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Best Bits From QuakeCon 2013

QuakeCon has come and gone this year, and with it came even more information about The Elder Scrolls Online. There is the usual assortment of reviews and impressions floating around, but those are easy enough to find on your own. What we want to bring you here are some of the main highlights from the event, including videos and interviews with the development team.

The folks over at CVG managed to snag an interview with Paul Sage, creative director for ESO. You can watch the interview here.

MMORPG.com has a nice long interview with Lead Game Designer Nick Konkle. They cover a wide rang of topics from mounts, to crafting, and the guild system. You can read the whole interview here.

Finally, YouTuber Todd Kenreck has posted 15 short videos that feature Paul Sage talking about all sorts of different game elements; such as PvP, endgame, and grouping. This link will take you to a playlist that will allow you to select the videos individually, or just watch them all back to back.

That’s it for this year’s QuakeCon. What did you think of all the new information presented to the public this year? Let us know in the comments below!

Ask Us Anything: Roleplay

The world of The Elder Scrolls in ripe with role playing opportunities, with it’s massive landscape and extensive world giving players the backdrop they need for pretty much any sort of adventure you could imagine. With that in mind it is no surprise to learn that the role playing community is full of questions regarding role play features in ESO.

The development team took it upon themselves to try and answer some of these questions in this week’s installment of “Ask Us Anything”. Continue reading to see the whole article for yourself, and fill us in on what kind of RP adventures you’re looking forward to having in Tamriel! Continue reading →

The Scamp: Proving Deadly Things Can Come In Small Packages

There are many, many different creatures in Tamriel that can’t wait for an unlucky adventurer to come along and provide them with their next meal. And while there are many large creatures capable of crushing you underfoot, sometimes it’s the small ones that are the best at tearing you to shreds. Case and point, the Scamp

Players of past Elder Scrolls games will recognize the Scamp for the annoying little Deadra that it is, and the team at Zenimax wanted to make sure these little demons have big personalities in their upcoming title. To show off these creatures, and the work that went into creating them, the ESO team has released another installment in their “Creating ESO” series. Continue reading to see all they have to say, and let us know what you think of the Scamp’s return in the comments below! Continue reading →

Q&A Session With Paul Sage At MMORPG.COM

Last night Paul Sage, Creative Director for ESO, held a live Q&A session with fans over at the MMORPG.com forums. There is a couple pages worth of questions and answers on a plethora of topics such as character creation, different skill sets, and wether players will be able to enjoy solo ESO play on the same level as big group play.

You can check out all the questions and answers for yourself here.

Dungeon Questions Answered

In the most recent “Ask Us Anything” article the ESO development team decided to take some questions on a subject everyone wants to know a little more about;dungeons. No Elder Scrolls game would be complete without a ton of different caves, tombs, and other interesting areas to explore and loot for treasure, and given the size and scope of this game it is a safe bet that there will be more areas to explore than in any previous Elder Scrolls title.

Given that this is a different style of Elder Scrolls game than ever before there are a few questions as to how the dungeons will work. Can they be attempted by a solo player? Will there be lock out timers? Will we ever discover cookies at the end of  creepy cave? All these questions, and more, are answered in the full article.

Continue reading to see all the questions and answers for yourself, and be sure to share your thoughts with us in the comments below! Continue reading →

Creating The Kwama

Anyone who has played Morrowind will recognize the Kwama, an insectoid creature who inhabits the vast land of Morrowind. These creatures will be returning as enemies in The Elder Srcolls Online and will appear in at least three different varieties; the scrib, the worker, and the warrior.

The above video will give you a look at the creature in action, and if you continue reading you can get some small insight into the development process of the Kwama itself. Continue reading →

Exploring ESO Dungeons: An Inside Look

Instead of doing an “Ask Us Anything” feature this week, the developers of The Elder Scrolls Online decided to give players an inside look at what they can expect when exploring one of the games many dungeons. There is information on how the different player roles can be useful given the game’s open ended skill system, as well as what kind of behavior players can expect from the different enemies they encounter.

Continue reading to see the whole article for yourself, and let us know how excited you are to go dungeon exploring in the comments below! Continue reading →

E3 Coverage Roundup

E3was an eventful time for The Elder Scrolls Online, with the big news being that the game will release on the PS4 and Xbox One as well as PCs. Along with this news the game saw massive coverage all over the web; with impressions, interviews, and videos popping up on many different sites.

Now normally it would take some searching to track down all these different articles and videos, and you may end up missing some things during the journey. Luckily the official Elder Scrolls Online site went ahead and did a lot of the leg work for us, compiling a list many different articles and videos talking about the game’s E3 presence.

Head over to the official site to get a look at all the different links and videos for yourself, and let us know what you thought of ESO at E3 in the comments below.