Official Site:Â The Elder Scrolls Online
Studio:Â ZeniMax Online Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Launch Date:Â April 4, 2014
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Buy-to-play on PC as of March 17, 2015
Platform: PC, Mac; Xbox One and PS4Â as of June 9, 2015
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Jennifer Hale argues in favor of voice actor strike
If you play video games with sound on, you've probably heard Jennifer Hale's voice more than once: She's a voice actress with countless credits...
Leaderboard: Will Blizzard ever port World of Warcraft to console?
This past summer in a Daily Grind, we were discussing the issue of "dumbing down" in MMORPGs, specifically in World of Warcraft, when a...
One Shots: Devil’s Night
We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...
The Stream Team: Cracking skulls in Elder Scroll Online’s Witches Festival
For the first time, Elder Scrolls Online is hosting a Hallween event. You just know that means Massively OP's MJ has to dive in...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
The Elder Scrolls Online rolls out One Tamriel for consolers today with a new launch trailer
As promised, One Tamriel is live today in The Elder Scrolls Online on both PS4 and Xbox One, complete with the revamped zones, level...
Elder Scrolls Online patches in One Tamriel on console this week
If you're in the 60-odd percent of players who play The Elder Scrolls Online on console, this is your week: One Tamriel arrives for...
The MOP Up: Aima gets a death sentence (October 16, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
We still don’t really know how many people play The Elder Scrolls Online
How many players does The Elder Scrolls Online have? We don't know -- ZeniMax is coy about that. But we do have a better...
Tamriel Infinium vs Hyperspace Beacon: Three ways to make lockboxes work better in MMORPGs
Last week, I stirred up a hornet’s nest by bringing up the topic of lockboxes and how I really didn’t mind them in general.
Hyperspace...
The Elder Scrolls Online will have a Halloween event this year
Long-time Elder Scrolls players know that the calendar, months, seasons, and holidays play an important role in the lore of the series, but The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO playstyle track with your age and gender?
Gaming research firm Quantic Foundry posted a new blog last week revealing the results of its surveys cross-referencing gender, age, and playstyle in video...
The Elder Scrolls Online wants to send you to Skyrim or Elsweyr
It would have been all too easy for gamers to have missed it amidst the One Tamriel launch hubbub this week, but The Elder...
One Shots: Putting the band back together
One of the great things about MMORPGs is that you can live out fantasies that are otherwise unobtainable for you in real life. Financial...
Here are the basics of Elder Scrolls Online’s race-based housing system, coming ‘early 2017’
With the gold edition out and One Tamriel live, Elder Scrolls Online players have just one word on their lips: housing. And ZeniMax means...
Elder Scrolls Online’s One Tamriel is live along with ‘Trip of a Lifetime’ sweepstakes
The Elder Scrolls Online's One Tamriel is live today on PC, introducing a revamped world where all the level-locking content gates have crumbled to dust...
Hyperspace Beacon vs. Tamriel Infinium: An unpopular opinion on SWTOR and ESO lockboxes
I expect to come under fire for the opinion I'm expressing today for a couple of reasons.
Hyperspace Beacon and Tamriel Infinium are our biweekly columns...
Elder Scrolls Online cash shop creates gold-generating loophole
Give a cash shop an inch, they say, and it'll take a mile.
Sharp-eyed Elder Scrolls Online players have been watching the game's crown store ever...
The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...