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I know all of us Bethesda fanboys are in full hype mode following today's announcement of The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, but don’t get your hopes up too high just yet. Shortly after Todd Howard and the crew revealed the news, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier wrote on social media that the game is “still more than 2 years away”.
I think a lot of people forget that The Elder Scrolls VI was only announced in 2018 (along with Starfield) to soften the blow of Fallout 76 — "Don't worry, even though we're making a multiplayer game we've got single-player stuff coming too!" Sorry to say this game is still more than 2 years away!
That lines up with Bethesda’s own messaging. In a post accompanying the reveal, the studio said development continues, but that “it’ll be some time before we’re ready to share more”. That name, the confirmation of the Hammerfell setting and the eight-year-old teaser are all we’ve got for now.
If Schreier is right, Sentinel would arrive in late 2028 / 2029 at the earliest, more than a decade after it was first teased and nearly two decades after Skyrim. And that's if all goes according to plan from this moment and the game doesn't get any delays, which is unlikely given Bethesda's history with delays.
But at least the name itself does give fans something to chew on. In Elder Scrolls lore, Sentinel is a port city in Hammerfell, the long-rumoured setting, and Bethesda said the reveal included the game’s “location”. So get ready for a lot of warm desert environments, which will be a nice change from Skyrim's Nordic, snowy setting.
