Bethesda officially revealed that the next game in The Elder Scrolls series is titled The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, set in Hammerfell, announced in a short video celebrating 40 years of Bethesda Game Studios with no further details shared.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bethesda is officially confirming today that the next <em>Elder Scrolls</em> game will be called <em>The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel</em>. The confirmation came in a less than 10-minute video celebrating 40 years of Bethesda game studios.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's been more than eight years since Bethesda <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/10/17447808/elder-scrolls-6-announcement-reveal-bethesda-e3-2018">officially announced</a> the existence of the sixth game in its <em>Elder Scrolls</em> series, and studio chief Todd Howard made the announcement today and called it the "perfect time" to fully name the game. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bethesda isn't sharing any more details on <em>The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel</em> today, though. The <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/11/03/the-elder-scrolls-vi-official-name-reveal/">Xbox Wire press release</a> on the name is literally just a picture of the logo.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022023/microsoft-exit-offer-layoffs-notepad">reported in <em> …</em></a></p>
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# The Elder Scrolls VI officially has a name: Sentinel
Source: [https://www.theverge.com/news/1025273/the-elder-scrolls-vi-sentinel-name-announcement](https://www.theverge.com/news/1025273/the-elder-scrolls-vi-sentinel-name-announcement)
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Bethesda is officially confirming today that the next*Elder Scrolls*game will be called*The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel*\. The confirmation came in a less than 10\-minute video celebrating 40 years of Bethesda game studios\.
It’s been more than eight years since Bethesda[officially announced](https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/10/17447808/elder-scrolls-6-announcement-reveal-bethesda-e3-2018)the existence of the sixth game in its*Elder Scrolls*series, and studio chief Todd Howard made the announcement today and called it the “perfect time” to fully name the game\.
Bethesda isn’t sharing any more details on*The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel*today, though\. The[Xbox Wire press release](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/11/03/the-elder-scrolls-vi-official-name-reveal/)on the name is literally just a picture of the logo\.
I[reported in*Notepad*](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022023/microsoft-exit-offer-layoffs-notepad)last week that Bethesda was planning to name the game in November, during a period that will mark 15 years since*The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*was released\.*Sentinel*will be set in Hammerfell, a province in the Elder Scrolls universe that’s appeared in*The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard*and*The Elder Scrolls Online*\.*Sentinel*will be the first game about the history of the Elder Scrolls, and help uncover the secrets of these mysterious ancient artifacts\.
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