It has been almost exactly eight long years since XBOX revealed The Elder Scrolls 6 at E3 2018 (RIP), and fans have received virtually no news since, but Matt Booty says it looks amazing.
It’s baffling that there is still no news regarding the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls 6 in development at Bethesda. It has been eight long years since its announcement at E3 2018, and somehow it has outlasted the event (RIP). So it’s safe to say fans have grown a tad impatient regarding news surrounding the sixth mainline entry in the series.
This week, when XBOX CCO Matt Booty sat down with Variety to give an after-SGF 2026 debriefing, the host asked the big questions, like why Marvel’s Blade and Elder Scrolls 6 weren’t shown at this year’s XBOX Games Showcase. On the topic of Blade, Booty deflected it to later in the year, but he stayed on The Elder Scrolls 6 long enough to give fans hope.
When asked about The Elder Scrolls 6 and its absence from the showcase, Booty said, “I would say one of the more challenging balancing acts of someone in a job like mine is balancing that you want to go show the world all the cool stuff you’re working on, and you want to get them excited early, but we also know that we want to wait till the right moment. And when you decide to show it, you want it to be the best you’ve got. And also that when you show the game, you’re also giving them a promise of, hey, it’s coming soon.”
Booty then declares, “So I can tell you, having visited Bethesda and sat with Todd and seen ‘Elder Scrolls‘ playing, it looks amazing, and it’s coming along well. And we’ll make sure to announce it and really reveal it at the right time.” Fans have heard that right. Matt Booty has claimed to not only have seen Elder Scrolls 6 playing, but it “looks amazing.”
Todd Howard’s recent comments have also emphasized The Elder Scrolls 6 development. On the Kinda Funny Gamescast in February 2026, Howard referred to Starfield and Fallout 76 as ‘creative detours’ and said: “as we come back to Elder Scrolls 6 that we’re doing now, we’re coming back to that classic style that we’ve missed, that we know really, really well.”
While no new gameplay or news has been released by Bethesda regarding the next Elder Scrolls title, it apparently “looks amazing,” and Todd Howard says all hands are on deck, which are hopeful developments.
