Earlier immediately, members of Xbox management, reportedly together with CEO Asha Sharma, visited Bethesda’s workplace just some weeks after shedding 1,600 employees throughout its studios. Sharma seemingly confirmed she was there immediately by posting her ideas on how the long-awaited Elder Scrolls VI is taking care of trying out a “dwell playthrough” of the RPG while a giant inflatable rat and unionized workers protested outside.
On August 11, Sharma tweeted her reactions to seeing The Elder Scrolls VI, an RPG that was introduced again in 2018 by way of a small teaser, and it seems like the sport is coming alongside nice. The CEO posted on Tuesday afternoon that the sport’s “scale and grandeur are unimaginable” earlier than including that “the story is even better.” This comes courtesy of a “dwell playthrough,” which seems like she watched somebody play it and didn’t truly get hands-on with the demo. However we will’t say.
Sharma’s tweet additionally included a censored subtitle for the upcoming Elder Scrolls VI. The subtitle appears to be eight letters lengthy, assuming she is definitely teasing its identify and didn’t simply add some random variety of asterisks to the tweet. I anticipate Elder Scrolls followers will probably be spending the following few days determining what these eight letters may imply for the RPG sequel they’ve waited the higher a part of a decade to play.
Reside playthrough of The Elder Scrolls VI: ******** this morning. The size and grandeur are unimaginable. The story is even better.
— ASHA (@asha_shar) August 11, 2026
After all, it’s laborious not to have a look at Sharma’s social media put up about The Elder Scrolls VI as her making an attempt to distract folks from the continued points many Xbox employees have with the corporate, and their public accusations about Recreation Cross, management’s selections, and their plans for the longer term. She possible noticed Scabby, an enormous inflatable rat typically introduced out by labor unions to help striking workers or protests, sitting outdoors Bethesda’s Rockville, Maryland HQ earlier immediately.
Maybe sensing that the media and creators would cowl that, she determined to toss an Elder Scrolls 6-sized information bomb into the world and hope that pulled consideration away from the truth that Xbox plans to lay off 1,600 more workers before the end of this year.
Subsequent week on August 18th, Xbox employees, in coordination with the Communications Employees of America, will hold rallies across the U.S. and Canada to protest the layoffs and demand truthful contracts for union members which are more likely to embrace layoff protections.
Don’t fear, Xbox and Bethesda have assured fans and critics that The Elder Scrolls VI won’t be affected by the massive layoffs at Xbox. Nonetheless, not all devs on the firm agree, with one id Software program developer claiming Xbox “doesn’t understand art” or games in a recent podcast interview.
