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More Than 8 Years on From Its Announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Reportedly Still at Least 2 More Years From Release

More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release. That's according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking last night during a live Q&A discussing this week's dramatic changes at Xbox which have seen 1,600 staff made redundant and at least four studios cut from the company's roster. A further 1,600 job losses are currently planned over the course of this year. Doom developer id Software was gutted, as was ZeniMax Online Studios, developer of The Elder Scrolls Online. In an email to Bethesda staff sent following the announcement of the cuts, Bethesda boss Jill Braff said the company will now double down on its "strongest franchises," which suggests the likes of Fallout and — yes — The Elder Scrolls. But IGN also understands that layoffs have taken place within Bethesda Game Studios among staff working on TES 6. All of which begs the question of when TES 6 will finally launch, and whether Xbox can do anything to make good on its plans to speed up the game's development without compromising on its quality — and hold back from impacting its team further in future rounds of layoffs. Bethesda chief Todd Howa

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The 5 best stealth games for people who miss old Assassin's Creed

If we can't get Brotherhood 2, these will have to do There's a new Assassin's Creed game, which means one thing: people are about to argue over which era of Assassin's Creed games are the best. On one side, you'll have…

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More Than 8 Years on From Its Announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Reportedly Still at Least 2 More Years From Release

More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release. That's according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking last night during a live Q&A…

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If we can't get Brotherhood 2, these will have to do There's a new Assassin's Creed game, which means one thing: people are about to argue over which era of Assassin's Creed games are the best. On one side, you'll have the stalwarts, the…

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More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release. That's according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking last night during a live Q&A discussing this week's…

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