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Bethesda’s long-awaited and highly anticipated fantasy role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 6 could be unveiled “as soon as next month,” according to a new report—arriving amid Microsoft’s ongoing restructuring efforts.

According to The Verge, this new Elder Scrolls adventure carries the subtitle “Sentinel,” matching fan speculation, with the outlet corroborating prior reports that the game is set within the Tamriel region of Hammerfell. The game reportedly explores the “history of the Elder Scrolls” and will “help uncover the secrets of these mysterious ancient artifacts.”

Asha Sharma, CEO of Xbox, said she had played the game in August during a visit to the Bethesda offices, all while a giant inflatable rat and a union protest took place outside. Indeed, this reveal would come shortly after Bethesda suffered job cuts—as did many other Microsoft-owned studios—as part of Xbox’s “reset.”

Xbox has been eager to keep fans optimistic about its prospects during what is undoubtedly a challenging time for the business. Yesterday, Sharma said there was “more demand than consoles available” when addressing a 14 percent dip in Xbox hardware sales. Microsoft’s latest 8-K filing—a mandated financial report that publicly traded companies must submit to the SEC—states plainly that “Xbox hardware revenue decreased 29 percent driven by lower volume of consoles sold.”

Sharma also pointed to the record performances of Minecraft and World of Warcraft: Forever’s open beta, congratulating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for its “most acclaimed release in more than a decade.” Xbox’s first-party release Gears of War: E-Day reportedly sold more than 400,000 copies across Xbox and PC following its day-one Game Pass launch, with analysts speculating that its presence on the service may have cut into its full-cost sales.

Meanwhile, studios have been deciding not to sell their games on Xbox altogether due to the company’s placement on the BDS boycott list. Earlier this month, developers from Big Walk announced the game would not come to Xbox because of Microsoft’s ties with Israel, and last night both Celeste and Towerfall were removed from Xbox for the same reason.

It is therefore safe to say that The Elder Scrolls VI, if revealed next month, will arrive into a very different world than the one it peeked its head into almost a decade ago. Whether it can help Xbox turn things around remains the question.

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