Elder Scrolls Online Mac problems continue to drag on
A large-scale problem.
Macs aren't exactly known for their gaming prowess, but lately Mac users have been reporting severe problems when running The Elder Scrolls Online, with many labelling the game as "unplayable".
The Elder Scrolls Online's next big expansion takes place in the Summerset Isle, Bethesda has announced.
The Isle of Summerset, home of the High Elves, was an explorable area in 1994's The Elder Scrolls: Arena, but has only been mentioned in Elder Scrolls games since.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset includes a new zone, a new story, a new skill line based on the Psijiic Order and the introduction of jewelry crafting. It comes out on 5th June for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Elder Scrolls Online free to play for a week
On all platforms.
Bethesda really wants you to play The Elder Scrolls Online.
How The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind transforms Vvardenfell
Wealth beyond measure, Outlander.
ZeniMax Online Studios has shared fresh details of the people, places and lethal steampunk contraptions you'll encounter in The Elder Scrolls Online's new Morrowind expansion, due for release both as optional DLC and as an updated edition of the game on 6th June 2017.
Morrowind expansion revealed for The Elder Scrolls Online
Well goodness me.
The Elder Scrolls Online is doing just about the most exciting thing it can: a Morrowind expansion.
It's due 6th June on all platforms and introduces: a new zone, Vvardenfell, and a 30-hour story; a new player class, the Warden, and his War Bear pet; and a new 4v4v4 PvP arena mode, Battlegrounds.
Vvardenfell is apparently the same size as in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind - occupies "the same geographic footprint" according to the press release. All the landmarks from TES3: Morrowind should be there, albeit set 700 years earlier.
The Elder Scrolls Online is free to play tomorrow through Sunday
UPDATE: Xbox One trial begins this week.
UPDATE 22nd November 2016: The Elder Scrolls Online is free to play on Xbox One this week.
Update 11/patch 2.5.0 will be released for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited 1st August on PC and Mac, and 16th August on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It'll be around 5.6GB, according to an announcement on the ESO subreddit.
The Elder Scrolls Online's One Tamriel feature and "7 million players" number explained
Khajiit while you can.
The Elder Scrolls Online had a few announcements during Bethesda's E3 2016 conference last night.
Elder Scrolls Online Dark Brotherhood DLC gets release date
Notorious assassin group offers new passive skill tree.
The Dark Brotherhood content for The Elder Scrolls Online will be released 31st May on PC and Mac, and 14th June on PS4 and Xbox One. Or, if you like, you can try it out on the Public Test Server from today.
The Dark Brotherhood assassin quests are beloved in the Elder Scrolls series. They're not about being good, not about saving the world - they're about killing people. Accessing them usually involves a following a shadowy trail.
In ESO the Dark Brotherhood is on the Gold Coast, and joining it unlocks a new and exclusive passive skill tree. There's an overriding story about a mysterious new foe killing Brotherhood agents, and there are also repeatable quests offering rewards.
The Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC dated for March
New video details upcoming expansion.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited's upcoming DLC pack, the Thieves Guild, is due on the public test servers next week and launches on 7th March for PC, 22nd March for Xbox One and 23rd March for PS4.
Elder Scrolls Online Irish customer service office closed and 300 jobs lost - report
UPDATE: Bethesda refutes report, says approx. 50 jobs lost mid-August.
UPDATE 21ST DECEMBER: Bethesda PR has refuted the report by local news source Connacht Tribune. Bethesda said only approximately 50 jobs had been cut at the customer service centre as part of routine manoeuvring mid-August after the console Elder Scrolls Online launch.
Elder Scrolls Online free on PC and Xbox One this weekend
Playing enters you into the $1m prize draw.
The big Elder Scrolls Online recruitment drive continues as Bethesda/Zenimax announces a free-play weekend on PC and Xbox One this weekend. PS4 isn't included because of its PlayStation Plus obstruction, presumably, but Zenimax is "working with Sony on a technical solution". However, there is a free PlayStation Plus weekend this weekend that would appear to solve that problem, so we'll see what effect that has.
Bethesda is so keen for you to experience The Elder Scrolls Online that it will reward you with entry into $1m sweepstake.
You just need to play The Elder Scrolls Online.
The prize is open to anyone who heads to millionreasons.elderscrollsonline.com, a website where fans have shared their reasons for playing the game.
The Elder Scrolls Online's next expansion takes you to the Orc capital
Largest DLC yet due 2nd November on PC, two weeks later on console.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will receive its largest add-on yet in November, titled Orsinium.
PC players can purchase the expansion on 2nd November, followed by Xbox One owners on 17th November and PS4 players a day later.
Anyone with an active ESO Plus membership will get the content for free. Otherwise, it will cost around 3000 crowns via the in-game store.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Imperial City DLC detailed
New areas, quests and enemies, priced at 2500 in-game Crowns.
Bethesda has announced The Imperial City, its first major DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.
The Elder Scrolls Online creative director quits, joins Gearbox
Just weeks after launch of console port.
UPDATE 29/6/15 4.55pm: Zenimax Online Studios has now confirmed Paul Sage's departure, but reassured fans that the game was still in "great hands":
The Elder Scrolls Online's PS4 patch is 15.9GB
Adds the first three updates from the PC version.
The Elder Scrolls Online's PS4 patch is a colossal 15.9GB.
The reason for this is that it contains all the content from the PC version's first three patches, developer ZeniMax Online Studios noted on Twitter.
As such, it makes numerous changes to the game's performance, UI, questing and bug-fixing.
The Elder Scrolls Online won't require CD key on console, Bethesda clarifies
After initially claiming the opposite.
The console version of The Elder Scrolls Online will not require a CD key to play, publisher Bethesda has explained, just hours after initially claiming the opposite was true.
New Elder Scrolls Online video reminds us the console version is near
Tamriel Unlimited.
Bethesda has put out a new trailer for massively multiplayer online RPG The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, and it does a decent job of running through the game's various systems ahead of the looming launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Elder Scrolls Online and the turbulent topic of text chat on console
Zenimax tells us it's looking into a "quick chat" system.
What there wasn't, in the recent Elder Scrolls Online console closed beta, was the option to chat via text. That's unusual for a massively-multiplayer online game but not for a console game.
The Elder Scrolls Online PS4, Xbox One closed beta invites sent out
MMO's only console beta will launch tomorrow.
Invites for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One closed beta of The Elder Scrolls Online are now being sent out to a limited number of participants.
The beta itself will go live from tomorrow, 23rd April at 3pm UK time and last until Monday, 27th April at 3pm UK time.
If you previously signed up for the closed test, now is the time to check your inboxes and spam folders.
Elder Scrolls Online offers £12.99 PC-to-console migration deal
To transfer account and own PS4 or Xbox One game.
Eligible owners of The Elder Scrolls Online on PC or Mac can now take advantage of a £12.99 deal to both buy the upcoming console game (PS4 or Xbox One) and transfer your existing account to it.
20GB Elder Scrolls Online patch is biggest yet
Adds justice, champion systems and much more.
The Elder Scrolls Online has received its biggest content update to date with the launch of the 20GB-sized Patch 6.
This update readies the game for its upcoming "buy to play" model, and adds a number of new systems.
TESO's gameplay has also been entirely rebalanced, to the extent that all skill and attribute points are being reset.
Elder Scrolls Online will add paid-for health, XP boost potions
"This gives the player a choice."
The Elder Scrolls Online will soon allow you to buy health, stamina, magic and experience boost potions using real-world money.
Bethesda announces first ever E3 conference
Sure to cause some fallout.
Bethesda has announced plans for its first ever dedicated E3 conference, which is set to take place in Hollywood on Sunday, 14th June 2015.
A limited number of tickets will be made available to fans, or you'll be able to watch the whole thing from home via the magic of Twitch (and, naturally, Eurogamer will be reporting the whole thing live).
There's no word yet on what Bethesda will be showing, although we can take a couple of educated guesses.
Elder Scrolls Online gets console release date, drops subscription
UPDATE: First console gameplay footage within and new details.
UPDATE #2 7.20PM GMT: Console gameplay footage was shown during an Elder Scrolls Online livestream this afternoon. I've ripped out the relevant gameplay for a video embedded below (the full Twitch stream is also now available). Please bear in mind it is recorded from the low quality Twitch stream and then blown up and encoded again, so it's not indicative of final game graphic quality. It's produced to give you an idea of the console game in action.
The other major thing of note is that there will be a console beta, and you should expect it "sometime in the April timeframe", said game director Matt Firor towards the end of the stream. Joining him were Bethesda chief marketeer Pete Hines and game creative director Paul Sage.
They covered a lot of topics but these stood out.
Bethesda shows glimpse of The Elder Scrolls Online's console version
"But there's still some work to do before we can set an official launch date."
The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios has given a brief update on the game's delayed console versions, and stated that they are still - slowly - being developed.
Elder Scrolls Online dev confirms lay-offs
But it sounds like the console versions, although AWOL, are OK.
There have been lay-offs at The Elder Scrolls Online developer Zenimax Online Studios, the company has confirmed, but the message is that this is routine, six months after launch, and there's still "a large work force" working on the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
"As is the norm for games of this type, we had ramped up a large workforce to develop a game of vast scale, and ramped up our customer service to handle the expected questions and community needs of The Elder Scrolls Online at launch," Zenimax/Bethesda told Game Informer.
"Now that we are nearly six months post launch, we have a thriving online community in a game that runs smoothly. We have adjusted staffing to meet the ongoing needs of the studio, which continues to operate with a large work force.
Elder Scrolls Online subscriber loyalty program announced
Pay for three months and get a free pet.
The developer of Elder Scrolls Online has launched a new initiative to reward paying subscribers.
ZeniMax Online Studios has revealed a loyalty program which will gift players a free in-game pet if you buy at least three months' worth of game time.
The next reward - yet to be detailed - will unlock if you pay for at least six months of game time.
Elder Scrolls Online has ~775,000 subscribers - report
And SWTOR made $165m last year, apparently.
A report published by SuperData Research (via GamesIndustry International) claims The Elder Scrolls Online had 772,374 subscribers in June.
QuakeCon 2014 sale begins with Dishonored for £6.79
A real Corvo-sation starter.
QuakeCon 2014 is under way in Texas and there's a Bethesda game sale running on Steam and (partly) Xbox Live to celebrate.
The Elder Scrolls Online's Craglorn update due this week
"I believe our next update is fairly on schedule."
The first major update for The Elder Scrolls Online will arrive later this week, developer Zenimax Online Studios has said.
Speaking with IGN, creative director Paul Sage explained that the long-awaited Craglorn expansion would be available to download this Thursday or Friday.
Craglorn was announced back in early April and its launch had been expected by now. But developer Zenimax Online Studios has kept been busy instead fixing game bugs and battling gold spammers.
The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4 and Xbox One delayed by six months
UPDATE: Bethesda confirms, offers discount for those who buy on PC now.
UPDATE 3.00pm: The Elder Scrolls Online developer Zenimax Online Studios has confirmed the game's six month delay for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.
Elder Scrolls Online players awarded free game time after "launch issues"
Five days free for anyone registered now.
Elder Scrolls Online players will be given five free days of game time to make up for the game's various "launch issues", developer Zenimax Online Studios has announced.
The extra time will be awarded to anyone with an active account registered prior to 8pm EDT today (1am tonight in the UK). You also have to still be on your 30-day free trial period (which should apply to everyone, since the game was released less than 30 days ago).
Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor announced the decision today via the game's official site, in a statement discussing the game's next and future updates.
Elder Scrolls Online dev requests players name and shame gold spammers
Private messaging disabled in a bid to battle black market.
The Elder Scrolls Online developer Zenimax Online Studios has taken the unusual step of requesting that players ignore the game's community code of conduct in an attempt to battle a fresh bout of black market gold spammers.
The Elder Scrolls Online gets major patch
Quest issues fixed while fight against bots continues.
A major patch for fledgling MMO The Elder Scrolls Online has been detailed by the game's developer.
Zenimax Online Studios has been battling bugs and black market scammers since the game's launch - a plight highlighted in a statement to players issued last week by the studio's boss.
Many of the points mentioned in that message have been addressed in the new patch, including a number of quest progress issues and bot-fighting tweaks.
Elder Scrolls Online dev battles black market
Causes 85 per cent of customer service complaints.
Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios has given a progress update on its work behind-the-scenes of the fledgling MMO, a little over two weeks since its PC launch.
First Elder Scrolls Online update adds ultra hard Trials
"For the best of the best."
The Elder Scrolls Online will get its first post-launch content update later this month. It's called Craglorn, and it's designed to challenge the game's veteran players.
Craglorn introduces new quests designed for four-player groups, and special content designed for 12-player groups. It also includes a main city, where the developers expect players will pick up groups.
It adds the Trials system, a new high difficulty 12-player challenge creative director Paul Sage said is for "the best of the best". Trials include environmental hazards, monsters and boss monsters that employ new tactics. You're playing against the clock, and with a limit on the number of resurrections your group can use. Each resurrection counts against your overall time, which feeds into a leaderboard.
Another stunning Elder Scrolls Online cinematic trailer
This time to celebrate the game's launch.
Bethesda has created yet another stunning trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online - this time to celebrate the game's launch on PC.
The video, below, is a computer generated teaser called The Siege, and its release coincides with today's launch of the long in development MMO. It goes on for a good five minutes.
This isn't the first snazzy trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online. In January Bethesda released a cinematic just as good as today's - and those who saw that might recognise a few returning characters in this new video.
Elder Scrolls Online early access timings
Opens at noon on Sunday for some people.
Early access to the Elder Scrolls Online live servers begins as soon as Sunday for some people. A five-day head start!
Large-scale Elder Scrolls Online public beta this weekend
On a related note, we have 1400 beta keys to give away!
UPDATE 27/02/2014: Thanks to everyone who signed up for a key! We have now sent them all out. Even better, we had so many submissions that Bethesda gave us some extra keys, so we sent out around 2700 in total. If you got one, enjoy the beta!
ORIGINAL STORY: Bethesda Softworks has announced that a large-scale public beta test for its ambitious MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online will take place this weekend.
The public beta will start at 5pm GMT this Friday, 28th February, and run until 4.59am GMT on Monday 3rd March.
This new Elder Scrolls Online cinematic is outstanding
Limited Imperial Edition of the game announced, too.
Mammoth MMO projects sure know how to do one thing: cinematic trailers. And the newest The Elder Scrolls Online video, Arrival, is no exception.
The Elder Scrolls Online PS4 won't require PS Plus
But it will require a Gold account on Xbox One.
Bethesda's upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online is not going to require a PlayStation Plus account in addition to a regular £8.99 / $14.99 monthly subscription on PS4.
Bethesda reveals starry Elder Scrolls Online cast
Cleese! Gambon! Molina! Nighy!
Elder Scrolls Online publisher Bethesda has roped in a green room full of acting talent to voice some of the key characters in its upcoming MMO.
Video shows hope for Elder Scrolls Online's group battles
Perhaps working together isn't so bad after all.
Group combat in Elder Scrolls Online is something that's fundamentally new to the Elder Scrolls IP. There are MMO classes and roles - it's not you in an AI playground being what you want, doing what you want and changing the world around you.
The Elder Scrolls Online release dates announced
PC and Mac in April. PS4 and Xbox One in June.
Fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online launches on PC and Mac on 4th April 2014, Bethesda has announced.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions follow in June 2014.
Bethesda released a new gameplay trailer, War in Cyrodiil, designed to highlight the game's PvP system, which lets hundreds of players fight together and against each other.
Handsome Elder Scrolls Online video shows character progression
Satchel gameplay.
Bethesda has released a new Elder Scrolls Online video that discusses the all-important aspect of character progression in the online role-playing game.
EGXElder Scrolls Online and Wolfenstein playable at Eurogamer Expo
Developer session for The Evil Within on Thursday 26th, streamed online.
Today we're happy to reveal that Bethesda Softworks is returning to the Eurogamer Expo in a big way this year, bringing along The Elder Scrolls Online and Wolfenstein: The New Order for their first playable outings in the UK.
The Elder Scrolls Online dev explains decision to charge £9 monthly subscription
"This isn't a referendum on free-to-play."
The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor has explained to Eurogamer why Zenimax Online Studios has decided to charge a monthly subscription for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game at a time when most observers consider the business model outdated.
Bethesda: Wii U is "not on our radar"
"It's largely a hardware thing."
Elder Scrolls and Fallout publisher Bethesda has said that it has no plans to support Wii U due to "hardware" issues.
The Elder Scrolls Online announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
All versions coming out in spring 2014.
The Elder Scrolls Online is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well as PC and Mac. All versions will launch in spring 2014.
"Just announced: Elder Scrolls Online is coming to PS4 and Xbox One when it's released Spring 2014," tweeted Bethesda's Pete Hines.
Sony announced ESO for PS4 during its E3 conference and said the beta will be exclusively available first on PlayStation 4. The press release just mentions the console beta is happening later this year.
Elder Scrolls Online: "You can compete with your friends to catch the biggest fish"
It's got a better-looking lockpicking mini-game than Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls Online is having a tough time winning over fans of the single-player series. By design it's erected walls and boundaries to work as an MMO with thousands of heroes and not just one. But at the same time it has to look and feel like Elder Scrolls otherwise what's the point?
20 mins of The Elder Scrolls Online beta footage leaks onto internet
UPDATE: ZeniMax Media pulls video.
UPDATE: That didn't take long! ZeniMax Media has had the video removed from Vimeo.
ORIGINAL STORY: A 20 minute video of unedited The Elder Scrolls Online beta gameplay has found its way online.
The video emerged this weekend (via PCGamesN), where it popped up on YouTube and DailyMotion before it was removed following copyright claims by Zenimax Media - the parent company of TESO developer ZeniMax Online Studios.
Stunning Elder Scrolls Online cinematic sets the three-way battle scene
Beta signs-ups are now live.
MMOs love a sumptuous cinematic trailer and The Elder Scrolls Online is no exception.
New 9 minute Elder Scrolls Online video is packed with new gameplay
Our closest look at the MMO so far.
Bethesda has released a new, nine minute long Elder Scrolls Online video that's packed with new gameplay footage.
Gameplay and environmental footage is spliced with commentary from the game's developers at Zenimax Online.
Topics covered include real-time combat, groups, the mega server feature, level 50 content, armour and player verses player content.
Bethesda on expected "mixed" reaction to The Elder Scrolls Online
"If we could have done Skyrim as an MMO, we would have."
Bethesda has discussed the reaction to Elder Scrolls Online, saying even before work on the game had begun it expected it would be mixed.
Why The Elder Scrolls Online doesn't and can't look like Skyrim
Beyond what an MMO can handle, explains Zenimax.
The Elder Scrolls Online doesn't look like Skyrim because it can't - MMOs can't yet replicate those sort of graphics on the scale they offer, insisted developer Zenimax Online.
Why Elder Scrolls Online has public dungeons
"Public dungeons were my favourite thing about EverQuest."
Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor has explained why upcoming MMOG has public dungeons.
How The Elder Scrolls Online hopes to avoid repeating Skyrim bug fiasco
Zenimax promises thorough beta test this time.
Given the sorry state that relatively modest single-player offering Skyrim launched in last year, many gamers are justifiably concerned over what sort bugs might cripple Zenimax's considerably more ambitious Elder Scrolls MMO when it launches next year.
The Elder Scrolls Online's main story is 100 per cent solo
"The world focuses on you - you are the hero."
The main story in The Elder Scrolls Online will be "100 per cent solo" so that you feel like "you're awesome, you're the hero", game director Matt Firor has revealed.
The Elder Scrolls Online preview leaked, detailed
A different yet familiar game.
What appears to be Game Informer's world-first preview of The Elder Scrolls Online has been splashed across the internet. In a nutshell, The Elder Scrolls Online looks different and plays differently to a single-player Elder Scrolls game.
The graphics are stylised with a tint of cartoon, in a way reminiscent of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The gameplay is Elder Scrolls squashed to fit a lag-conscious and balance-conscious MMO world - i.e. real-time combat is out, and classes, levels, hot bars and a third-person viewpoint are in.
Becoming a werewolf or a vampire is a no-no, as will be mastering all skills and becoming godlike in power. Player housing is out to begin with.
The Elder Scrolls Online announced
Set 1000 years before Skyrim, out on PC/Mac next year.
The wraps have just come off The Elder Scrolls Online - a PC and Mac MMO due out in 2013.
According to Game Informer's reveal, it's set 1000 years before the events of Skyrim, with daedric prince Molag Bal attempting to incorporate Tamriel into his demonic realm.
It's Zenimax Online Studios' very first project, with Matt Firor at the helm. He's a former Mythic Entertainment producer whose credits include Dark Age of Camelot.
