Xbox Executive Says The Elder Scrolls VI Development Is 'Going Well'
The first concrete progress update on The Elder Scrolls VI in years confirms the game is in active development and that Xbox is deliberately pacing its reveal.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Matt Booty, Xbox Chief Content Officer, told Variety that development of The Elder Scrolls VI is progressing smoothly. He saw the game running at Bethesda alongside Todd Howard and called it 'amazing.' Booty said the team will show footage when it is ready, not before, to avoid making promises too early.
Matt Booty, Chief Content Officer at Xbox, gave the most substantive update on The Elder Scrolls VI in years during a Variety interview published June 10. Booty said he visited Bethesda Game Studios, sat next to director Todd Howard, and watched the game running. He described what he saw as 'amazing' and stated that development is 'going well.'
Booty also addressed the long silence around the game, calling it 'one of the most difficult balancing acts in his job.' He explained that showing footage is effectively a promise that a release is near, so Xbox wants to wait until the game can be shown in its best possible state. The comments follow the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and come after Bethesda shipped Starfield, which cleared the studio for full-scale work on the sequel announced in 2018.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.