Following sweeping layoffs at parent company Xbox earlier this month, Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard revealed details about the developer’s future strategy Friday, confirming “Fallout 5″ is in the works and “The Elder Scrolls 6” is the studio’s top priority.
“Our teams are now developing The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 on Creation Engine 3, a shared technology platform we’ve been building since Starfield’s launch,” Howard wrote in a studio update note addressed to fans, which was published by Bethesda Friday. “It allows our teams to support multiple projects simultaneously with new tools, rendering, and systems that define our games.”
The message continued: “Fallout 5 is currently in preproduction. The Elder Scrolls VI is our primary development focus today, with the majority of our team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise. With over 65 million copies sold, players are still exploring Skyrim 15 years later, but we know it’s been a very long wait for the sequel. The next chapter is on the way. We’re where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day.”
Howard also confirmed that, while “Fallout 5” “remains our long-range destination,” Bethesda Game Studios currently has “multiple Fallout projects in active development right now.” This includes a “a new Fallout project” that Bethesda is working on in partnership with Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment, which was first reported by Bloomberg last week.
