The Elder Scrolls Online announced
Coming to PC and Mac in 2013.
May 3, 2012 / 01:54 PM EDT / (@salromano)

The oft-rumored The Elder Scrolls Online is this month’s Game Informer cover story.

ZeniMax Online Studios, which has been long silent since it was founded in 2007, is developing the MMO under the direction of online game veteran Matt Firor, best known for his involvement in Mythic Entertainment’s Dark Age of Camelot. It will launch for PC and Mac in 2013.

“We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”

Game Informer’s website will tomorrow reveal a “brief teaser trailer” and first screenshot of the game. Pick up their June 2012 issue for “an in-depth look at everything from solo questing to public dungeons” and “a peek at the player-driven PvP conflict that pits the three player factions against each other in open-world warfare over the province of Cyrodiil and the Emperor’s throne itself.” The outlet’s online hub for the game will be updated throughout the month.

The most recent Elder Scrolls release, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, shipped over 10 million units since its November 2011 release and received “hundreds” of ‘Game of the Year’ awards. It was the second highest grossing title in the games industry last year.

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  • Rafi

    Dragon/Lion/Eagle to form the letter O means Online.

  • captainhowdy

    This MMO is going to so buggy on a “MASSIVE” scale.

    • Rafi

      @captainhowdy:
      LOL agree. Arrow will be on head because of bug.

    • Noctionus

      @captainhowdy: Nice read. Because Bethesda won’t develop the MMO. It’s ZeniMax.

  • xMCXx

    See Final Fantasy 14, Bethesda? That’s your future with this game.

    • Rafi

      @xMCXx:
      Very nice explanation buddy.

  • Zero

    I guess I should have seen this coming.

    The question of the day is, free to play or monthly subscription?

    I’ll have to admit, free to play would be more appealing to me. I don’t have a ton of time these days to invest into mmorpgs.

    I find it tough to justify paying a monthly fee for a game, when I might get to only play it a few days a month, considering how busy that month is.

    Anyone who plays mmorpgs knows you have to sit down with a good amount of time to invest, or you really won’t accomplish much of anything.

    Its for this very reason, I find it easier to play console games with my free time.

    I’ve had to put some MMO’s on the sideline because of this, The Old Republic for example. I admit, sometimes an mmorpg can be so good, you put all your other hobbies on the sideline and focus on it, but sometimes you accomplish less that way. You still have to manage and balance your real life schedule, so if you have 2 hours of free time on Tuesday’s, that’s probably not going to change.

    I suppose it’s no surprise that Guild Wars 2 and Phantasy Star Online 2 are the most exciting mmorpgs on the horizon for me.

    I’ll be interested to see if they decide to go free to play with this.

  • captainhowdy

    @Rafi

    Agreed. There going to have to work hard to make sure the game doesn’t crash, or the combat is interesting.

    @Noctionus

    I read the developers name. I still have no confidence in it, there going to have to do a lot of work to surprise me.