Even Todd Howard's son wants to know where The Elder Scrolls 6 is

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Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard gets a lot of questions about The Elder Scrolls 6, and not just from journalists and eager fans - he also has to field questions from his own son, and on Father's Day no less.

As this month marks 10 years since The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim launched, it's only natural that some folks are starting to run out of patience for the next game. The new Skyrim Anniversary Edition looks like a great way to re-experience a classic, but it's safe to say fans are ready for a new epic, and that includes Howard's son.

During a Reddit AMA today, Howard was asked the inevitable: "Any updates on TES6?," to which he replied with a hilarious anecdote about the card he received from his son on Father's Day this year. "We know it's a long wait, we're with you," he prefaced. "For Father's Day this year my son gave me a card that said, 'You're an amazing Dad, but where's TES6?'"

It sounds like the long wait for the game will be worth it, at least from a time investment perspective, as Todd Howard wants people to be playing The Elder Scrolls 6 for "a decade at least."

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.