Bethesda Says Fans Won’t Define Elder Scrolls 6
Bethesda, industry veterans responsible for some huge series like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, has made it clear that while the gaming community has a lot of expectations for Elder Scrolls 6, they won’t define what is coming down the pipe. So will Bethesda announce Elder Scrolls 6 soon or do they have something else in mind?
In a recent interview with GamesRadar, Peter Hines, Bethesda’s vice president of PR, stated that many gamers have been asking why Bethesda isn’t working on specific projects that they really want to see. This is especially true whenever they make any sort of announcement, “Unless it’s the exact thing that they’re all asking for, then yeah – you’re going to run into some amount of that. We’re aware of it, but we’re not going to let it define what we do.”
Of course, the most recent example of this is Elder Scrolls 6. For quite some time now, fans have been screaming at Bethesda for the next game in the Elder Scrolls series following Skyrim. And even though there has been plenty of new content added to Skyrim over the years, including mods and re-releases, it is clear fans are looking to the future. And yes, Bethesda is aware of the community’s feelings and expectations. Hines mentioned that while they are hearing what fans are saying, they are focused on what is best for the games they are making:
“Ultimately, we’re going to try and do the things that we think are the best for the games that we’re making, because that’s, honestly, all I can really control. I’ve tried to help mitigate some of that – I went to Todd [Howard, director of Bethesda Game Studios] a couple of E3s ago and said “Everybody’s going to ask us about The Elder Scrolls 6. You have to help me, you have to help me come out and say what the studio’s path is, and when The Elder Scrolls 6 is coming, to try and manage expectations.”
Hines stated that while fans have their demands of what should be coming down the line, Bethesda needs to be able to “stretch their legs” once in a while. “[The development teams] aren’t just a vending machine where you press for the soda and they just go back and forth – they want to be able to stretch their legs creatively, or try a new idea, or do something different and not just fall into the same pattern.”
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