{
  "id": 9816978,
  "title": "Skyrim loremaster says The Elder Scrolls never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style game because Bethesda is \"very protective\" over its golden goose",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/skyrim-loremaster-says-the-elder-scrolls-never-got-a-fallout-new",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T19:02:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/skyrim-elder-scrolls-never-fallout-new-vegas-bethesda"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Skyrim launched almost 15 years ago while The Elder Scrolls 6 is still marinating over at Bethesda Game Studios . Even so, Bethesda apparently never considered having an outside team develop a spin-off game to fill that painfully long gap - as it did once upon a time with Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas . Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}