Confirming a recent report, Bethesda has confirmed the subtitle of the next Elder Scrolls game as The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. This was shared as part of a 40-year-anniversary video recapping many of Bethesda's highlights over the year.

Unfortunately, that's all that was shared about the game, though we did get a (very familiar-looking) title card showing the game's name in the classic Elder Scrolls font. Bethesda subsequently shared a video with a scroll emerging from the sand, which you can see below.

The one hint of what might await in the game was a quote that follows the name reveal. It's attributed to Yazar, Moth Priest of High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell in 4E 206: "The scroll offered only a shimmer, a veil thinly lifted to my eyes. A future lost. A victory undone. Sands of time scattered by fate."

Two details stick out there: the reference to a scroll and Hammerfell. A recent report from The Verge stated that Elder Scrolls VI will be set in Hammerfell and focus on the history of the titular Elder Scrolls and discovering their secrets. A follow-up tweet from Bethesda states that the game's location has been revealed, so it seems we are indeed headed to Hammerfell.

More notably, Bethesda says it'll "be some time" before more is shared, so don't expect this announcement to signal the beginning of a proper marketing campaign or anything of the sort.

The Elder Scrolls VI was announced way back in 2018, at a time that Bethesda boss Todd Howard later admitted was not his preference .

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