Yesterday, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said she'd had a "live playthrough" of The Elder Scrolls 6, teasing its subtitle in an asterisk-filled tweet. Hinting at the scale of its open world, as well as its story, it looks a lot like Sharma has seen some kind of milestone demo, steered by Bethesda leadership, likely a step up from what fellow Xbox leader Matt Booty saw earlier in the summer when he said the next Elder Scrolls was "coming along well." That milestone likely means The Elder Scrolls 6 is in a playable state, and we've finally reached the beginning of the end of Bethesda's long, self-inflicted nightmare.
Sharma's tweet is far from meaning that the Skyrim sequel is just over the horizon, let alone close to release. But it does mark a major step in drawing to an end a deeply unfortunate era for one of the RPG giants.
