the elder scrolls online

Official Site: The Elder Scrolls Online
Studio: ZeniMax Online Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Launch Date: April 4, 2014
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Buy-to-play on PC as of March 17, 2015
Platform: PC, Mac; Xbox One and PS4 as of June 9, 2015

MMORPG developers, GDC organizers speak out against US ‘Muslim ban’

Bree Royce - January 30, 2017 0

You might want to keep politics out of gaming, but politics has a way of forcing itself in the door no matter what. Multiple MMO developers and...

Did Elder Scrolls Online just tease Morrowind’s Vvardenfell DLC?

Bree Royce - January 29, 2017 0

If you've been living under a volcano... perhaps a red one... for the last couple of months, you may have missed all the speculation...

In appreciation for post-apoc Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call 2

Andrew Ross - January 27, 2017 0

On the left in the screenshot above is a windmill in the town of Cragstone in Asheron's Call. On the right is, well, the...

One Elder Scrolls Online player builds a house… out of housing decorations

Eliot Lefebvre - January 26, 2017 0

If developers give players resources, they will find things to do with them. Case in point: A player in The Elder Scrolls Online on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 101: Marvelous heroes

Justin Olivetti - January 24, 2017 1

Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Marvel Heroes, Trove, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, Wizards of the Coast, and Path of Exile, with mailbag questions on Standing Stone/Daybreak and MOP's allies.

In appreciation for Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call

Andrew Ross - January 24, 2017 0

Imagine a game where magic was actually rare, complicated, and often underwhelming in terms of time vs. efficiency -- a game where players actually...

Elder Scrolls Online launches Homestead housing on February 6th

Eliot Lefebvre - January 19, 2017 0

Ready to move into a swanky new house or just a barely furnished hovel in The Elder Scrolls Online? You won't have to wait...

Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online renaissance

Justin Olivetti - January 18, 2017 0

As I peruse a hundred or so community blog posts every day, it's fascinating to me to see what games the MMO blogosphere as...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 100: The nesting instinct in Elder Scrolls Online

Justin Olivetti - January 17, 2017 0

Justin and Larry discuss Elder Scrolls Online housing, ARK, The Repopulation, the Switch, Nostalrius, HeroWarz, Pathfinder, and Star Trek Online.

One Shots: Tabula Rasa’s 21-gun salute

Justin Olivetti - January 15, 2017 0

Ralph the Wonder Llama kicks off today's community screenshot gallery with a salute to the late, great Tabula Rasa. "Yes, Tabula Rasa ended up being...

The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest MMORPG inventory pet peeve?

Bree Royce - January 13, 2017 0

I was surfing the Guild Wars 2 Reddit (because I'm a glutton for punishment) yesterday and bumped into a thread mocking some of the...

There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Massively Overthinking: Tab-target vs. action combat in MMORPGs

Bree Royce - January 12, 2017 0

Massively OP patron Duane is kicking the new year off right: with a brawl over combat types in MMOs. "Tab-target, action, or hybrid combat, for...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind

Larry Everett - January 11, 2017 0

I usually like to bury my opinion behind a bit of measured fact-checking and the weight of opposing opinions, but Elder Scrolls Online hit...

The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey

Justin Olivetti - January 7, 2017 0

Fiction writers know well of Joseph Campbell's identification and outline of the monomyth, or "hero's journey," in many stories. The 12-step process starts with...

Rumor: Elder Scrolls Online players datamine map of Morrowind’s Vvardenfell, hint at DLC

Bree Royce - January 5, 2017 0

Speak quickly, Outlander, or go away! Fancy a trip back to nostalgia town? Elder Scrolls Online Redditors have datamined what appears to be a map...

Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)

Eliot Lefebvre - January 5, 2017 0

Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...

Battle Bards Episode 89: Nightfall

Justin Olivetti - January 4, 2017 0

When the sun goes down, the Battle Bards’ work has just begun! In this week’s episode, the crew explores nighttime music cues in MMOs,...