Bethesda Finally Reveals The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, But the Wait Isn’t Over

The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel has finally gotten its name today, though Bethesda says it will be some time before anything else is ready to share. The reveal arrives more than eight several years after the game was initially revealed at E3 2018, and fans will likely need to wait for at least another two years before it launches.

After Bethesda unveiled its Official Name Reveal trailer for The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, the company posted on X / Twitter to note that development is still moving forward. The message said it would be a while before more details are ready, but that it felt good to at last share the name and setting with players.

That means anyone hoping the announcement marked an approaching release window will need to be patient a little longer. The silence has ended, but the wait for the game itself is still far from over.

So why did it take so long? A fairer question may be why Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls 6 so early in the first place. Jason Schreier said on Bluesky that the 2018 teaser was meant to ease concerns after Fallout 76, not to imply the next Elder Scrolls game was nearly finished. Fallout 76, built around multiplayer, drew heavy criticism at launch, and many longtime fans were disappointed to see the studio move away from its single-player focus. Schreier later added that The Elder Scrolls 6 is still over two years away.

Even so, Bethesda and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma have both confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 is playable. In August, Sharma said she was receiving a live playthrough of the game, while also hinting at the subtitle with a trail of asterisks, which pushed fans into a frenzy as they tried to guess the name.

There are a few key takeaways from the reveal:

• The long-awaited subtitle is now official.
• Additional information is still being kept confidential.
• The game remains more than two years from release.

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