The Elder Scrolls 6 Trailer Officially Teases Setting, Dev Confirms
The Elder Scrolls 6 trailer officially released back in 2018, and is pretty much the only source of information about the game itself outside a few vague details revealed by Bethesda Studios head Todd Howard. The trailer isn't all that revealing either, featuring a slow zoom-in on a mountainous scene that players have only been able to assume is the setting for TES6. That is until now, as former lead designer for Skyrim, Kurt Kuhlmann, has confirmed in an interview that the team working on The Elder Scrolls 6 reached a consensus as to the setting a long time ago (via PC Gamer). While the leading theory is that the location within Tamriel for TES6 is likely going to be Hammerfell, Bethesda have not officially confirmed this, but it is now confirmed that the teaser trailer features the agreed-upon setting we'll eventually see in the game.
Kuhlmann Implies The Setting Was Obvious
A landscape shot from The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer.
According to Kuhlmann's extensive and revealing interview regarding his tenure at Bethesda and work on various Elder Scrolls projects, "there was a sort of consensus amongst a few people" about what the setting for The Elder Scrolls 6 was going to end up being. Nothing was "locked in," apparently, but many devs working on the project felt that one particular setting made the most sense for the next game. Apparently, this general and unofficial consensus was enough to give Bethesda devs a jumping-off point and put together the infamous teaser trailer back in 2018. At the time, Kuhlmann reveals that the team had no idea what the story or trajectory of the game would be, but had a good enough feeling about the setting that they were comfortable giving fans a brief glimpse at what's to come. Unfortunately, Kuhlmann was unable to provide any real specifics about The Elder Scrolls 6's actual setting (obviously), but it does appear that the potentially Hamerfellish location we see in the trailer is definitely the location on the continent of Tamriel we'll end up exploring... eventually.
It Is Actually Teasing The Game’s Setting Though
8 Long Years Later...
While we still don't have a confirmed name of the location, Kuhlmann's interview does confirm something that gamers have assumed since we first saw the trailer back in 2018, which is that the teaser features the game's setting. Whether it's Hammerfell or not is still up for speculation as long as Bethesda remain tight-lipped on The Elder Scrolls 6.
Unfortunately, players might still be in for a long wait when it comes to getting more information about The Elder Scrolls 6, as it's currently unclear exactly when the game will release. Rumors suggest it could take as long as 2028, but fans will be holding their breath for something much sooner.
