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After layoffs earlier this year that impacted Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and Xbox, Microsoft has shuttered four major studios under Bethesda. Arkane Austin (Redfall), Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush), Alpha Dog Studios (Mighty Doom), and Roundhouse Games will be shuttered due to a “reprioritization of titles and resources.” The number of employees laid off has not been specified.

Gold Road will begin rolling out for The Elder Scrolls Online in less than a month, first on PC and Mac. The ESO team has a new preview to prepare for the Chapter’s release, this time taking us into the West Weald.

The Elder Scrolls Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary and getting ready for the new Gold Road Chapter. The team just released a deep dive video on Scribing, the new feature coming in Gold Road that will let you customize your skills and play in new ways. 

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The Elder Scrolls Online is the elephant in the room where discussions of The Elder Scrolls 6 are concerned, though calling it an elephant is obviously missing the opportunity for a banger lore joke – “dragon”, perhaps, or even “Numidium”? Launched back in 2014 after seven years in development, ESO's hybrid of deceptively single-player-ish Elder Scrolls presentation with MMO fixtures attracted a lukewarm response, initially. “At its best The Elder Scrolls Online looks like a faithful addition to the lore,” intoned Brendy in our own launch impressions. “At its worst it is a derivative and uninventive anachronism.”

The Elder Scrolls Online has a new lore dive to get everyone ready for Scions of Ithelia’s release on March 11th. This time, Demiprince Fa-Nuit-Hen and the Daedric Prince Malacath get a spotlight in the same feature.

The Elder Scrolls Online ispreparing for next month’s Scions of Ithelia launch with a new preview of one of the DLC’s dungeons: Oathsworn Pit. The dungeon takes place in a place known as a training ground for Malacath loyalists, and has been taken over by a group of Wood Elves.

The Elder Scrolls Online has a major reveal stream tomorrow, but to get us all ready for the announcements, there’s a new teaser of “Tamriel’s chaotic future” ahead of the big announcements.

The Elder Scrolls Online had a great 2023. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom Chapter introduced players to the Arcanist class and the Daedric realm of Apocrypha. It told a good story, even if I thought it was a slow starter . Towards the end of the year, the Endless Archive was released as a repeatable system for one to two players. While it introduced new class sets, those sets still share equipment slots with existing gear sets, limiting their viable use depending on a player’s build.

The Elder Scrolls Online will open up the Guilds and Glory Celebration event next week, with quests and opportunities to earn rewards and Event Tickets. This is extra important because the team has announced the 2024 Morphing Event collectible and you can start collecting soon.

It's that time again, where The Elder Scrolls Online team is preparing to tell us just what we can expect in 2024 from ZeniMax’ MMORPG.

The Elder Scrolls Online New Life Winter Festival event is coming soon, and with it players can expect new Merry quests, XP boosts, Holiday Loot boxes, and more. 

 Update 40 and the Endless Archive dungeon are now live for The Elder Scrolls Online on consoles. The new dungeon is free for all to access, and the update adds a group finder, Grand Master Crafting, and more.

The Elder Scrolls Online has a new lore feature in its Meet the Character series, and this one is all about dapper Khajiit private investigator Mizzik Thunderboots. 

Update 40 for The Elder Scrolls Online is going live today for PC and Mac, bringing the brand new group finder, new Grand Master crafting stations, Hermaeus Mora Patron deck for Tales of Tribute, and the Endless Archive dungeon. 

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 40 and the Endless Archive dungeon will be live for PC/Mac in just three days, on October 30th. ZeniMax has a new lore preview focused onMaster Malkhest, the caretaker and Master of the Endless Archive.

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 40 starts rolling out at the end of the month. After previewing bigger content like the Endless Archivedungeon and rewards, the team is taking us behind the scenes of two of the more practical additions: The Group Finder and Grand Master Crafting.

The Elder Scrolls Online is previewing the many unique rewards you can claim if you make a successful challenge of the upcoming Endless Archive dungeon. 

When The Elder Scrolls Online gets Update 40 for the base game, not only will the Endless Archive dungeon be freely available to all, but there’s a new Hermaeus Mora Patron Deck for Tales of Tribute on the way.

It's almost time to step into the mysterious (and uniquely rewarding) Endless Archive instance for The Elder Scrolls Online. The ESO team is giving some tips to prepare for the experience and the challenges within.

The Endless Archive is on its way starting on October 30th when Update 40 arrives on PC/Mac. The Elder Scrolls Online team is kicking off some previews to enrich your experience with a new character introduction. Meet the archive’s custodian, Master Malkhest, one of the mortals in Apocrypha.

Update 40 for The Elder Scrolls Online is coming, bringing the Endless Archive and a series of improvements. The ESO team revealed more about the update, including a deep dive into the Endless Archive dungeon. Update 40 arrives October 30th on PC/Mac and November 14th on console.

Update 39 for the base game has arrived on all platforms for The Elder Scrolls Online. T he new patch offers a number of quality of life improvements, new PvP options, and overhauls to quests and content.

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 39 is now live on PC and Mac, with a series of changes and improvements that affect a number of features in the game, including promised quest and content improvements,  improved inventory stacking, PVP death notifications, new achievements, and a whole lot of fixes.

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 39 is now live on PC and Mac, with a series of changes and improvements that affect a number of features in the game, including promised quest and content improvements,  improved inventory stacking, PVP death notifications, new achievements, and a whole lot of fixes.

 The Elder Scrolls Online  has a new lore feature featuring everyone’s favorite unlucky but loyal manservant, Stibbons. 

The Elder Scrolls Online team is answering community questions all about companions. Design details, the possibility of returning companions, and if we’ll potentially see vampires or werewolves are among the answers.

The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) has recently been facing an issue with the game's Endeavors system. The current glitch will often reset the Endeavors available, providing additional rewards to players that complete the new reset Endeavors.  

The Elder Scrolls Online is still holding its Arcanist event through Friday, but the team has a lineup of login rewards for August, and the return of the Zeal of Zenithar event.