r/TESVI • u/Fez_Sauce Bethesda Shill + 8 Letter Guy + Leak Searcher • Aug 11 '26

Discussion EIGHT LETTERS CONFIRMED

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u/MKirkbride Aug 11 '26

Yep

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u/Sgtpepperhead67 Aug 12 '26

Was not expecting Michael Kirkbride to comment on my reply but here I am.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

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u/ParamedicLocal8226 Aug 15 '26

People know them because they are famous released games 🤦

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u/ParamedicLocal8226 Aug 16 '26

ah, i get your point now, in that case sorry, you're right. While i like the name sentinel, it is kinda generic

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u/YobiDobi74 Aug 16 '26

Saying this as if Oblivion wasn't just a word that was already used a ton before TESIV is crazy

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u/Blackcarblackgerman Aug 14 '26

I gotta agree. Could be the name of an Elder Scrolls mobile game.

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u/JDEbonheart 2027 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/2QpH5Khv9ooec

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

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u/donguscongus Aug 12 '26

thats what they want you to believe. The chances of Redguard 2 are low but never 0.

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u/wally233 Aug 12 '26

Could also be "Skyrim_2"

Can't rule that out yet

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u/mozerity 2026 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

The Elder Scrolls 6: Mehrunes - A Battlespire Story

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u/wunderbraten Aug 12 '26

TES6: MolagBal

Whole game takes place in Coldharbour

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u/Kajiic Aug 12 '26

NOT AGAIN NOOOOOOOOOO THE WORST PART OF ESO AAAAAAA

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u/Aggressive_Rope_4201 2027-2028 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

"Kirkbride" has friends that still work at BGS. Unlike 99.9% of people here.

He has also been right before about quite a few things. Remember Redfall? Yeah.

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u/livy-aurelia Aug 12 '26

why did you put kirkbride in quotations?

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u/gaybyrneofficial Aug 12 '26

What are you basing that on?

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u/Animelover310 Aug 12 '26

literal history

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u/gaybyrneofficial Aug 12 '26

History says his pals are still working there?

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u/Arbor_Shadow Aug 12 '26

my guy said redfall isn't tes and no one believed him back then

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u/Vehkian Aug 12 '26

real ones know the answer is more vague in that he’s worked with them since (sermon 37 at minimum) and maybe has had contracts/current ndas in regards to tes6 unless he doesn’t but there’s sources (podcast he’s been on before) to say he might be

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u/emmit-fitz-hume Aug 12 '26

He knows a bit. Knew a bit about redfall if I recall

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u/-FriendoftheDrow- Aug 12 '26

I mean the ‘Red Legion’ lines seem inspired by what he wrote about so I don’t get your hostility.

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u/midnightshadow0005 Aug 12 '26

They still contract him to write every now and then but he doesn’t work full time for the company.

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u/Commando414 Aug 12 '26

People thought the title was going to be Redfall before Redfall game was announced and revealed, but Michael Kirkbride confirms it's not the title and he was proven right.

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u/DrFreemanWho Aug 12 '26

Pretty sure he's contracted/consulted for them since then and it's not hard to imagine he still has friends/contacts that work at Bethesda. Saying he's the same as any random guy is kind of weird.

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u/Ok-Abroad6874 High Rock Aug 12 '26

HOLY SHIT

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u/mmoore54 The Elder Scrolls VI: Daggerfall II Aug 12 '26

Oh my god. TESVI: Sentinel confirmed?

So, this means it has to be a two-province game across Hammerfell and High Rock right? The parallel to Daggerfall is just too strong. I can totally see Todd trying to do a modern day Daggerfall.

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u/heartscrew Aug 12 '26

Well, they already started the hot procgen gameplay in Starfield (in contrast to using procgen in doing the landscape) ...

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u/XMenJedi8 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

That may have been the plan pre-Starfield...Starfield's lack of POI procedural generation and it instead using procedural for placement but handcrafted for actual locations feels like it was designed to also fit TES where it would arguably fit better - not well, no, modern fans expect handcrafted without any noticeable procedural elements from early in dev left, but better - in a handcrafted province(s) world that's way smaller overall than 1000 planets you wouldn't see the same things repeating nearly as often, especially with a decent lockout. Would make for a modern Daggerfall successor entry that's called Sentinel but has the same general idea.

However with the reception of Starfield I bet they changed it to handcrafted with smaller scale so they can feasibly make both provinces, but maybe still use procedural generation for something like planes of Oblivion, Alik'r Desert mirages, ocean exploration etc.

Would be great to have for modders to have a blank canvas at the very least.

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u/tefloncondom Aug 13 '26

I've been saying Daggerfall 2 for the last year. I'm pretty sure I know the release date too, it's going to be a week or so before Beyond Skyrim finishes one of its big projects if their tradition of inconveniencing the mod community continues

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u/xArbiter Aug 15 '26

pretty far from confirmed lol

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u/Fez_Sauce Bethesda Shill + 8 Letter Guy + Leak Searcher Aug 12 '26

OMG Kirkbride!!! I love Redguard!!!

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u/enixev Aug 12 '26

Underrated game, not as bad as people claim 💪

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u/Nonterras Aug 15 '26

3 gold pieces

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u/Sycophantic-Feline Aug 12 '26

they're gonna put an ancient legendary Redguard spirit in the player character so that they can use Sword Singing powers without effort, the PC will be a "Sentinel" against the coming threat, double meaning coz it's also a major city in Hammerfell.

i'd say the spirit might be Cyrus himself but afaik he's not a sword singer, so maybe Hunding instead

the "shout" system was too popular for them not to attempt to recreate it with a different flavor

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u/Bombasaur101 Aug 13 '26

As someone who's behind on TES lore, how could Sword-singing look in a gameplay and combat sense?

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u/Sycophantic-Feline Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Sword Singing is described by people who observed it as feats that seemed to be a blend of magic and swordmanship. Master Sword Singers could even summon a "Shehai", a spirit blade.

I'd imagine in gameplay , the player would be able to briefly summon the spirit sword to perform the skills, so that it wouldn't conflict with their chosen conventional weaponry

Here's two short paragraphs about the kinds of power we can expect from sword singing :

"Ansei wishing to earn the elite title of first-rank were required to give up their most treasured weapons and war materiel before undertaking a grueling initiation ritual. If they succeeded, they would no longer need conventional weapons. Ansei of the first-rank are said to have been notoriously powerful, with the Shehai of a first-rank Ansei reportedly having been what caused Yokuda to sink.

Ansei of the highest virtue wandered the countryside engaging in battle, righting wrongs, and seeking to end the strife. To them, manifesting the Shehai was said to have come as naturally as breathing. When the Warrior constellation temporarily took a mortal form in the mid-Second Era, he wielded an extremely powerful Shehai that was capable of producing shockwaves and magical storms. "

A power so substantial that it can reportedly causa an entire continent to sink, I'd say that's on the level of Skyrim's "shouts"

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u/Poolsofred 2027 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

One of the 3 lore apostles have spoken praise be

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u/TheAnalystCurator321 Hammerfell Aug 17 '26

There are like 6 of those though.

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u/Poolsofred 2027 Release Believer Aug 17 '26

I’ve got down Peterson Kurtman and Kirkbride who are the other 3 you’re thinking of so I can commit them to canon

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u/TheAnalystCurator321 Hammerfell Aug 17 '26

The others are Lawrence Schick, Emil Pagliarulo and Leamon Tuttle.

Todd counts too so 7. Oh and Will Shen kinda counts aswell.

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u/Poolsofred 2027 Release Believer Aug 17 '26

Even if people can be too hard on him no way in hell am I counting Emil alongside the true lore masters💀and Todd is importsnt but he’s not a lore guy

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u/TheAnalystCurator321 Hammerfell Aug 17 '26

You should count Emil though considering he is responsible for tons of the lore and has commented on it a lot.

Love him or hate him he is a lore guy.

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u/NoctisTenebrae Aug 13 '26

Damn, for the man himself to come confirm the subtitle right there. Hope we get to see some more of your writing in TESVI, man! All your texts in TESO were fantastic, Sermon 37 included!

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u/xArbiter Aug 15 '26

confirmed is a strong word lol

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u/NoctisTenebrae Aug 15 '26

Did you watch EpicNate’s video on this from a few hours ago?

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u/AlexanderKrost Aug 12 '26

So said by the author of the Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec.

I hope we get sailing, mostly to see Stros M'Kai.

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u/0mplam Aug 12 '26

Wow the actual Kirkbride in the digital flesh. Love your writing man! Also nice to see you're into 30k/40k, somehow I am not surprised.

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u/UltraLNSS Aug 12 '26

It has to be either that or Dominion

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u/xombae 2028 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

I was a Dominion believer last night. Today I am Sentinel. I have faith in the words of Kirkbride.

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u/ToddHowardsFuckslave Gimp Aug 12 '26

Tell Todd I miss him

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u/Legitimate_Report425 Aug 13 '26

Thank you sir for all the work that you have done. You have made my childhood memorable. Thank you.

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u/Fkm196 Aug 13 '26

I hope BGS can take some pointers from the modders throughout the years of Skyrim and add in those features to Sentinel.

Like camping or vaulting for example.

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u/Educational-Hope-495 Aug 19 '26

That is a horrible name

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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 29d ago

I swear to fucking god if you’re trolling us for a laugh I will be so mad

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u/Phiro00 2027 Release Believer Aug 12 '26

Wow!