Bethesda Confirms Elder Scrolls VI Development and Multiple Fallout Games

In a new post from Bethesda studios, they confirm their development plans including Elder Scrolls VI, Fallout 5, and a lot more. First things first, their message begins with a note to fans:

We love making these worlds as much as you love playing in them. Today, we want to share what’s next for Bethesda Game Studios and what you can expect from us in the years ahead. For forty years, we’ve built games that have entertained almost half a billion players. More than just games, these are worlds. Worlds for you to explore, shape, and make your own. Worlds we return to together. That’s what’s driving us forward. We’re investing more deeply in the worlds players love, giving creators a bigger role in shaping their experiences, and bringing our teams closer together so we can get our games into your hands sooner, support them longer, and continue building them alongside you for decades to come.

Now to get into the details as reported by Bloomberg in a conversation with Todd Howard:

• Bethesda said it is in pre-production on Fallout 5 and developing remasters of 2008’s Fallout 3 and 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas. The game-maker also said it is collaborating with Xbox sister studio Obsidian Entertainment on a new Fallout game.
• Fallout 76 continues to be home to millions of players exploring Appalachia together. Bethesda also announced a major Fallout 76 expansion planned for next year: Raven Rock, a prequel story to Fallout 3.

“We could not be more excited to work with Obsidian again,” Todd Howard, director of the franchise, said in an interview with Bloomberg News. He praised the studio for retaining “a core group of leaders and other developers that have been together for decades” — a rarity in the volatile video-game industry — and said he was looking forward to another collaboration following Fallout: New Vegas.

• The Elder Scrolls VI is the primary development focus today, with the quote, majority, of the team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise.

• Starfield remains an important part of our future. As we enter Year 3, we’ll continue expanding the Settled Systems with new stories, targeted gameplay improvements, and additional updates, while preparing for the launch of new Starborn content next year. More than 40% of players already customize their experience through Creations, and we’ll continue investing in creators and giving players new ways to make Starfield their own.

The post from Bethesda ends with the following message:

Across Bethesda Game Studios, we’re building for the future of Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield. We’re investing in our technology, bringing teams closer together, supporting our live games, expanding into new forms of entertainment, and developing the next generation of Bethesda RPGs. We couldn’t be more excited for what’s ahead and wanted to share as much as we could today. We can’t thank you enough for all you’ve given to us and these worlds. And we can’t wait to continue them together.

Studios under the Xbox umbrella seem to be responding to the fallout (pun partially intended) from the large scale cuts and restructuring that were initiated a couple weeks ago by the new leadership team. While hearing of a larger focus on Elder Scrolls and Fallout from the team(s), time will tell to see what is actually delivered.