Microsoft lawyer tells judge that Elder Scrolls 16 is coming in 2026, accelerating Bethesda's release calendar by 124 years
This week's FTC v Microsoft hearing, in which the US agency is seeking a temporary injunction against Microsoft's attempt to buy Activision Blizzard, has been a messy one. The latest blunder: A Microsoft lawyer claiming that The Elder Scrolls 16 is predicted to release in 2026, which is wrong in every way it could be.
The lawyer, whose words were transcribed by The Verge, was attempting to correct a misunderstanding, but only managed to confuse the situation more when she said: «There are two Elder Scrolls games, one is online called Elder Scrolls Online—that is a multiplayer game, it is on PlayStation today. [The FTC's lawyer is] talking about Elder Scrolls 16, that is projected for release in 2026 as a singleplayer game.»
Obviously, Microsoft's lawyer meant to say «The Elder Scrolls 6,» but that only makes things worse in a way, because The Elder Scrolls 6 is no more expected to release in 2026 than The Elder Scrolls 16.
TES6 was announced years ago, but that was just Bethesda letting its audience know that it plans to make the game, not an indication that it's anywhere close to existing. At the hearing last week, Xbox head Phil Spencer said that TES6 is still «so far out, it's hard to understand what the platforms will even be» and that it's «five-plus years away,» as recorded by Axios' Stephen Totilo.
I'm afraid this lawyer is not privy to secret information about a much sooner-than-expected launch window of The Elder Scrolls 6—she just misspoke.
That's far from the only blunder in this blunderous hearing. Others include an improperly redacted PlayStation document and an unredacted, and then later redacted, Microsoft document that revealed some of its past acquisition targets.
The Verge also jotted down a couple
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