The rumour is now fact. On November 3, 2026, as part of Bethesda Game Studios’ 40th anniversary celebration, Bethesda revealed the full name of its next main-series game: The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. The name had been hidden behind eight asterisks since August and was reported by The Verge’s Tom Warren just days ago (our report on the rumour) – the reveal simply came a week earlier than the Skyrim-anniversary date many fans expected.
What the teaser shows
- No gameplay. The short name-reveal teaser pans across desert sand dunes, shows the Bethesda Game Studios logo and an Elder Scroll with a blue gem and golden runes, then gives way to the Sentinel wordmark.
- A lore quote. The teaser ends on a passage credited to “Yazar, Moth Priest to High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell (4E 206)”, which begins “The scroll offered only a shimmer, a veil thinly lifted to my eyes” and includes the lines “A future lost. A victory undone.”
- Official message. Bethesda thanked fans for 40 years of shared memories, said “Development continues”, and noted that it will be some time before it is ready to share more. Todd Howard said in the anniversary video that everybody is always asking about Elder Scrolls 6, so this felt like a good moment to share the name.
Hammerfell – as good as confirmed
Sentinel is the great Redguard port city of Hammerfell, the desert province south-west of Skyrim. The teaser’s sand dunes, the on-screen reference to a “High Queen of Hammerfell” and Bethesda’s own framing of the reveal as sharing the game’s name and location all point the same way. Bethesda has not published a separate statement spelling out “the game is set in Hammerfell”, so we list the province as strongly indicated by the official teaser rather than as a fully detailed reveal – but after years of fan theories, the direction is clear.
When is it set?
The quote is dated 4E 206 – five years after the events of Skyrim (4E 201). That suggests a story set after Skyrim, but the date only belongs to the quote: Bethesda has not said in which year the game itself takes place.
Lore fans will note the Moth Priest. In Skyrim, the Moth Priests read Elder Scrolls with the help of Ancestor Moths – a fitting narrator for a teaser built around a glowing scroll.
Hammerfell in Skyrim
Skyrim’s best taste of Redguard politics is Saadia at the Bannered Mare and the Alik’r warriors hunting her in In My Time of Need. The Alik’r carry the curved Scimitar, and the Anniversary Edition adds Redguard gear such as Cyrus’ Sabre and Boneshaver.
What we still don’t know
- Release date or window: not announced. Holiday 2028 remains a rumour.
- Platforms: not announced.
- Gameplay and story: nothing shown beyond the teaser quote.
We have updated our Elder Scrolls VI hub: the name moves from rumour to confirmed, and the Hammerfell setting is now backed by the official teaser.
Sources: Bethesda Game Studios on X, Bethesda 40th anniversary video (YouTube), TechRadar (Nov 3, 2026), VICE, CBR (Nov 3, 2026).
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