Bethesda is Not Working on The Elder Scrolls VI Yet

Fans longing to return to the realm of Tamriel for more fetch quests and a new landscape to mod will have to wait a lot longer.

Pete Hines, Bethesda’s vice president of PR and marketing, used Twitter to fus-roh deny rumors that the studio was hard at work on the untitled The Elder Scrolls VI (TES).

According to Hines’ conversation with fans, the studio is not working on TES at the moment because the studio “has other major titles to work on.” Further, he isn’t lying because he “has no reason to” and is merely “managing expectations and clearing up misconceptions.”

@SMatarratas@Hector_Arce__ i’m not lying. i have no reason to lie. just managing expectations and clearing up misconceptions

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) June 28, 2016

@HotShame0 we aren’t working on TES6 at the moment

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) June 25, 2016

@_IAmUltrA@HotShame0 because they have two other major titles to work on

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) June 27, 2016

Hines said the timeline for the game could be “years and years,” unhelpfully adding that the studio will only begin work on the project “when it’s time.”

@MillicanAdam when it’s time

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) June 28, 2016

That last one sounds like a prophecy, and we all know how good Bethesda is at prophecies. Meanwhile, dedicated fans can look forward to trudging back through the next-gen snows of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition on Oct. 28.