The Elder Scrolls VI is one of the gaming industry's most anticipated upcoming titles, and one of the key mysteries about it is where the game may be set. According to Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster Kurt Kuhlmann, the developer agreed on the setting many years ago, but he is not going to spill on the beans on what it is, and it might have changed anyway.
"From when we were talking about it way back in the Fallout 4 timeframe, there was a sort of consensus amongst a few people that were talking about it," Kuhlmann told PC Gamer.
He left Bethesda in 2023, and he doesn't know if what the team agreed on is still the chosen setting for The Elder Scrolls VI.
"We had an idea, but it was more of a consensus, like, 'OK, where should the next game be?' And the people that were talking all agreed. It was not an argument. It was like, 'Well, obviously, it should be here.' We were more in the feel of it, in the setting; there was no story involved yet," he said.
Kuhlmann worked at Bethesda for 20 years and was the co-lead designer on Skyrim and the lead systems designer on Starfield. He previously said that Bethesda boss Todd Howard promised him the lead designer role for The Elder Scrolls VI, but later changed his mind. Kuhlmann now works at Tencent's US game developer Lightspeed as a principal world designer.
To date, Bethesda has released just one trailer for The Elder Scrolls VI, but it was a purely cinematic video that doesn't reveal much of anything. The trailer was released back in 2018.
The majority of staff at Bethesda Game Studios is now working on The Elder Scrolls 6, and the studio uses AI in its development processes. The game has no release date yet, however.
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"From when we were talking about it way back in the Fallout 4 timeframe, there was a sort of consensus amongst a few people that were talking about it," Kuhlmann told PC Gamer.
He left Bethesda in 2023, and he doesn't know if what the team agreed on is still the chosen setting for The Elder Scrolls VI.
"We had an idea, but it was more of a consensus, like, 'OK, where should the next game be?' And the people that were talking all agreed. It was not an argument. It was like, 'Well, obviously, it should be here.' We were more in the feel of it, in the setting; there was no story involved yet," he said.
Kuhlmann worked at Bethesda for 20 years and was the co-lead designer on Skyrim and the lead systems designer on Starfield. He previously said that Bethesda boss Todd Howard promised him the lead designer role for The Elder Scrolls VI, but later changed his mind. Kuhlmann now works at Tencent's US game developer Lightspeed as a principal world designer.
To date, Bethesda has released just one trailer for The Elder Scrolls VI, but it was a purely cinematic video that doesn't reveal much of anything. The trailer was released back in 2018.
The majority of staff at Bethesda Game Studios is now working on The Elder Scrolls 6, and the studio uses AI in its development processes. The game has no release date yet, however.
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