September 9, 2026
Home » “Most people” at Bethesda wanted to make Elder Scrolls 6 before Starfield, claims Skyrim co-lead, but Todd Howard dragged them aboard his rocketship

What came first, the chicken or the egg? I know, it’s a tough one. I’ll put it another way. What came first, Todd Howard’s lone desire to make a space RPG or what the devs working under him had initially anticipated they’d be working on once Fallout 4 shipped? Well, according to a fresh account given by long-time Bethesda developer and Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, those among the latter who’d mentally prepped to be making The Elder Scrolls 6 right away were rather whisked along on an interstellar journey Todd seemingly charted a course for without much of a heads up.

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