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◆ Origin · announced byBethesda Softworks · Nov 3, 2026, 15:07 UTC

Bethesda names the next Elder Scrolls game The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel

Bethesda revealed the title Tuesday in a video just over a minute long. It matches the name The Verge reported on Oct. 29. No release date or platforms were listed.

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First published Nov 3, 2026, 15:12 UTC · Updated Nov 3, 2026, 23:16 UTC · Today's edition · All stories from Nov 3, 2026

A golden scroll case set with a blue gem, half buried in drifting sand, above the words The Elder Scrolls VI, Official Name Reveal.
FIG. 1 · 1200 × 676 pxImage: Bethesda Softworks

Bethesda revealed in a video on its YouTube channel Tuesday that The Elder Scrolls VI is officially called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. The video, titled "The Elder Scrolls VI: Official Name Reveal," runs one minute and five seconds. It went up on Microsoft's Xbox Wire at 15:05 UTC. It appeared on Bethesda's YouTube channel two minutes later.

The reveal confirms the name The Verge's Tom Warren reported on Oct. 29, citing "sources familiar with Bethesda's plans." Warren also reported that Bethesda would reveal the name as soon as November.

The video's description opens with an in-world quote: "The scroll offered only a shimmer, a veil thinly lifted to my eyes. A future lost. A victory undone. Sands of time scattered by fate." It is credited to "Yazar, Moth Priest to High Queen Iradne of Hammerfell." The description then says: "Your next journey to Tamriel will be in The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel."

The description lists no release date or platforms for the game.

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◆ Origin · announced byBethesda Softworks · Nov 3, 2026, 15:07 UTCThe Elder Scrolls VI: Official Name RevealHow we know: the company's own video (YouTube Data API); Xbox Wire posted it at 15:05 UTC with no text of its own · what an origin is

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  1. 1Nov 3 15:05Microsoft's Xbox Wire post of the video (Bethesda is part of Microsoft Gaming)Xbox Wire
  2. 2Nov 3 15:07company confirmation: the official name reveal (The Verge reported the name first, Oct. 29)Bethesda Softworks
  3. 3Nov 3 15:20first of 4 follow-upsNintendo Life

Editor's noteThe Verge's senior correspondent Tom Warren reported on Oct. 29, 2026, citing "sources familiar with Bethesda's plans", that the game's official title is The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel and that Bethesda would reveal it as soon as November. (Established from Oct. 29 outlet coverage crediting The Verge: Push Square, GamingBolt, GamesRadar+, Nintendo Life. The Raytrace hasn't read The Verge's article.)

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  1. First partyXbox Wire: The Elder Scrolls VI: Official Name Reveal · 15:05 UTC

How others are covering it · 4 outlets

Commentary published after the origin, headlines verbatim. Repeating it is not confirming it. What a follow-up is

  1. Nintendo Life'The Elder Scrolls 6' Finally Has An Official Title · 15:20 UTC
  2. GamingBoltThe Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel Title Officially Revealed, Set 5 Years After Skyrim · 15:30 UTC
  3. DestructoidEight years later, Elder Scrolls 6 finally has an official title, but still no release date anywhere in sight · 16:08 UTC
  4. GamesRadar+Our first crumb of The Elder Scrolls 6 lore is a Hammerfell quote dated 5 years after Skyrim · 17:05 UTC

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