While fans of the much-awaited game from Bethesda, "The Elder Scrolls 6," expected to see the game released during the upcoming E3 2016, this may not happen until 2019. The developer company is currently focusing on the development of the next installment in the "Elder Scrolls" franchise, but it is rumored that it will stick on the 4-year release gap.
Last year, Bethesda was focusing on releasing "Fallout 4" and its DLCs. Since the developer company has a tradition of not splitting teams, fans may see updates on "The Elder Scrolls 6" by 2017.
Besides working on "Fallout 4," the developer will release DLCs for the same game afterwards. Furthermore, the game developer releases a new "Elder Scrolls" after every 4 years, and it is possible that "The Elder Scrolls 6" will come out by 2019.
With regard to previous rumors that indicated that "The Elder Scrolls 6" will be based on "Morrowind" or "Oblivion," the VP of PR and Marketing at Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines spoke with the Telegraph, debunking such speculations. He referred to the upcoming installment as "Skyrim 2." The VP added that it rare to franchises like the ones Bethesda has and have people joking about "when Skyrim 2 is coming out."
Hines said, "The reason they say that is because generally speaking that's what you'd be getting with another publisher in charge. They'd be spitting out a Skyrim 2 the year after or two years later. That's just not how we view it. We're not the sort of publisher that focuses on 'what's our 25 titles for 2015'."
According to Hines, Bethesda values quality by doing smaller stuff as opposed to publishing to scale. While the company may change its strategy with regard to the presentation, everything done is noteworthy.
Concerning the location of "The Elder Scrolls 6," there is still a debate between Elsweyr and Valenwood. The game may be called "Argonia" or simply "Skyrim 2."
In a different interview with DualShockers at the Gamescom 2015, Hine made it clear that "The Elder Scrolls 6" or "Skyrim 2" will not happen anytime soon. The VP mentioned that he did not think fans were close to hearing about the next "Elder Scrolls" since the developers at Bethesda were working on "Fallout 4," something that takes the whole studio.
Here is footage for the upcoming game.