Skyrim Turns 15, and Fans Keep Asking About What Comes Next

Bethesda marked the 15th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with an art giveaway and a new vinyl release, according to Video Games Chronicle. The celebration, though, drew a lot of attention to a different game.

Skyrim is a fantasy role-playing game, in which players create a character, take on quests and roam a large open world. Posts marking its anniversary were taken over by fans asking for news about The Elder Scrolls 6, the next main entry in the series. Those fans were looking for details on its title, Sentinel.

The name was not revealed on Skyrim's anniversary. Bethesda unveiled the title on the studio's 40th anniversary instead, as a studio, according to the same report. Bethesda Game Studios, the team behind the series, sits within Bethesda, which is part of ZeniMax.

The gap between big releases is a central part of the story. In the 15 years since Skyrim, Bethesda has shipped Fallout 4 and Starfield. Other ZeniMax teams released The Elder Scrolls Online, a game played with others over the internet, and Fallout 76, a multiplayer game set in the Fallout series.

For the players posting on the anniversary, the question was simple. They had waited a long time, and they wanted to know what was coming next. Bethesda's anniversary posts gave them a giveaway, a record and a name, but not a release date for Sentinel.

Bethesda's own timeline is also worth noting. The studio's 40th anniversary, and the reveal that came with it, now sit alongside one of its most-played older games. Two anniversaries, two different games, and one set of fans watching both.

Skyrim turned 15 with an art giveaway and a vinyl release. Sentinel is the name of the next Elder Scrolls game, announced on a different anniversary. Everything beyond that is still to come.