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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Elder Scrolls Online reassures mainstream and solo gamers that MMOs aren’t scary
Do MMORPGs really have such an intimidating reputation in the gaming community these days that studios feel as though they need to mollycoddle prospects...
Tamriel Infinium: Five things to do while waiting for Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind early access
I have always found this part of the development cycle to be the worst part. Right now, we are sitting at the point in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Funcom Q1 2017 financials: ‘Most profitable quarter ever,’ Secret World Legends delayed on Steam
Conan Exiles performed beautifully for Funcom, at least during the first part of this year, the company's investor report for the first quarter revealed...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind Warden will charm your heart
Morag Tong assassin Naryu Virian is back at the helm of a new Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind video, this one focusing on the Warden.
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Diablo III turns out to have lore, summarizable in a minute
Confession time: I have spent an absurd amount of time in the Diablo universe over the years (ask me about that time a Best...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends is coming in June (May 13, 2017)
Everyone who predicted Secret World Legends would miss its original spring target date gets a cookie. Turns out the game is launching soon, but...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?
MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis."
"The MMO...
Elder Scrolls Online’s latest trailer reveals the true balance of power in Morrowind
Over the past couple of weeks, ZeniMax has been releasing travelogues and trailers for The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion, many of them voiced...
See the differences between classic Morrowind and Elder Scrolls Online’s version
Due to the reverential status given to 2002's Morrowind by many Elder Scrolls fans, interest in seeing what ZeniMax is doing with this June's...
Elder Scrolls Online offers two-week early access head start for Morrowind
ZeniMax has just announced that PC and Mac Elder Scrolls Online players who pick up the digital upgrade version of Morrowind will start in...
Elder Scrolls Online teases Morrowind’s Great Houses in a new video
Snarky Morag Tong assassin Naryu Virian returns in another Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind video today, this time about the upcoming expansion's Great Houses.
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The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...
Elder Scrolls Online outlines Morrowind’s Clockwork City raid
Listen up, raiders: The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion is out in just a month, and you're going to want to be prepared for...
The Daily Grind: Do you seek out MMORPG leaks?
Over the past couple of months, the MMORPG community has worked its way through massive leaks of top-secret info: first for Elder Scrolls Online's...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Morrowind’s dwemer ruins
Remember Naryu Virian? She's the snarky assassin fronting Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind tour videos, and she's back again today with a disdainful travelogue on...
How Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind’s Warden was built for vets and noobs alike
ZeniMax is not letting up on its dogged promotion of The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind as we continue the march toward its launch in...
Elder Scrolls Online apologizes for lengthy EU datacenter downtime
Grumpy about The Elder Scrolls Online being down most of today? That's probably because you're in the EU -- the extra-long outage kept the...
The Elder Scrolls Online honors 15 years of Morrowind with a new trailer
Fifteen years ago this week, I was sitting down to play Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for the first time, I'm guessing like many of...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...