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Bethesda shoots down Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel announcement rumor on Skyrim's 15th anniversary
Sorry, everyone, but Bethesda said it's going to be "some time" before more Sentinel news is released, and it meant it.
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November 11, 2026—that's today—marks the 15th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. And if you thought Bethesda might use the big birthday to drop a surprise update on the state of The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel, sorry, but it's not happening.
The wheels of hope began turning a couple days ago, when Reece Reilly of the Kiwi Talkz podcast took to X to tease "an awesome announcement happening in the next 2 days that gamers will be happy about."
That, naturally, led to a thread on the TESVI subreddit speculating that something Sentinel-related would be happening on the Sentinel front—despite Bethesda specifically saying when Sentinel was made official that it will be "some time" before it was ready to share more information. Hey, eight days is "some time," right?
Well, yes, fair enough. But not enough time: Reece clarified on November 10 that "this announcement has nothing to do with Bethesda, Skyrim, TES:VI or even Mass Effect," and eventually Bethesda felt compelled to do the same.
"Hey everyone, wanted to pop in to say that we aren’t going to have any big announcements tomorrow," the official Bethesda account posted in response to the Reddit speculation. "We’re excited you’re excited but we will not be sharing anything new on Sentinel for some time."
Naturally, Sentinel subredditors took it exactly as you'd expect:
There's a little bit of frustration visible in some replies over the fact that Bethesda insists on remaining silent about Sentinel after all this time—eight years since The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced, 15 since Skyrim released.
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