"Early builds" of The Elder Scrolls 6 are being played at Bethesda, offering the same "joy, excitement, and promise of adventure" as the rest of the series' 30-year history

Mar. 25, 2024



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“Early builds” ofThe Elder Scrolls 6are being played at Bethesda, as the studio celebrates 30 years of its iconic fantasy RPG series.

In a post outlining three decades of The Elder Scrolls - starting in 1994 with Arena, Bethesda said that it has “other exciting projects underway” in addition to all of its classic back catalogue. Those projects are something of a rogue’s gallery - The Elder Scrolls: Castles is a mobile game that’s in the midst of a peculiarly low-key rollout, while Skyrim’s new Creations community content system has not proven particularly popular with modders.

Back in August, we learned thatThe Elder Scrolls 6 had moved out of pre-production.

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