The Elder Scrolls 6 release date roasted following The Witcher 4 update

It’s no secret that games now spend much longer in development than they used to.

Studios used to churn out a new release every year or two.

Now, if a studio releases two games four years apart, it’s considered to be both impressive and a rarity.

What’s perhaps worse than a lengthy development period though is being told about the game too prematurely.

This helps players, as we don’t have years on end to build up ridiculous expectations which at the same time helps developers by alleviating pressure.

This is something that Sony has clocked onto.

The Last of Us Part I and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered were revealed mere months ahead of their respective releases.

Ghost of Yōtei is another great example. It was just unveiled with a 2025 launch window, which means that players have a maximum of 14 months to wait if we’re to count to December 2025.

Many publishers are still doing things the old way though.

Take a look at the stunning Ghost of Yōtei trailer below.

The Elder Scrolls VI is perhaps the most extreme example of a premature announcement.

The game’s reveal trailer dropped in 2018, and we’ve had no major updates since with the game still likely to be several years away from its release.

The Witcher 4 is nipping at its heels though.

Announced in 2022, The Witcher 4 - which is yet to receive a formal title - will kickstart a brand new trilogy.

Little has been said of the game since that initial announcement two years ago, that is until now.

The CD Projekt RED project was recently confirmed as having made “substantial progress” by the company’s chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz.

“The Polaris team - working on the next game in The Witcher saga - made substantial progress, which will soon enable us to wrap up pre-production and take this project to the full production phase," he said.

If the game is only just entering full production, it’s likely to be at least four or five years until it sees the light of day. That practically takes us up to 2030.

Even still, fans are jesting that it’ll arrive before The Elder Scrolls VI.

“Wonderful! Probably will get Witcher 4 before ES 6 at this point,” wrote gracelyy.

“We will get Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 before Winds of Winter,” jested SteelRazorBlade, highlighting another overly teased project.

I hope you’ve all got bagfuls of patience.