Bethesda Names The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel At End Of 40th Anniversary Video
Bethesda Softworks announced on November 3 that the official title of its in-development RPG is The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, developed by Bethesda Game Studios. The release date and supported platforms have not been announced.
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Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
The subtitle and its Hammerfell dateline are the first substantive detail attached to a project announced in 2018, and they arrived attached to a corporate anniversary video rather than a dedicated reveal.
Key Facts
- Bethesda Softworks announced on November 3 that the official title of its in-development RPG is The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel.
- The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel is developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and no release date or supported platforms have been announced.
- The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel's teaser was shown at the end of a video marking Bethesda's 40th anniversary.
- The teaser text is attributed to Yazar, a Moth Priest, addressing High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell and dated 4E 206.
- The Elder Scrolls VI was announced at E3 2018, and little follow-up information had been released before the November 3 title reveal.
The title came at the end of a video marking Bethesda's 40th anniversary, where a short teaser was shown on the company's official X account and YouTube channel. The teaser text carries an in-world inscription attributed to Yazar, a Moth Priest, addressed to High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell and dated 4E 206. That date sits later than the 4E 201 opening of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which has fed speculation that the game takes place in Hammerfell, west of Tamriel. The game was announced at E3 2018, and for a long stretch afterward there was little follow-up. Bethesda has described the project as in development.
The teaser carries an in-world inscription rather than a release window. The full text reads: "The scroll offered only a shimmer, a veil thinly lifted to my eyes. A future lost. A victory undone. Sands of time scattered by fate." It is attributed to Yazar, Moth Priest to High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell, and dated 4E 206.
Game Spark notes the title arrives with little else attached. "There is still no major information. The mystery deepens," the outlet writes, adding that the game remains in development at Bethesda Game Studios and follows Oblivion and Skyrim in the series line.
The subtitle was not a complete surprise. Game Spark had previously covered overseas reports, including from The Verge reporter Tom Warren, that the subtitle might be "Sentinel" and that an announcement could come as early as November. Those reports pointed to an eight-letter subtitle that matched redacted text posted by the XBOX CEO, who said he had seen actual gameplay.
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