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The Elder Scrolls Online Release

The Elder Scrolls Online was recently released by Bethesda through the Markarth DLC Game Pack. This lets their users use to play this game online until this year. Bethesda ANZ chooses Twitter to promote their release of the game pack. On this platform, users are allowed to choose their own adventure-type story. The first thing to do is choosing snowy hills, roads, or woods, and from this place you can have several branching types to choose like whether you’re fighting, making friends, or many more.

If you’re Skyrim players, you will remind yourself that Markarth is a city with a waterfall, a place where Forsworn murder happened. They have a storyline called the “Dark Heart of Skyrim” which becomes part of the game pack. This also is included in the game’s recent expansions.

A user tried to play this game, he died several times right before he made it to the end of the game. Users or players in New Zealand and Australia even can screencap their game, and submit it. The Elder Scrolls Online provides prize packs for the winner. And during the promotion, players can try to play ESO games and try its full game for free. While if you would like to pay the full standard edition, it is now discounted up to 60%.

Overview

This game is a multiplayer online role-playing game that was published by Bethesda Softworks and was developed by ZeniMax Online Studios. The Elder Scrolls Online was launched in 2014 and they launched for OS X and Windows, while for Xbox Series X or S and PlayStation 5 are planned.

The game takes place in a continent called Tamriel. And the story you have in this game will be connected to the Elder Scrolls franchise’s other games to create a storyline. This feature had been developed for around seven years, and after that, it was then released in 2014.

With the release of their rebranding and re-release of the series, they receive mixed reviews from players. The improvement lies in their Tamriel Unlimited which some critics praise what they have changed. To have this game, you need to buy for its monthly subscription, but in 2015 they changed the subscription system by having an optional subscription and also a buy-to-play feature with microtransactions.

In June 2015, they released the game for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles and changed their name to The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. The game is successful, it has around 2.5 million active users with 16 million copies sold by this year 2020.

Free to Play

To welcome the QuakeCon event, Bethesda makes the Elder Scrolls Online completely free to play. Whatever the platforms you have, users can now download the game with ease. They also are able to play it without having to purchase it or paying the subscription fee. Yet, be hurry to enjoy the excitement.

When Bethesda shares the promotion to the users, QuakeCon will conduct a live streaming event to share their next projects. To give rewards and to celebrate the events, the studio offers the game free until the end of the events. Thus, users can access the full game free until August 29 for PS 4 players and August 19 for Xbox One and PC players.

At this time, users will be allowed to have the Morrowind expansion and also the whole base game.  

They start the game with a series called the Dark Heart of Skyrim battle. And to begin it, players will get 500 crowns as rewards, also premium currency. Users can use the rewards to purchase cosmetic items.

During the promo, the game offers you a discount of 50%. The game includes the Morrowind expansion and the base game, while if you’re looking for the Greymoor standard, it offers discounts of 35%. All of the editions include the Elsweysr and the Summerset chapters, as long as the aforementioned packs.

Its Release

This game was firstly launched in 2012, along with the issue of their magazine. And for Mac and Windows users, the game was announced in 2024. A year later, the Elder Scrolls Online was released for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 users, and the last was in 2020 when the game ported over to Stadia.

Several problems occurred on the first release. Some users said that they cannot activate the features though they already pay for the full month. The investigation was conducted, and they found out that there was a duplication exploit that keys users to increase big fortunes. These accounts were then banned. Other releases for this series are Tamriel Unlimited and also the Gold Edition.