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

The Elder Scrolls VI: Release Date Speculation Fueled by Make-A-Wish Campaign

Fans of The Elder Scrolls VI, much like those eagerly awaiting Grand Theft Auto VI, are starved for concrete information. This lack of official news has predictably led to rampant speculation regarding the game's release date, fueled only by a recent official "create-a-character" competition.

Bethesda's latest Make-A-Wish initiative offers a unique opportunity: a chance to collaborate with Bethesda Game Studios to design a non-player character (NPC) for The Elder Scrolls VI. Proceeds from the auction benefit Make-A-Wish, a commendable cause.

However, this initiative has ignited a firestorm of speculation within the gaming community. Fans are drawing parallels between this Make-A-Wish project and a similar one Bethesda ran for Starfield. The comparison is being used to extrapolate The Elder Scrolls VI's development stage and, consequently, its potential release date.

Reddit user "FartingSlowly" noted that Bethesda's Starfield character creation campaign was launched two and a half years before the game's September 2023 release. Based on this, they posit a September 27, 2027 release date for The Elder Scrolls VI. While acknowledging the tenuous nature of this correlation, they highlight it as a data point, however flimsy, stemming from official Bethesda information.

This proposed date, unsurprisingly, has met with skepticism. Some point out that the Starfield Make-A-Wish competition was announced when the game's initial release was slated for November 11, 2022. This discrepancy raises questions and suggests a potential November 2026 release instead.

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It's been a considerable wait since Bethesda's January 2018 announcement of The Elder Scrolls VI. The studio confirmed the game entered "early development" in August 2023, with "early builds" surfacing in March 2024. Even Bethesda's Todd Howard acknowledged the extended development time.

Initial predictions placed the release in 2028 or later, potentially coinciding with the next generation of consoles. A release then would mark an incredible 17-year gap since Skyrim. Until an official release date is announced, speculation will continue to reign.