Insider Clarifies Elder Scrolls 6 Timeline After Bethesda Layoffs
An industry insider has clarified that recent layoffs at Bethesda and ZeniMax are unlikely to delay the development of The Elder Scrolls 6. The game remains on track for a release in the late 2020s.
Why it matters
This provides reassurance to the gaming community regarding the status of one of the industry's most anticipated titles following corporate restructuring.
Dominik Bo njak / GameRant | Source image: Vitaly Gariev By Dominik Bošnjak Published Jul 18, 2026, 9:57 PM EDT Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself while he was pursuing a degree in journalism. Before GameRant, Dominik worked as a journalist, editor, and video editor for over half a dozen outlets spanning two continents, covering video games, technology, and entertainment. He has bylines at IGN Adria, SamMobile, Android Headlines, Spilled, HCL, 24sata, and VIDI, among others. If he was forced to pick a favorite game genre, he'd go with RPGs, but he wasn't, so he didn't.
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