Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.98.203.197-20130414002939/@comment-1470368-20140626182049

Goldflame33 wrote: They didn't make it, but they've been working with Zenimax on it. And Datadragon, do you have proof? 'cause I can't find anything on the internet about that. He says "pretty sure", meaning that he's personally confident of that. Not that this 100% confirmed.

There is proof on the Internet, however, that Skyrim was being worked on since 2006 (Oblivion's release year)...but that's now been archived on the Planet Elder Scrolls Forums.

^Inference based on proof of other games in the series. A developer had come on the forums only to deny years before 2011 that they were working on a "TESV" or that it would be set in Skyrim.

Just the same as it was revealed that Skyrim was in development in 2006 (and Oblivion was in development since 2002; Morrowind's release)...we can all easily reach the conclusion that TES VI has been in development since Skyrim was released.