Bethesda Softworks® and ZeniMax Online Studios today announced that beta signups are now open for The Elder Scrolls® Online at ElderScrollsOnline.com. Interested gamers simply have to go to the website and register for a chance to play.
Selected gamers will be granted early access to The Elder Scrolls Online beta to test the game. They will be among the first to experience this epic world with others in one of 2013’s most highly-anticipated releases. Timing and details of the start of play tests will be provided to those who register at a later date.
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“We’re really excited to get the game into players’ hands,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “We receive invaluable feedback through the beta process, and that helps us ensure that the game will be one of the best online gaming experiences ever offered — one worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”
The Elder Scrolls Online brings the award-winning Elder Scrolls experience online for the first time. ZeniMax Online claims that its new ‘Megaserver’ technology with let players keep up-to-date with everything their friends are doing. The system can add new players to the world or can merge several worlds into one. The goal with this is to make sure areas never look empty.
The Elder Scrolls Online is the first Elder Scrolls title to be played online after nearly 20 years of these fantasy role-playing games. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the most recent chapter of the Elder Scrolls story. Skyrim, developed by Bethesda Game Studios, was released in November 2011 and enjoyed worldwide critical and commercial success cross platform.
As the follow-up to the 2002 Role-Playing Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind®, and the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion®, Skyrim earned hundreds of ‘Game of the Year’ awards and sold over 10 million copies in the first month.
The Elder Scrolls Online is slated for release in 2013 and is being developed for the PC and the Mac by ZeniMax Online Studios.
Will you be registering for The Elder Scrolls Online Beta? Let us know what you think so far of the videos and screenshots that have been surfacing.
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