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The Elder Scrolls Online to undergo "renaissance" as devs change what's "been going for 12 years"
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition
Released Sep 9, 2016
Rating 78/100
Critic score 78
Perspective First person, Third person
Rated ESRB: M
Developer ZeniMax Online Studios
Publisher Bethesda Softworks
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The game is set on the continent of Tamriel during the Second Era, but not all places in Tamriel are playable. The events of the game occur a millennium before those of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and around 800 years before The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Its structure is broadly similar to Skyrim, with two separate conflicts progressing at the same time, one with the fate of the world in the balance, and one where the prize is supreme power on Tamriel. In The Elder Scrolls Online, the first struggle is against the Daedric Prince Molag Bal, who is attempting to meld the plane of Mundus with his realm of Coldharbour, and the second is to capture the vacant imperial throne, contested by three alliances of the mortal races. The player character has been sacrificed to Molag Bal, and Molag Bal has stolen their soul, the recovery of which is the primary game objective.
The Elder Scrolls Online is a fantasy MMO available on PC and Mac. The game continues to see active development and player engagement, with the team currently working through a busy content calendar and addressing player feedback on existing systems.
September's slate includes Update 51, the Nowhere Vault feature with its puzzle rooms, and the High Seas of Tamriel event. The developers have also provided updates on the long-term Warden class refresh, which remains on track but with adjusted timelines following recent organizational changes. Meanwhile, ZeniMax has rolled out a feature upvote system allowing players to submit and vote on improvement ideas, and the game is gaining visibility through a cross-promotion offering free copies alongside a new fantasy novel tie-in.
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Elder Scrolls Online brings the Nowhere Vault, Rumor quests, and gameplay improvements in Update 51
The time for previewing has officially ended and the time for Elder Scrolls Online’s newest content update is at hand. Update 51 has officially gone live today, bringing with it several new activities and a host of overall improvements to the MMORPG. At the top of the list of new…
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Interview: Elder Scrolls Online on Update 51’s experimental features and shaking up the MMO’s formula
Sometimes in MMORPGs, you’ve just got to take some swings. Try something that’s new and unknown to your players. Get a little bit experimental, or even extremely experimental, with your formula. That’s absolutely the throughline for The Elder Scrolls Online and the stuff that’s c…
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Elder Scrolls Online briefs players on September 30’s High Seas of Tamriel event
Elder Scrolls Online fans have already learned about how Update 51 is changing things around with its Nowhere Vault and Rumors features, but there’s one other tentpole attraction that’s also trying to do things differently: the High Seas of Tamriel event, which now has its own ge…
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Elder Scrolls Online’s rumors system offers ‘an old-school questing and narrative scavenger hunt experience’
Most of the time if you stumble across a quest in Elder Scrolls Online, it’s because your character was in earshot of an NPC openly muttering to themselves or you were approached by one directly. The rumor system that’s arriving on September 28th looks to provide a questing exper…
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Elder Scrolls Online previews the puzzle rooms and replayability of its upcoming Nowhere Vault
With the exception of one specific game, puzzles in MMORPGs tend to be… not exactly puzzling. That does mean that Elder Scrolls Online has a low bar to clear when the puzzle rooms of its upcoming Nowhere Vault content arrive, though. Or it’s going to have to do a lot to convince…
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The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online invites you to vote on its features
So now you can upvote and give feedback on Elder Scrolls Online’s many features: “After the successful August beta period, we are happy to officially unveil the new Elder Scrolls Online Feature Upvote dashboards. Using these evergreen boards, you can submit your ideas for improvi…
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Elder Scrolls Online shares a peek at its Warden refresh, which is still on track for 2027
Listen up, Warden players of Elder Scrolls Online — or read up considering this is in text form. ZeniMax Online Studios has offered an update on its plans to refresh the class, which is still moving forward as originally planned, only with a bit of a shift in what that looks like…
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The Elder Scrolls Online's Update 51 and High Seas of Tamriel lead September roadmap
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The Elder Scrolls Online looks forward to its next update at the end of September in its new survival guide
So The Elder Scrolls Online has offered players its survival guide for September, and the good and bad news is that very little is happening in September until the end. Like, Golden Pursuits continues until September 17th, but after that? Nothing at all is happening. Well… until…
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Elder Scrolls Online Devs Offer Class Refresh Warden Progress, Development Timeline Tweaks, But Work Continues
The Elder Scrolls Online team has a development update concerning class refreshes, including big updates on their work in progress on the Warden, and a release shift.
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September in The Elder Scrolls Online: Update 51, Escape The Nowhere Vault, And Sail The High Seas of Tamriel
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Bethesda Is Giving Away Free Copies of The Elder Scrolls Online with This New Fantasy Novel
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