{"id":11315,"date":"2025-11-10T15:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/10\/im-preaching-patience-the-elder-scrolls-6-is-still-a-long-way-off-todd-howard-warns-fans-teases-potential-shadowdrop\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:19:31","slug":"im-preaching-patience-the-elder-scrolls-6-is-still-a-long-way-off-todd-howard-warns-fans-teases-potential-shadowdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/10\/im-preaching-patience-the-elder-scrolls-6-is-still-a-long-way-off-todd-howard-warns-fans-teases-potential-shadowdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Preaching Patience&#8217; \u2014 The Elder Scrolls 6 Is &#8216;Still a Long Way Off,&#8217; Todd Howard Warns Fans, Teases Potential Shadowdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2019\/06\/17\/5-es6-1560804827894.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-vi\">The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a> \u2014 one of the most hotly anticipated video games in the world \u2014 won\u2019t be out for some time yet despite being announced over seven years ago, Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has said.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/fallout-4-anniversary-todd-howard-interview\">GQ magazine<\/a> to celebrate the release of Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, Howard said The Elder Scrolls 6 is \u201cstill a long way off.\u201d He added: \u201cI\u2019m preaching patience. I don\u2019t want fans to feel anxious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-elder-scrolls-6-announcement-is-now-as-old-as-skyrim-was-when-the-elder-scrolls-6-was-announced\">The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement became as old as predecessor Skyrim was when The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced<\/a>. Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2018\/06\/11\/e3-2018-the-elder-scrolls-vi-announced-at-bethesda-press-conference\"><u>The Elder Scrolls 6 reveal on June 10, 2018<\/u><\/a> came 2,403 days after that. It is now seven years and five months after the announcement, and we\u2019re no closer, it seems, to the release of the game.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"the-elder-scrolls-6-teaser-e3-2018\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>When the six year anniversary of The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement arrived in June last year, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-elder-scrolls-6-teaser-is-now-6-years-old-and-even-todd-howard-paused-to-say-oh-wow-that-has-been-a-while\"><u>Todd Howard paused to say, &#8220;oh wow, that has been a while.&#8221;<\/u><\/a> The Elder Scrolls 6 is at least in production, with Bethesda confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-elder-scrolls-6-officially-in-early-development-but-dont-expect-to-hear-about-it-soon\"><u>it had entered &#8220;early development&#8221; in August 2023<\/u><\/a> and &#8220;early builds&#8221; were available in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in the GQ article, Howard has once again admitted that it\u2019s taken too long to get The Elder Scrolls 6 out the door, but did tease an The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered-style shadowdrop \u2014 without confirming anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do like to have a break between them, where it isn\u2019t like a \u2018plus one\u2019 sequel,\u201d Howard said of making The Elder Scrolls games again. \u201cI think it\u2019s also good for an audience to have a break \u2014 The Elder Scrolls has been too long, let\u2019s be clear. But we wanted to do something new with Starfield. We needed a creative reset.\u201d Bethesda is currently playtesting The Elder Scrolls 6, Howard revealed.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"every-ign-elder-scrolls-review\" data-value=\"every-ign-elder-scrolls-review\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>So when will it actually come out? It seems likely at this point that it will be released for Microsoft\u2019s next-gen Xbox console and PC. Will it also be a PS6 game? A cross-gen title perhaps?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to just announce stuff and release it,\u201d Howard continued. \u201cMy perfect version \u2014 and I\u2019m not saying this is going to happen \u2014 is that it&#8217;s going to be a while and then, one day, the game will just appear.\u201d The Oblivion Remastered shadowdrop was \u201ca test run,\u201d Howard teased. \u201cIt worked out well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for what Bethesda has going on right now, hundreds of people are working on Fallout, Howard said, across Fallout 76 \u201cand some other things we&#8217;re doing, but The Elder Scrolls 6 is the everyday thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, it was confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-elder-scrolls-6-will-feature-a-memorial-character-for-a-much-missed-fan-following-85000-donation-to-make-a-wish\"><u>The Elder Scrolls 6<\/u> will include a character designed in memory of a much-missed fan<\/a>, after a remarkable charity campaign that raised more than $85,000 for Make-A-Wish. Howard revealed that Bethesda has spent some time talking with the group of fans who organized the fundraiser about what they want to see from The Elder Scrolls 6, and commented: \u201cI think we\u2019re aligned.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"poll\" data-id=\"12a99c1b-176a-4ab8-abe4-10f657ce8611\"><\/section>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elder Scrolls 6 \u2014 one of the most hotly anticipated video games in the world \u2014 won\u2019t be out for some time yet despite being announced over seven years ago, Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has said. 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