The Elder Scrolls 6 Now Has a Name, and Bethesda Says More News Will Wait

Bethesda has formally named its next game The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel. The studio has also said it will not share anything new about the game for some time.

The news came as fans looked toward a date of their own. Skyrim, the fantasy role-playing game from the same series, was released in 2011, and 11 November marked its 15th anniversary. Speculation spread that Bethesda might use the occasion for an update on Sentinel.

The official Bethesda Game Studios account answered that speculation on Reddit, the community discussion site. The studio said there would be no big announcements around the Skyrim anniversary. Eurogamer reported the studio's statement that it would not share anything new on Sentinel for some time.

The wait is a long one for the series. The first reveal trailer for The Elder Scrolls 6 appeared in 2018. Since then, the game has had a name only in the sense of a working title, and fans have pieced together what they could from the studio's occasional comments.

Bethesda Game Studios is the team behind the series, which lets players roam large open worlds, make their own choices and explore at their own pace. A studio usually stays quiet about a project while the work is still in progress. Staff are building the world, writing the story and testing the game, and those decisions take time before they are ready to show.

Fans who wanted a birthday present got a reminder instead. The studio's message was short: the name is official, and the next update is not on the calendar yet. Anyone waiting for a release date, a platform list or a price should expect to wait longer.

For now, the facts are simple. The game is called The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel. Bethesda Game Studios has said it will share nothing new about it for some time. The first trailer is now eight years old, and players will have to keep watching the studio's official channels for the next word.