Bethesda’s Todd Howard recently revealed that the studio had several projects in the works which were aiming to provide some big new adventures for fans.

This led to gamers questioning which titles he could be referencing, many were hoping that at least one of them would be Elder Scrolls 6.

Looking back at Bethesda’s history, there was a gap of several years between Fallout 3 and Skyrim, however Howard did state that they were long-term and were connected to projects already worked on by his studio.

Tied in with Bethesda’s plans to hit E3 again this year, it seemed possible that an Elder Scrolls 6 release date could be confirmed for 2017.

However, Howard has since clarified what he said, and it might make for some disappointing reading for fans.

The Fallout 4 director revealed that the projects he mentioned were still very far off from completion and were just a number of ideas being worked on.

He told Games Industry: “I should have never said a number because we have so many things. You could add it up in different ways. You could say it's bigger or smaller. They're a long way off. I think the larger point was, no one should expect to hear about those [games] anytime soon.

“We always overlap projects. We just have more going on now than we had before.”