![]() “People look at Skyrim and say, ‘That’s a dragon-killing power fantasy,’ but the actual underlying theme was: do you take a nationalistic view of your own country, or look at the whole world? I think that’s still pretty topical today,” he says. He asserts that the Elder Scrolls series has always tackled relevant themes. It has stood the test of the Lord of the Rings movies becoming popular,” says Todd Howard, the hugely influential game designer who joined the company in 1994 and now leads Bethesda’s game development. “With The Elder Scrolls, you’re looking at a 25-year-running franchise. ![]() How will The Elder Scrolls remain relevant? But a lot has changed about both video games and the fantasy genre since Skyrim, not least the world-conquering popularity of Game of Thrones. Pete Hines, Bethesda’s senior vice-president of PR and marketing, cautions that “the Elder Scrolls VI is still two games away from Bethesda Game Studios”, which means another one or two years at least. It’s been nearly seven years since the last massive, single-player Elder Scrolls, Skyrim – though it’s been rereleased so many times on different consoles that you could be forgiven for thinking it was only a few years ago. ![]() Todd Howard … ‘I’m really happy Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and others are making it easier for people to play as they were played at the time’ Photograph: Bethesda Games
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