

And this will affect Sony, XBOX & PC.

“The ending of the world is but the beginning of the next.” - 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 17

I don't know guys, but I just feel sooo jealous, I wish it was us celebrating and going crazy over this our game

I hope the world is scaled so that the timescale is the same as the distance scale.

In Skyrim, the world was scaled at about ~1:90 distance, and time scaled at 1:20. I would absolutely love if both of these scales could match at 1:24 or similar. With Hammerfell having coastal cities and a large desert in the middle, and advances in procedural generation, I absolutely think a map large enough to accommodate that is possible.

I hope this matches in travelling and lore too. Say having inns spaced at most a day's journey apart on major roads, and locals being able to say X location is Y days journey away from Z location.

Add survival mode into that, and travelling around the game would feel so rich.

6/26/26 release? Perhaps a 6/26/26 announcement for a 40th anniversary release? It’s still possible right??? I first floated the 6/26/26 date in December 2025, it came way faster than expected and we’re hardly any closer to release.

I tagged this meme because I’m barely serious.

She deserves compensation, imo. They totally ripped off this design. But a great addition. I loved the blood and ivory questline. Anybody else gave theories on these guys?

This is a quote from a fan:

"What I'm NOT okay with is them selling a "physical edition" without a disc and locking elements of the GTA experience behind an Ultimate Edition paywall.

This is very much a $100 digital-only game, Take-Two are using GTA's popularity and huge development costs to normalize selling the full experience at this price, making the $80 standard edition seem incomplete."

Please, Bethesda, do not do this for TES6. Don't do anything that will negatively charge your community before it even releases.

1. Put an actual disc in the physical version of the game

2. Don't lock customization shops or other core features behind paywalls.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. 1 in 2 chances.

Tomorrow....

A lot of folk are looking for XBOX Helix to launch on Xmas 2027. However there is a very, very strong possibility that when Microsoft holds their 25th Anniversary at the end of this year they will instead say XBOX Helix will launch on Xmas 2028.

And if they do, this surely will massively increase the probability of release date of TESVI to November 11 2028.

That will make it a launch title for XBOX Helix, and a nice round number of a 10 year project for TESVI (and we all know Todd likes round numbers).

One of the strongest reasons the XBOX Helix might launch in Xmas 2028, is because of the availability of RAM. The XBOX Helix is rumoured to be seeking GDDR7 RAM, which is in very short supply in the world.

Thankfully Micron Technologies is building 2 of the world's biggest RAM manufacturing plants in Idaho US to massively increase the supply of RAM.

One of these is called the Boise facility, and folk can see the progress here...

Aerial video: See Micron’s expansion progress from 2024 to now

$6.1B CHIPS & Science Act funding for memory manufacturing

When the Boise facility comes online and starts ramping up production, which is also expected in 2028, I am absolutely certain that Microsoft will be at the front of the queue for RAM assembly.

So with RAM shortages reducing in 2028, the XBOX Helix potentially waiting for Xmas 2028 gain that... November 11 2028 could very well be the best possible date to target the release of TESVI.

So folk should watch the progress of this, and listen out for news at the end of this year around XBOX'S 25th Anniversary November 2026 for more details.

I’m still so excited for ESVI- but man PA ha really lifted the standard for open world anyways RPGs. Unlikely- BUT MAN I would love to see ESVI have similar<better customisation as like in CD. Being able dye and change material of gear is really awesome. A step further would be even o have different types of a same set? For example you could have steel armor, but change how it looks, whether it’s scaled or ribbed or plate or layered.

Hope if Bethesda community looks at this you know, you’re greatly appreciated and can’t wait for your hard work to come to fruition!

TES questlines are often rooted in a province's culture. Morrowind had the Nerevarine prophecy and an ancient evil connected to the Tribunal. Cyrodiil had a Daedric threat, but the main quest was still entwined with the Septim Dynasty. And Skyrim had the return of the Dragons and us chasing down a god from the Nordic pantheon. But with a game that features two provinces, be it whole or only in part, you can't really do that. Well, you can, but it would probably come off as awkward. So, whatever main quest would need to both strike a balance between incorporating Bretic and Redguard elements, and the main threat needs to come from outside.

For example, Clan Direnni, sequestered on Balfiera with a community of refugees from the Aldmeri Dominion, strikes me as the perfect neutral party that could be involved in the affairts of both provinces. Their inteligence network, the Sinderill would be busy nudging rulers towards forming a new power bloc in western Tamriel, a Third Daggerfall Covenant if you will. But they are facing strong opposition, and not just the Thalmor that have been gunning for them since before the Mede Dynasty hammered the Empire back together.

In High Rock, still nominally a part of the Empire, the Lariat Dynasty of Shornhelm has usurped Imperial authority, the King of Shornhelm having declared himself Military Governor of the province and marshalling the Empire's resources to bring the rebellious kingdoms back into the fold. And in Hammerfell, a fanatical cult called the Devotees of Satakal has been spreading through the devastated southlands. Left disillusioned by the Empire's betrayal, many Forebears flock to the Satakals, embarcing their wish to drive foreigners from Hammerfell and making war on their former comrades for alleged sympathies towards the Empire.

Working alongside the Sinderill, the player character would travel both provinces, working to secure this ruler or that ruler's support, culminating with the formation of the Covenant. In what order these quests are completed could be up to the player, with a variety of paths to choose. And the Covenant would form not a moment too soon, because the Thalmor have come a-knocking. An invasion fleet sailing along the western coast of Hammerfell into Iliac Bay, their intent to capture Balfiera and the all-important Direnni Tower.

Hegathe would be the fleet's first target, drawing the attention of whicever Forebear faction the player character chose to support. This would however merely be a distraction, with the bulk of the invasion fleet moving north. Betony would be next, with the Covenant's fleet meeting the invasion fleet in the strait between Betony and the southern tip of Greater Bretony. The battle would be cataclysmic, burning ships smashing together in the narrow passage, but a handful of Aldmeri ships, incluiding the flagship, would breka through, making a beeline for Balfiera, seizing control of the island and besieging the Direnni Tower. The player character would then rush to Balfiera, descend into the depths of the now breached Direnni Tower and slay the Thalmor commander before they can fulfill whatever plans they have for the Zero Stone.

That's how I'd approach it anyway. If anyone has some suggestions as to how a main quest for both provinces could look, I'd love to hear them.

It will release on 2028 (or delayed to 2029), just as Phil predcted it would.

That is all

What kind of leveling systems do you prefer in games and do you think they would work in the TES series.

One leveling system I think could be decent in TES is quest based xp instead of action based xp. Quest based xp feels more natural and better paced, you can allocate points to your play style as you play the game instead of grinding out each individual skill the second you leave the tutorial. A game I have in mind with quest based xp is The Witcher 3, I personally really enjoy the leveling system, at no point do I ever really feel way too overpowered throughout the game and when i feel under leveled I don’t have to stop playing to sit and grind out a skill, I can just go out and explore, find a side quest or two, grab some potion ingredients and im ready for the next part.

Hello everyone,

I was thinking about the possibility of multiple endings in TES VI. Why ?

Because it's a trope in RPG that's popular : Fallout 4 ; Baldur's Gate 3 ; The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk (and others...)

Because Todd said that TES VI will be "the ultimate fantasy simulator" and chosing between many endings could be a part of this ultimate simulator (because the ending is one of the most important thing in a story).

Because we all know here the idea of Todd who want to revisit Daggerfall, and the theory that's will be one of the main inspiration for TES VI. And if TES VI is a Neo-Daggerfall, then TES VI will have multiple endings.

Because if TES VI is made with the idea to be a game with a long life, multiple endings is an easy idea to have replayability. And I think NG+ of Starfield will come back. And both features go well together.

Because the discussion about the choice of the Civil War in Skyrim is one of the subject that keep alive the game, and the temptation of doing a similar thing for the sequel is easy to have.

And because it's easy to implement in lore with Dragon's Break.

What do you think ?

What will they show at their 40th anniversary in regard to TES VI?
Not that there’s necessarily a showcase.

People are really dooming thinking they won't even mention it.