Information-Starved The Elder Scrolls 6 Fans Use Official Create-a-Character Competition to Come Up With a Release Date

The Elder Scrolls VI: Speculation Runs Wild Following Make-A-Wish Campaign

Fans of The Elder Scrolls VI, much like those eagerly awaiting Grand Theft Auto VI, are starved for concrete information. The recent announcement of a Bethesda Make-A-Wish character creation competition has, unsurprisingly, ignited a flurry of release date speculation.

Bethesda's announcement details a silent auction where the winning bidder collaborates with Bethesda Game Studios to design an NPC for The Elder Scrolls VI. Proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish, a commendable cause. However, this initiative has taken on a secondary, albeit unofficial, significance for the game's fanbase.

The community is drawing parallels between this Make-A-Wish project and a similar one Bethesda ran for Starfield. The theory? The timing of the announcements might indicate The Elder Scrolls VI's development stage and, consequently, its release date.

Reddit user "FartingSlowly" noted that Bethesda's Starfield character creation campaign launched approximately two and a half years before Starfield's September 2023 release. Extrapolating this, they suggest a September 27, 2027, release for The Elder Scrolls VI. While acknowledging the tenuous nature of this correlation, the user highlights it as a data point, however flimsy, derived from official Bethesda activity.

This proposed date, however, has been met with skepticism. Some point out that Starfield's Make-A-Wish competition was announced closer to its original November 11, 2022, release date, suggesting a potential November 2026 launch for The Elder Scrolls VI instead.

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It's been a considerable wait since The Elder Scrolls VI's announcement in June 2018. Bethesda confirmed the game entered "early development" in August 2023, with "early builds" surfacing in March 2024. Even Bethesda's Todd Howard acknowledged the lengthy development time. Initial predictions placed the release in 2028 or later, potentially coinciding with the next generation of consoles. Regardless, the game's launch will mark a significant gap since Skyrim's release. Until an official release date is confirmed, fans will continue to speculate.