The Elder Scrolls 6 Gets a Name: Sentinel

After years of waiting, The Elder Scrolls 6 finally has a full name. Xbox and Bethesda confirmed that the game is called The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel in a special video released on November 3, 2026, which also included a new trailer.

The timing was hard to miss. The reveal landed almost exactly 15 years after The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim launched in November 2011, a game that still anchors the series for millions of players. It also marks a long stretch since the sixth game first appeared. Bethesda showed the title card in 2018, so the gap between that first look and this name reveal is eight years, four months and 23 days, or a little over 3,000 days.

Bethesda has belonged to Microsoft since its 2021 acquisition of ZeniMax, which is why the announcement ran through Xbox's channels. For a franchise this large, a subtitle is more than branding. It gives fans something concrete to search for, discuss and track as the project moves forward.

The information available so far is limited to the name and the trailer. Details such as a release date, platforms and the story setting were not part of the summary, so those remain unconfirmed. Until Bethesda shares more, Sentinel is the main news, and it is enough to put the game back at the center of the conversation.