Elder Scrolls Online Announced!

[CrAwL]

Long rumored and much anticipated, The Elder Scrolls Online is finally being unveiled in the June issue of Game Informer. In this month's cover story we journey across the entire land of Tamriel, from Elsweyr to Skyrim and everywhere in between.

Developed by the team at Zenimax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online merges the unmatched exploration of rich worlds that the franchise is known for with the scale and social aspects of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Players will discover an entirely new chapter of Elder Scrolls history in this ambitious world, set a millennium before the events of Skyrim as the daedric prince Molag Bal tries to pull all of Tamriel into his demonic realm.

"It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years," said game director and MMO veteran Matt Firor, whose previous work includes Mythic's well-received Dark Age of Camelot. "The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise."

An in-depth look at everything from solo questing to public dungeons awaits in our enormous June cover story – as well as 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.

Come back tomorrow morning for a brief teaser trailer from Zenimax Online and Bethesda Softworks, and later on in the afternoon for the first screenshot of the game. Over the course of the month, be sure to visit our Elder Scrolls Online hub, which will feature new exclusive content multiple times each week. You'll meet the three player factions, see video interviews with the creative leads, and much more.

The Elder Scrolls Online is scheduled to come out in 2013 for both PC and Macintosh.

Click the images below for the full-size renderings of the cover, and continue on to find out what other surprises are in the issue and when it will arrive:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...ls-online.aspx

[dragomirc]

Of topic, I like you new avatar more than robo-toy you diched.

[CrAwL]

Of topic, I like you new avatar more than robo-toy you diched.

Thanks! Geralt ftw.

[dracom_ma]

Crap, there goes another one.

I've said it before, but MMO's are simply a genre I refuse to play.

[robertglysen]

Imagine if we had something to really take on WOW, 2 mmos fighting each other for subs would be spectacular!

[Link316]

Imagine if we had something to really take on WOW, 2 mmos fighting each other for subs would be spectacular!

Does it really matter? will it fix the burn out problem many of us feel after playing an MMO too long and want nothing to do with it anymore?

[Arathorn]

Cant wait, personally - lets see what they have over gw2.

[Ruzhyo]

Perfect, this will likely land right about the time I'm getting my last character to max level in Diablo 3.

Now here's hoping they don't ruin this game with a bunch of MMO centric rules that destroy the fabric of what makes Elder Scrolls games so fun.

[CrAwL]

sounds like they are trying to stick true to the elder scrolls open world vibe.

[Valkrin]

Another game ruined by going MMO.