A few weeks ago, Bethesda Studios disclosed that it will be working on two other titles, namely “The Evil Within” and “Rage,” before it could start working on the highly-anticipated role-playing game “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
Because the two declared games are massive titles, it was already surmised that its development would really take some time, which has put the possible release date of “The Elder Scrolls 6” in 2019, at the earliest.
However, there are now rumors going around saying that the development of “The Elder Scrolls 6” could further be delayed with the supposed plans of Bethesda Studios to start working on the “Fallout 4 VR” and possibly “Fallout 5.”
Should those plans materialize, Bethesda has no other choice but to further push back the development and eventually the release date of “The Elder Scrolls 6” beyond 2019.
The speculations began to swirl when Todd Howard of Bethesda recently revealed that the game development company wanted to create a “Fallout 4 VR” version that would reimagine the entire game in virtual reality mode.
Howard explained that Bethesda will be going all-out for the project regardless of the current market that might want such advanced technology. It would also be good for the game developer since they will have the unique opportunity to bring something new to one of their major titles.
In doing so, Bethesda would utilize so much of its resources on “Fallout 4 VR,” that it would have hardly anything left for the development work on “The Elder Scrolls 6,” notes Game & Guide.
However, the rumors did not mention that the supposed work on “Fallout 4 VR” would also affect the development works on the “The Evil Within” and “Rage,” making it suspect to many keen observers.
It should be noted that these are mere speculations at this time pending the official confirmation from Bethesda.
An internet conjecture
Because nothing has yet been confirmed about “The Elder Scrolls 6,” it is considered a figment made largely of whisked-together rumors and internet conjecture, reports the Digital Spy.
The game does not officially exist yet pending the confirmation from Bethesda Studios. The rumors, however, are optimistic that there would be a “The Elder Scrolls 6” since “The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim” has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide when it was released to the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and the PC in 2011.
There was a four-year gap between the releases of “The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion” and “The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim,” but if that was going to happen again, “The Elder Scrolls 6” should have been released in 2015 already.
But Bethesda apparently has not started working on the game as of this time, which means that the 2019 supposed release date of “The Elder Scrolls 6” is merely an internet conjecture at this time.
Not even an inch in development
Whatever hopes or notions that gamers are still entertaining regarding the release date of “The Elder Scrolls 6” in the near future have been shattered no less by its game developer, Bethesda Studios.
In a tweet on October 18, Pete Hines, vice president for marketing of Bethesda Studios, confirmed that they are not even an inch in development for “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
Hines made the post in response to an inquiry from a fan regarding “The Elder Scrolls 6.” He said matter-of-factly that nobody is working on the development of the game at that time.
Apparently, it is consistent with the position of Bethesda when it recently stated that it has three big titles up for development, with the third one being “The Elder Scrolls 6.”
While the first two games were left for the gamers to second-guess, it eventually came out that those first two are the sequels to “The Evil Within” and “Rage.”
It was Todd Howard, game director of Bethesda Studios, who has recently stated that production of “The Elder Scrolls 6” is still a long way off since the company would be focusing initially on the development of the sequels to “The Evil Within” and “Rage.”
There’s no reason a VR redo would take anything resembling the resources that would go into a full game- there are already ways to play fallout 4 using current VR headsets, they’re not too bad. While it would be more work than we typically see for patches, I don’t even think the tweaks needed for a good VR experience would represent even as much work as went into the larger pieces of DLC. Which is good, because they wouldn’t be able to sell enough of a VR redo standalone to justify that amount of development, we’re talking a small group who can even play the game on VR, let alone would want to pay $60 or so for it.
I don’t know why 6 is so thoroughly delayed after Skyrim, but I do know that when it does come out it will have a very large customer base with a lot of excitement for it. Bethesda might want to give some other, newer, properties some room to breathe and a chance to become series of their own instead of just relying on their two biggest franchises, and I’m okay with that.