The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced back in 2018, well over eight years ago. Since then, radio silence. Neither Bethesda nor Microsoft had a thing to say about the game all that time, though when new chief Asha Sharma took control, things started to unravel. At a snail’s pace, of course.

Ever since then, fans have begun speculating about what this new TES will be about. Not that they haven’t speculated over the course of almost a decade at this point. The difference is that Sharma revealed TES6 will have an eight-letter title , which many believed to be “Sentinel.” Now, according to The Verge , Sentinel is, indeed, the official name for The Elder Scrolls 6 .

It’s been 15 years since the last main Elder Scrolls game. Image via Bethesda/Steam.

As that outlet writes, TES6: Sentinel stands to be revealed sometime next month, possibly to mark the 15th anniversary of TES5: Skyrim ‘s release, which came out on Nov. 11.…