Two major announcements regarding The Elder Scrolls Online. The first, a 9th June release date for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of game (a year later than originally planned).
The second: TESO will no longer require a subscription fee to play. As with Guild Wars 2, when you buy the game you can play it in full, online, for no extra charge.
Special, “optional” downloadable content will be sold to you, but regular gameplay updates will remain free. Convenience and vanity items will be sold in a Crown Store real-money-converter shop in game.
You can still pay a monthly subscription to become an ESO Plus member, receiving exclusive in-game bonuses, a monthly allotment of crowns (for the Crown Store) and access to all DLC (while you’re a member).
The console versions of Elder Scrolls Online are officially subtitled Tamriel Unlimited and include all the changes and updates made to the PC game since launch, April 2014.
PC players will have access to the Tamriel Unlimited edition before console players, on 17th March. All accounts, open or closed, will be updated, and there will be special offers to entice lapsed players back.
We’ve seen a glimpse of the PS4 and Xbox One version of ESO before, and it looked a lot like single-player Elder Scrolls game Skyrim.
Game director Matt Firor has been adamant that the console versions are “not just ports of the PC/Mac game”, and benefit from a redesigned user interface, voice chat and full PlayStation Network and Xbox Live integration.
The Elder Scrolls Online got off to a rocky start on PC last spring, failing to really capture the hearts of either single-player Elder Scrolls fans or MMO devotees. But with the console version coming around it has another chance at convincing us, showing what difference a year of live development can make.
While you’re thinking about all that, here’s a lavish new CGI trailer for the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421782837&v=418HiZzy0ig&x-yt-cl=84359240