14 years ago we published our Elder Scrolls 6 wishlist, and honestly? It still holds up
PC Gamer revisited one of its February 2012 articles proposing features and improvements for The Elder Scrolls 6, finding that the wish list remains surprisingly relevant 14 years later. The original piece was published just three months after the launch of Skyrim, as the gaming community was already speculating about what the franchise’s next mainline entry could deliver.
The retrospective highlights how long fans have been waiting for Elder Scrolls 6, with the game still in development as of 2026—over a decade and a half after the last numbered entry. The timing proves especially poignant: the article notes that the world has dramatically changed since 2012, with technological advances and shifting industry trends reshaping gaming expectations. Despite this passage of time, many of the design suggestions and features proposed in that original column apparently remain relevant to contemporary discussions about what Elder Scrolls 6 should be.