The Elder Scrolls Online lead designer Nick Konkle hosts a new developer diary, showing off character progression. The upcoming MMO will feature the same style of leveling as the single player games, allowing players a tremendous amount of freedom on how they want to kit out their character.
Morroblivion, a group of fan modders have been working on a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim called "Skywind", which completely recreates the third game of the series, Morrowind.
MMO Elder Scrolls Online from Bethesda will be launching worldwide in early April 2014, announces ESO game director Matt Firor. Xbox One and PS4 versions release two months later in June. All major systems development is complete, revealed Firor, as they no focus solely on polish and game balance. The next few months are dedicated to feedback from testers.
Lucky players in The Elder Scrolls Online can reach the giddy heights of Emperor of Cyrodiil. It's not easy though, as the developers explained in an interview with OXM.
The creators of the astonishingly ambitious Skywind, a mod for Skyrim that recreates the beloved Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, have released a new development video showcasing their progress.
Ryan Scott Dancey, project leader on the upcoming Pathfinder Online MMO, has defended subscription models for online games in a guest post on MMORPG.com.
Zenimax Online have issued the keys for this weekend's Elder Scrolls Online beta test, and the company are urging subscribers to check their junk mail folders to make sure they aren't missing out.
It's hard living in the Elder Scrolls universe; there are sneak-thieves, dragon insurance premiums and adopted kids at home wanting the latest ball-in-a-cup game. What then are our top 3 must-adventure-with items? This comes from the Developer Question of the Week #54. Elder Scrolls Online creators want to know what we deem as our 3 essential items for adventuring. Pants for one, presumably.
A new Dev Play Session video from the developers of The Elder Scrolls Online has been posted and it's about 8 minutes of taking a look at group content and activities in the upcoming MMO. The team insist that grouping isn't necessary to enjoy the game, but that positive incentives are easy to find, such as being about to quick-travel to party members for easier questing.
MMO The Elder Scrolls Online will have quite a voice cast for itself reveals a new trailer from developer ZeniMax Online. This "extraordinary group of actors" includes John Cleese and Kate Beckinsale. Cleese plays the "comic relief" in the game, while Kate Beckinsale voices Queen Ayrenn who leads the Aldmeri Dominion. Who else? Bill Nighy, Malcolm McDowell...
A new fancy bit of pre-rendered cinema is available for The Elder Scrolls Online, and pre-orders can now begin for the physical Imperial Edition for the MMO. Finally our very own Mudcrab. Daedric Prince of domination and enslavement, Molag Bal, is also in 12" statue form. There's a 21" x 26" map of Tamriel, a 224-page guide to Tamriel, and exclusive digital treats.
Chris Gallizzi has demonstrated his coding wizardry by getting the Oculus VR to work with Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Online MMO. He had contacted the studio for early access to add Oculus. After receiving no reply, Gallizzi went through beta registration and was accepted. It's here he began tinkering with the MMO and got VR working, risking access.
Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has posted a lengthy blog on explaining why a 'sandbox' approach to MMO design is the way forward, as the content-driven experience burns out too fast. New content is done with "nearly immediately after it's released," with websites giving spoilers and loot drop rates. TESO 'follows content model' and will end up like SWTOR.
Bethesda game director Todd Howard has let slip that the studio isn't going to be making any Fallout-related reveals any time soon, as they're still figuring out "which of our ideas are going to stick" and when to talk. Skyrim on PC did better "than we’ve ever done" by "a large, large number," enthused Howard, and the new consoles are very PC-like. This "opens up avenues" for new ambitions.
Why is Bethesda going down the ole timey route of subscriptions with The Elder Scrolls Online? Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines has admitted he's "anxious" about it especially for the Elder Scrolls series. They plan on regular content updates to feed hungry gamers, and that subs "fit best what we wanted to do," which is to provide "meaningful content support" regularly.
We've raided the Bethesda vaults for some beta keys to The Elder Scrolls Online, and now we're looking to fence these goods as they're cursed we're generous. These keys will grant beta access starting this week.
From March 14th to the 17th you'll be enjoying this beta access before Tamriel opens for all in early April. These keys only work during the beta event starting this weekend.
We now know exactly when budding elves and orcs can dive into the world of The Elder Scrolls Online, after exact launch times for Early Access and the final release were revealed in a Reddit AMA.
Bethesda have released a whole raft of new concept art for their upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, showcasing environments and monster designs.
Bethesda’s Head of Marketing Pete Hines told GamesOnNet that the decision to go with a monthly fee for their upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online was a mutual decision by both Bethesda and developers Zenimax.
Infographs provide an interesting dissection of what would otherwise be a boring pile of stats, and so Bethesda has now released one for The Elder Scrolls Online, which launches globally tomorrow. The equivalent of Norway (5 million) signed up for the beta, and there's 119,050 mudcrabs until level 50. The Zenimax Online team have drunk 272 bathtubs worth of coffee since May 2011.