Bethesda Auctions Off NPC Spot in The Elder Scrolls VI for Charity
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- Bethesda is auctioning the chance to create your own NPC character that will appear in The Elder Scrolls VI.
- The auction’s slot, a part of a Make-A-Wish charity event, has a minimum bid of $10,450.
- Elder Scrolls 6 remains in development since its announcement in 2018.
Bethesda has announced a charity auction allowing the highest bidder to design their own NPC for The Elder Scrolls VI (TES 6) as part of a Make-A-Wish fundraising event. The auction went live on Feb. 17 and will last till Feb 22, 11:00 PM GMT.
The company’s TES 6 slot is described as a “priceless exclusive experience that offers a single winner the opportunity to work with the Bethesda Game Studios development team to create a character to appear as a video game NPC in The Elder Scrolls VI’’.
The starting bid for an opportunity to put your face on one of Tamriel’s residents is a whopping $10,450.
The Elder Scrolls VI was announced seven years ago at E3 2018. At the time, Bethesda made it clear that the game was still far off, with development in its pre-production phase. By 2021, the game had moved into the design phase, though specifics remain sparse.
Since the launch of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2011, the franchise has only expanded with the following titles:
- 2014 MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO),
- 2020 free-to-play spin-off The Elder Scrolls: Blades,
- 2023/2024 The Elder Scrolls: Castles, a mobile game with gameplay reminiscent of Fallout Shelter.
Beyond that, the players only saw multiple re-releases of the fifth TES installment, starting with the 2013 Legendary Edition, which bundled the original game with all three DLCs, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn, for the same platforms as the original.
In 2017, the Nintendo Switch Edition launched, bringing the game to the Nintendo Switch with motion controls and outfits from The Legend of Zelda series.
Skyrim VR arrived on PlayStation VR in 2017, while the PC VR version for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality debuted in 2018.
The 2018 Special Edition was a remastered version with improved graphics, mod support on consoles, and all DLCs, expanding the game to new platforms: Windows PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
The Anniversary Edition, released in 2021 for Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, marked the game’s 10th anniversary. It included the content from the Special Edition and added over 500 pieces of Creation Club content.
