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1 CommentThe Elder Scrolls Online will be playable at Gamescom
By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 02, 2013 05.02.13
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online will be playable at the Gamescom trade show this year, Bethesda announced today. In a post on the official Elder Scrolls Online blog, the company stated attendees can get hands-on time with the title at its European debut. "Gamescom is the largest gaming convention in Europe, and thousands of you will have the opportunity to play The Elder Scrolls Online at our booth," reads the post. Bethesda promises that more details on the title's presence at Gamescom and other shows throughout the year will be announced soon. The Elder Scrolls Online was officially unveiled last May. The first round of beta invites for the title went out in late March. Gamescom 2013 will take place Aug. 22 through 25 in Cologne, Germany....
Bethesda to make 'considerably more noise' in 2013 as a publisher
By Jenna Pitcher on Apr 10, 2013 04.10.13
Bethesda aim to make "considerably more noise" in 2013 "as a publisher," the company's vice president Peter Hines said in an OXM podcast. "I think you'll hear us making considerably more noise this year than we did last year, as a publisher," he told OXM. "Obviously the Elder Scrolls Online is out and we've got the Dishonored DLC, but we will be announcing new stuff and making some noise, and I think when we get the chance to show you guys what we're up to, that you'll sit up and take notice." Hines went on to say "people will get really excited" when Bethesda reveals what it is up to, and that it is "continuing to push the boundaries, reinvent" and working with "passionate teams who know what they're doing." "So who that is, and what they're doing is TBD," Hines said. Polygon...
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45 CommentsHow Elder Scrolls Online is trying to be more like The Elder Scrolls
By Christopher Grant on Mar 19, 2013 03.19.13
So after all of this, when I heard Firor announce "one more thing" – a phrase magically transformed by Apple's Steve Jobs into a declaration of innovation – I had an idea of what he was about to share. Because I had been waiting for it all day. "Up until now, basically everything, every video that we've shown, all our beta sessions, were all done using third-person camera," Firor explained. "You could roll into first-person, but it wasn't kind of the traditional Elder Scrolls first-person experience that you all know and love. Because [...] one of our pillars that we talked about this morning is that you sit down and play the game, you want to make sure it feels like an Elder Scrolls game, so here's something we've been working on." And then Firor showed a video that looked a lot...
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8 CommentsThe Elder Scrolls Online will be playable at a 'gathering for all citizens of Tamriel' at PAX
By Dave Tach on Mar 18, 2013 03.18.13
Bethesda Softworks will have a playable version of the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online at a "gathering for all citizens of Tamriel" during PAX East this Saturday, March 23, according to a post on the developer's official blog. The event coincides with PAX East and will take place from 6-11 p.m. at the Castle Meeting Space in downtown Boston — or as Bethesda is calling it, the "347th Tamriel Beer Garden." The "citizens of Tamriel," a reference to the continent on which the Elder Scrolls games are set, will be able to gather for "themed food," drinks, giveaways and more. You can check out the invitation below. ZeniMax Online Studios recently announced that the first round of beta invites for The Elder Scrolls Online are expected to go...
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11 CommentsThe Elder Scrolls Online beta invites go out end of March
By Michael McWhertor on Mar 01, 2013 03.01.13
The initial round of beta invites for The Elder Scrolls Online will go out to the public later this month, developer ZeniMax Online Studios said in an update today that provides details on the MMO's early testing. According to an FAQ posted by the developer, early beta invitations will be for scheduled play sessions. "This means that the game will only be available for play during specific times (provided in the invitation)," the developer writes. "Every beta event will have a clear focus; our developers will be looking for feedback on specific areas, features, or other gameplay elements." ZeniMax Online expects to hold a few beta gameplay sessions per month, generally on the weekends. In the first couple months of beta testing, ZeniMax says it will invite "smaller groups of...
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0 CommentsThe Elder Scrolls Online food truck tour to stop at 11 major events and universities this year
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Feb 11, 2013 02.11.13
Bethesda and media group Future US are bringing an The Elder Scrolls Online promotional food truck tour across the United States this year, where it will make stops at universities and major consumer conventions, Bethesda announced today. Those who stop by the truck will get a chance to snag free food and Elder Scrolls goodies. Composer and video game cover artist Malukah, who has lent her vocals to numerous Skyrim-related songs, will be in attendance during the tour's kickoff at SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas on March 10. This year's tour has been expanded from last year's Skyrim truck tour, which gave attendees plush Dragonborn helms and snacks like chicken drumsticks and corn on the cob. The Elder Scrolls Online tour will stop at five major events and six college campuses throughout...
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29 CommentsThe Elder Scrolls Online website launches, offers massive look at Tamriel
By Michael McWhertor on Oct 25, 2012 10.25.12
Today, Bethesda Softworks launched the official web site for its massively multiplayer role-playing game set in the Elder Scrolls universe, The Elder Scrolls Online. The Elder Scrolls Online website serves as a home for basic and in-depth information on the game currently in development at ZeniMax Online Studios, full of screenshots, artwork, developer diaries and an introduction to the game's core concepts. The site features an extensive look at the setting and lore of The Elder Scrolls Online from lead loremaster Lawrence Shick, as well as a guide to the regions of Skyrim and Morrowind and how they're presented in the MMO. A round up of recent preview coverage of The Elder Scrolls Online, largely from MMO-focused media outlets, is the latest addition to the newly launched official...
'The Elder Scrolls Online' contest challenges your knowledge of lore
By Emily Gera on Jul 25, 2012 07.25.12
Users who are anticipating the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online can now participate in ZeniMax Online Studio's "Sun's Height Lore Contest" on the official The Elder Scrolls Online Twitter account. For the next week, ZeniMax Online will test users' knowledge of The Elder Scrolls by asking a total of six lore trvia questions from July 24th to July 31st. The first 100 people to respond correctly to each question will receive a prize pack of Elder Scrolls Online and ZeniMax Online Studios goods. Users will be notified of an incoming question on Facebook and Twitter an hour prior to its reveal. They are not required to Like the Facebook page or Follow the official Twitter account. Answers, however, must be submitted to @TESOnline using the hashtag "#ESO" and users can only submit one...
'The Elder Scrolls Online' will let you play in 100-player groups
By Emily Gera on Jun 06, 2012 06.06.12
The Elder Scrolls always lent itself to an open massively multiplayer space, according to Nick Konkle, lead combat designer for The Elder Scrolls Online, ZeniMax Online Studios' upcoming MMO. "I'll tell you what," he says, "it definitely started from the IP itself really lending itself to being in an open space. It's got this open world feel where you can explore the world, do what you want to do and become who you want to become. And I feel that that translates really well to an MMO." Taking a page from the single player games that strived to allow players to go where they pleased at any given point, ZeniMax Online Studios would re-work the concept of vast and explorable regions and populate them with other players. The new game would feature its own narrative that would be "100...
E3 2012: The MMOs
By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 31, 2012 05.31.12
This year's upcoming massively multiplayer online games will take us on adventures from civilizations in their infancy on alien planets to bullet-fueled reality shows. There's a startling lack of fantasy in this otherwise fantasy-filled genre: Elder Scrolls fans get a trip back to in time with The Elder Scrolls Online, and Neverwinter is repping the D&D set, but beyond that, it's all foreign planets, post-apocalyptic Earth, and alien hordes. This year at E3, we'll be sorting all of our news and previews from the event into easily consumable genre streams. This round-up of expected games kicks off our MMO stream. Of course, you'll still be able to follow our coverage of the big press conferences, show floor spectacles and everything in between - but if you're only interested in the MMO...
