The Elder Scrolls Online MMO Announced

Bethesda Softworks is continuing to make the most of its Elder Scrolls series.  Today the company announced that a new MMO action game, The Elder Scrolls Online, is in the works and slated for an early 2013 release on PC.

The game, being developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, will take players through hours worth of adventure, as they take on one of three playable races (Ebonheart Pact, Aldmeri Dominion and Daggerfall Covenant) and trudge through stages, leveling up their character and experiencing new adventures with other players.

Here are some other details from the game, fresh from Bethesda…

– Third-person perspective
– Fully voice acted (like SWTOR)
– “Most likely” won’t be dragons
– Sneaking will be in the game, but it’s implementation is not yet decided
– No talk of pets right now
– No player housing
– No NPC romances or marriage
– Not all quests have NPCs indicating where they are
– You can’t be a werewolf or vampire
– Crafting, alchemy, and soul stones will exist in an unrevealed form
– There will be mounts, but no flying mounts
– Fast travel exists in the game in the form of wayshrines, which are also your ressurection point, and you can teleport from one wayshrine to any other wayshrine you have already visited

Also, the Fighters, Mages, Thieves and Dark Brotherhood guilds are all available to join.  They’re reputation-based factions that offer abilities and rewards for your hard work.  This is huge news and we can’t wait to check it out.

We’ll have a preview of the game for you soon.