The end of Summer Game Fest 2026 is upon us, and Bethesda Game Studios was a no-show in most fans' minds as it (once again) gave us nothing about The Elder Scrolls 6.
Yes, that's – sadly – right. The Elder Scrolls 6 did not, in fact, make an appearance during last night's Xbox Games Showcase, despite many of us huffing on the hopium that it would.
It comes as no surprise that reactions to the event, which saw only evergreen Bethesda titles like Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online get some screen time, aren't exactly positive. Heck, it's been a whopping eight years since The Elder Scrolls 6 debuted at E3 in 2018... If you can call it "debuted," anyway, seeing as it was just a sub-minute teaser
Xbox showcase just wrapped up, still no TES VIfrom r/ElderScrolls
Over on Reddit, the conversation is taking off, with one person writing, "The one thing I was hoping for, even if it was just something small, was TES 6, and we still have nothing after eight years. I don't want to be negative, but at this point, I'm sick of waiting to hear nothing."
A comment jokes, "I can't wait to be a gaming grandpa to play this." I mean, I was a teenager when Bethesda unveiled its "trailer" myself, and now I'm 26… so, yeah.
Over on a separate thread, someone declared they"re "so depressed" after SGF. "It's been almost 15 years since the last Elder Scrolls game and nine years since the teaser for the new game. I'm so tired, man.... I'm at an all-time low." Replies see folks agree, with one reading, "I hate that I feel this way now, but I almost don’t care about it anymore."
Give it up for year 9from r/ElderScrolls
That's how long it's been – and, as one user puts it, "At this point, it is more likely we will get the announcement of Skyrim for PS6 before TES 6." A painful but increasingly possible reality, I'd say… We did just get Skyrim on the Nintendo Switch 2, after all.
Another tired Elder Scrolls fan sums the entire situation and vibe up perfectly in their own post: "Give it up for year nine." They then jest: "See you all next year."
Will we see anything next year? I'm not sure, honestly, and I'm losing hope. Even Todd Howard himself told us to "just pretend we didn't didn't announce it" – so, um, yeah. He also admitted The Elder Scrolls 6 is still "a while" off, shooting down our hopes and dreams.
It's rough out here as an Elder Scrolls fan, honestly, and I'm growing tired of browsing the best Skyrim mods in hopes of spicing up the fifth entry for the hundredth time.
Fingers crossed that we get something… anything… soon from Bethesda. I'm not sure that the community can hang on much longer without more Elder Scrolls 6.
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