{
  "id": 6411856,
  "title": "\"Most people\" at Bethesda wanted to make Elder Scrolls 6 before Starfield, claims Skyrim co-lead, but Todd Howard dragged them aboard his rocketship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/most-people-at-bethesda-wanted-to-make-elder-scrolls-6-before",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/most-people-at-bethesda-wanted-to-make-elder-scrolls-6-before-starfield-claims-skyrim-co-lead-but-todd-howard-dragged-them-aboard-his-rocketship"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "What came first, the chicken or the egg? I know, it's a tough one. I'll put it another way. What came first, Todd Howard's lone desire to make a space RPG or what the devs working under him had initially anticipated they'd be working on once Fallout 4 shipped? Well, according to a fresh account given by long-time Bethesda developer and Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, those among the latter…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}