Eight years after it was announced, it's finally officially official: The next RPG in Bethesda's long-running Elder Scrolls series is called Sentinel.
The title was revealed in a video celebrating Bethesda's 40th anniversary, narrated by Todd Howard (of course), who cast back to the studio's first game, Gridiron—Bethesda was big on sports games back in the day—before moving into The Elder Scrolls series, the games that would take it to the big leagues, in the early 1990s.
"As we're here in the 40th anniversary, we think about all of the games we've made," Howard says as the video draws to an end.
"And so even though yes, we're looking back,we're also looking forward to all we're doing, particularly with the Fallout franchise and obviously The Elder Scrolls. You know, everybody's always asking about Elder Scrolls 6. And we thought, hey, given the moment, what a perfect time to tell you what The Elder Scrolls 6 is actually called."
And thus is the title revealed: Sentinel.
There's an interesting quote after the title is revealed: "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." Those words were uttered by Yazar, Moth Priest of High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell in the year 4E 206, which was UESP pointed out puts Sentinel at least five years after the events of Skyrim.
No other details are revealed, but the title (and that quote) presumably also reveals the setting: Hammerfell, home of the redguards. Sentinel itself is one of Hammerfell's major kingdoms and capital of the Alik'r Desert—reflected in the teaser's sandy backdrop. It's something of a geographical shift from the flyover of the generic mountains seen in that 2018 reveal, although the Alik'r is bordered by the Dragontail Mountains, so who knows.
But, for those who like to dig deep in search of clues, here's the best image I could get of the jewelled whatsit revealed under the sand, just before it disappears. Mean anything to you?
So there you have it! The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel. Hopefully it won't take another eight years before we hear anything more about it.
