Elder Scrolls 6 & Starfield Have Bethesda's Biggest Engine Upgrade In 14 Years

[ElectroMan]

Elder Scrolls 6 & Starfield Have Bethesda's Biggest Engine Upgrade In 14 Years

Todd Howard has promised that Bethesda's upcoming titles Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 will be running on technology that represents the company's biggest engine overhaul since the release of Oblivion back in 2006. This bold claim comes in the wake of Microsoft's massive buyout of ZeniMax Studios and all of its associated studios, including Bethesda. The buyout cost Microsoft $7.5 billion and results in the company owning the rights not only to Elder Scrolls and Starfield but to Doom, Fallout, and many other franchises as well.

This development raises a lot of questions about the future of a lot of Bethesda projects. The two biggest Bethesda games on the horizon, Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6, were both announced back in 2018 during E3. Both projects got brief announcement trailers, and both fell to radio silence over the two years that have passed since, with only brief indications they're still in development serving as news updates. The Microsoft buyout makes the status of Starfield and TES 6 on PS5 unclear, too, which is further complicating the fact that fans still know next to nothing about either game.

 

[Marci-Senpai]

Good...is the link source credible tho?

 

[ElectroMan]

Good...is the link source credible tho?

Todd Howard On Joining Xbox

 

[Bubba T]

 

[Mountain]

I remember when oblivion was announced and how revolutionary the engine was for RPG's

It innovated big time as far as physics (some of you probably remember the arrow+bucket gravity demo) and AI (emergent gameplay/radiant AI)

Cant wait, futures bright on xbox thank you chief philippe

 

[SmallWars]

It just works.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

They tell that lie every time. Graphics get better, bugs get worse. They need a new engine entirely.

 

[prince_peoples]

im willing to bet that both games end up being buggy as fukk

 

[Half A $]

Going to be game changers in 2023 and 2025, MS got a chance if Sony hasn't got a 40m+ lead

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Watch Microsoft start developing games for Ps5 as well

 

[Killer Instinct]

I really don't wanna have to buy an Xbox, man...

 

[Chef]

Bethesda’s RPGS will never shake the reputation of being janky from me but low key it’s part of the charm.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

 

[ORDER_66]

I'll believe it when I see it... literally...

 

[Kingshango]

They can supe that engine all they want but the core will always be Gamebryo.