For fans of video games, arguably one of the most exciting milestones of this decade has been the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The open world action/adventure game was so well-received that it has been considered one of the greatest games of all time already, but of course, there’s been a question on everyone’s lips since then – when are we getting a sequel?
Over the last year or so, we’ve been plenty of online commenters asking when we’re going to see a new Elder Scrolls game, with plenty hoping that we’ll be seeing a new Skyrim in 2018. While that sadly doesn’t seems to be the case, it looks as though things are finally happening, indicating that the game will arrive sooner than its makers have stated.
While it was announced earlier this year that the newest instalment in the series is still not in production, an interview with Pete Hines, VP of PR and marketing at Bethesda Game Studios, indicates that there is still hope in the future, but that the company want to spread their wings and work on a few other projects as well. “The Elder Scrolls VI will eventually be made,” Hines said. “It is multiple big releases down the plan for those folks [at Bethesda Game Studios].”
“Quite honestly, they didn’t want to be the developer that was just Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Fallout for the rest of their development careers,” Hines admitted. “And you’ve got a lot of people in that studio who have been there for a really long time. They wanted to be able to self-determine things they worked on next, whether it was existing stuff whether it was new IP.
“And I think Todd [Howard, Bethesda boss] and his team have earned the right, given the quality of this stuff, to be able to say, ‘We know everybody really wants Elder Scrolls VI, but we as creative people want to be able to do stuff that we’re really passionate about.’ And I think once you see how the next two titles come out and then how Elder Scrolls 6 ties into what those games are doing and about, I think it’ll all make sense. But I think it’s going to be a while before all those things happen.”
As Games Radar notes, back in August Bethesda Game Studios were found to be advertising for a whole bunch of jobs including artists and designers, indicating that something big is on the way. Games Rader also noted that the company’s two big then-upcoming titles, The Evil Within, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, were due for a release in October, it seemed unlikely that they would hire roles like that for games which were already completed.
So what does it all mean? Well, with a spokesperson for Bethesda acting coy when asked about it, with the company hiring a lot of new staff, and not many big-name titled in the works, it seems as though The Elder Scrolls 6 could finally be entering production. Sadly, it seems like it’s still a while away, but we’re definitely much more excited about this now that we know the gears seem to be in motion.
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