Fallout 5 is coming after The Elder Scrolls 6, if we all live that long
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- 15 Jun 2022
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Hope you like Fallout 76, because it's likely going to be the Fallout game, maybe the only Fallout game, for the next decade. I an interview with IGN(opens in new tab), Bethesda's Todd Howard stated that Fallout 5 will follow The Elder Scrolls 6(opens in new tab), which is still in pre-production. It's a long way off, in other words—just a twinkle in Todd's eye.
The RPGs Bethesda made its name on are primarily developed by a single studio, which is why there are such large gaps between releases. It's a different process than Activision's approach to Call of Duty or how Ubisoft makes Assassin's Creed. The gaps are only getting longer as Bethesda's games get bigger:
- Fallout 3 (2008)
- The Elder Scrolls 5
- Fallout 4 (2015)
- Fallout 76 (2018)*
- Starfield (2023)
- The Elder Scrolls 6 (???)
- Fallout 5 (??????)
Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls 6 in 2018, but cautioned it was still very far off. In the past four years, TES6 has only been referred to as in pre-production or the "design phase."
"Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while," Howard told IGN today. "We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well." Read More...
