E3 2016: Bethesda confirms development of Elder Scrolls 6

Bethesda's Todd Howard has revealed the development of a sixth instalment to the Elder Scrolls series.

If you have played the Elder Scrolls games and have been actively snooping around the internet for news, this announcement probably won't be the most shocking you'll see today, but it's confirmation nevertheless.

During an interview with Geoff Keighley on YouTube's E3 livestream, which you can watch below, the Game Director at Bethesda Studios said the following:

“That's kind of like the elephant in the room, always, when we talk about anything, and I think it's good to tell our fans in these moments, yes, of course we are [making Elder Scrolls 6]. It's something we love. But it is – I have to be careful what I say – it's a very long way off.

"I could sit here and explain the game to you, and you would say, 'That sounds like you don't even have the technology – how long is that going to take?' And so it's something that's going to take a lot of time, what we have in mind for that game," he added.

It's always difficult to translate the manner in which somebody says something when it is written down, but as you might well have figured out, Howard did not want to give too much away.

Aside from the talk of an upcoming Elder Scrolls title, Howard was also asked about what the future holds for the game developer.

He said: “We think very long term. We're not a developer that's going to rush something like this out. Any of our games.

"So when you think about, what is the future of that kind of game, we have a pretty good idea of what it would be, and it's just going to take technology and time that, really, we don't have necessarily right now.”

[YouTubeGaming]