Bethesda is celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of its series: The Elder Scrolls! A heavy-weight in the RPG genre, TES has made its mark on the gaming industry. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in particular found a home on many a game system, from PC to just about everything in the past thirteen years, with thousands of community mods supporting it. Many hope The Elder Scrolls VI will be similarly successful, but details remain scarce as-to when it might release. Only time will tell if the series can maintain its strong showing.

Bethesda has released a statement about the anniversary in a tweet(?) on X:

Quote From Bethesda Game Studios

Happy 30 years of The Elder Scrolls:

For those struggling to read the text, it goes as follows:

"It's been 30 years since the beginning of this incredible journey through Tamriel with the launch of The Elder Scrolls: Arena. It's amazing to think how much the series has grown, and how much it still means to everyone, and that is all thanks to you, our community of players.

Many hundreds of developers have spent time on The Elder Scrolls over those 30 years. As the series has grown, so have we. Still to this day, each chaper has aimed to let all of us live another life, in another world.

Arena started it all, with the entirety of Tamriel generated for you to explore freely. Daggerfall moved that into a smaller region with political intrigue and a detailed character system. Morrowind took it to new exotic lands and introduced the series to both consoles and the world of modding and creators. Oblivion brought us to the heart of the Empire, realms beyond, and all new gameplay mechanics. Skyrim let you do battle with dragons in Tamriel's harsh northern province.

One of our goals has been to make sure everyone can still enjoy these games today, and we continue to work on new ways for you to experience them. Arena and Daggerfall can be downloaded and played for free from ElderScrolls.com. Xbox supports Morrowwind and Oblivion with backwards compatability and upgraded to 4k. And of course, Skyrim is on...everything.

This year also marks another anniversary - 10 years of The Elder Scrolls Online. Our amazing colleagues at ZeniMax Online Studios have nurtured a game and community that has become one of the biggest and best there is.

We have other exciting projects underway as well, including The Elder Scrolls: Castles on mobile. It's a unique take on a castle builder where you control your own dynasty and is currently in soft-launch in several countries. We've also launched the latest version of Creations in Skyrim where you can more easily get all the incredibly content our community continues to create.

Last but not least, yes, we are in development on the next chapter - The Elder Scrolls VI. Even now, returning to Tamriel and playing early builds has us filled with the same joy, excitement, and promise of adventure.

Thank you again for supporting us all these decades, all you have brought to the games, making them your own. We couldn't be more excited to continue it and celebrate the next 30 years."

Played any of The Elder Scrolls series? Interested in the mobile game TES: Castles? Anticipating The Elder Scrolls VI...whenever that releases? Let us know in the comments below!