Todd Howard Says We Should Just Pretend The Elder Scrolls 6 Was Never Announced
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Bethesda director Todd Howard admits he wishes The Elder Scrolls 6 had never been announced so early, expressing a preference for compressing the timeline between a game's reveal and its actual release.
If you are tired of waiting for news about The Elder Scrolls 6, you are not alone. Bethesda director Todd Howard recently admitted that he would prefer everyone simply pretend the game was never announced in the first place. In a recent interview with IGN South Africa during a preview event for Starfield, Howard opened up about the heavy burden of early game reveals and the long, exhausting waiting periods that follow for the community.
Howard explained that his ideal approach is to compress the timeline between when players first hear about a title and when they can actually download and play it. In a perfect world, according to Howard, those two moments would happen right on top of each other. Unfortunately, modern studio realities, business considerations, and massive community expectations rarely allow for stealth drops on that scale, especially when dealing with legacy franchises that command global attention.
Reflecting on the infamous 2018 teaser that kicked off nearly a decade of waiting, Howard noted that the announcement was largely defensive. Bethesda needed to reassure single-player fans that they were still in the business of making expansive role-playing games after shifting focus toward projects like Fallout 76. While the strategy worked to quell immediate panic, it created a massive communication hurdle. For now, it seems the team wants us to focus on the present while development continues quietly behind closed doors.
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Original article: IGN South Africa