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

PAX West 2019: Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert on performance, LFG, and dragons

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"Oh man! A new Skyrim!?" proclaimed an eager con-goer as I waited outside The First & Bell in Seattle. As I entered, the venue...
You won't believe the things I didn't bother telling you!

Vague Patch Notes: How MMO studio communication and player confidence really work

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Here's the funny thing about communication from MMO studios: It's vital to the continued feeling of a healthy game, and yet at the same...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Imperial City DLC will be free during Imperial City Celebration event

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Last year when The Elder Scrolls Online had its Imperial City Celebration, you had to purchase the related DLC, even though it was half...

The MOP Up: Dauntless’ Strike Force is all up in your face

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Giant monster hunting isn't just a sacred duty of those sworn to protect that one blacksmith and his family, it's also a competition between...
Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us

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Game designer Brian Green has been on a writing streak as of late with a whole series of blog posts about roleplaying in MMORPGs....
Chicks who've broken our hearts.

Design Mockument: Plausible ideas for The Matrix Online 2

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When Bree found out that I'm a fan of the Matrix franchise of films, she said it'd be fun to see me take on...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas

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There are, let's face it, a limited number of different ways to design real-adjacent zones in any fantasy game. At the end of the...

Tamriel Infinium: Things we wish were in Elder Scrolls Online’s cash shop (but aren’t)

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Convenience items in the cash shop are nothing new in The Elder Scrolls Online. ZeniMax has been selling experience boosts and mount training accelerators...
Cool.

Here are the performance upgrades Elder Scrolls Online is testing for release in 2019

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Back at QuakeCon in July, ZeniMax announced a huge roadmap for performance improvements and upgrades coming to The Elder Scrolls Online, mostly on PC,...

Former Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars franchise composer is accused of sexual assault

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The gaming industry is in the midst of its own #MeToo moment, and one of the industry vets who stands accused is popular composer...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Scalebreaker DLC hits consoles tomorrow as free-play event begins

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Some sunny day, PC players and console players of The Elder Scrolls Online will see update parity and get to enjoy the latest content...

Massively Overthinking: Problematic faves in MMOs

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A while back, a reader suggested that it was impossible for a fan who loves something to recognize its shortcomings, and I was taken...

Elder Scrolls Online is previewing the Dragonhold DLC at this month’s PAX West

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With the Scalebreaker DLC out the door earlier this month, Elder Scrolls Online's vaunted "Year of the Dragon" has just one more big update...
It's official, I can't tell the difference between this and TERA now.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 234: ArcheAge’s game changer

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Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, WoW Classic, No Man's Sky, DDO, Neverwinter, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on the future of MMOs and the silent majority MMO playerbase.

The MOP Up: Nexon’s Project V4 aims to be the best-looking MMO in your pocket

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Nexon gave a preview of Project V4 at a media preview event lately, and this fantasy MMO looks like one of the most shiny...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

The Soapbox: No, the MMO genre is not dead – but it could use a little positivity

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One of my favorite idioms is "dead as a doornail." It always reminds me of the time I got sent out of my 10th...

Massively Overthinking: The first 10 minutes of an MMO

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So here's the thing about Elder Scrolls games: Most of them start out with the same hook. From Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim, you...

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre dead or dying – or something else entirely?

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PC Gamer made waves across the MMO genre this week with an article provocatively titled "For MMO diehards, there's only one conversation: is the...
leave my dagron alone

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Scalebreaker DLC is officially live for PC and Mac players

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Dragons, right? What is their deal? You can find out today in the newest DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online. Scalebreaker is out today,...

First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Moongrave Fane dungeon, launching with Scalebreaker today

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Moongrave Fane is the name of an ancient Khajiit temple ruin - and it's also one of the dungeons releasing with The Elder Scrolls...

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