Bethesda veteran Bruce Nesmith spoke about the difficulties of game development and the challenges of balancing time with quality.
Todd Howard also spoke about how The Elder Scrolls 6 is Bethesda's biggest project right now, and how most of the company is working on it.
In the time it's taken for several other studios to release multiple new games, Bethesda's most-anticipated sequel remains AWOL.
"When you decide to show it, you want it to be the best you’ve got", per Matt Booty, along with the promise of "hey, it’s coming soon."
If you're hoping for Bethesda to drop either in the near future, you might want to pull up a chair and wait for a good long while.
Todd Howard noted that the popularity of games like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim allows the studio to take its time with its next project.
Howard also spoke about how Bethesda's games have often served as follow-ups to titles across its franchises, like Fallout 3 and Skyrim.
Todd Howard spoke about how the team behind The Elder Scrolls 6 had to deal with Creation Engine being upgraded from 2 to 3.
Bethesda might be feeling the pressure from its fans as they eagerly wait for more news about a title that the studio's been quiet about.
Bethesda has spent "the last several years" upgrading Creation Engine 2 and is currently set to pass a "big milestone," says Todd Howard.
Bethesda's Todd Howard also reveals that even if the studio didn't get the rights to Fallout, it "wanted to do something post-apocalyptic."
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Kurt Kuhlmann admitted that he was unsure if this decision had been changed since he wasn't involved with the franchise after Skyrim.
Kurt Kuhlmann wanted to use The Elder Scrolls 6 to build up new antagonists in the form of the Thalmor for the seventh game.
Nate Purkeypile also expressed his belief about how a narrower scope than Starfield could potentially benefit The Elder Scrolls 6.
Nate Purkeypile also spoke about how internal pressure at the studio revolves more around ensuring quality than hitting a release date.
Speculations about the setting have begun anew, with some believing it could be Valenwood instead of the long-rumored Hammerfell.
"What do fans really want? Do they want a game that comes out before it should and doesn’t meet their expectations?" says Emil Pagliarulo.
While fans are speculating that The Elder Scrolls 6 might be coming out in 2027, other fans are noting that this might be reaching.
Announced seven years ago, internally playable, yet “still a long way off”, exactly when will we return to Tamriel?
