An in-person event in Amsterdam kicked off the 10th anniversary celebration of Elder Scrolls Online, which officially launched just over 10 years ago on April 4th, 2014. During some developer announcements we got a glimpse of what’s to come in the next year via a roadmap from the developers.
Quite a few more in-person events are planned for the coming year. The team will be making an appearance at Elfia in the Netherlands this April 20 and 21, followed by a tavern event July 13 and 14 in Wasserburg Heldrungen, Germany. More events are planned in 2024 in Japan, China, Australia, with one coming up in 2025 in North America as well.
It also seems there’s plenty in-game to look forward to as well, including the upcoming Gold Road expansion in June, which our Editor-In-Chief got to get hands-on with this week. Free prologue content for the expansion drops this month, and anniversary achievements will come around June. The April ESO promotion is teased pretty heavily as being rogue-themed, saying players who “enjoy picking pockets and deadlier endeavors” should look forward to it.
“Partner Celebrations” will take place throughout the year featuring Alienware, Nvidia Geforce Now, and Xbox. So far, we know Alienware is heading Steam community goodies, and ESO has just launched streaming capacities for Geforce Now.
There’ll also be some massive updates the rest of the year, with Update 43 addressing the housing system and 44 tackling PvP.
Right now, ESO is free as part of the Steam Free Play Event, if you want to dip your toes in before committing. Also free on the anniversary announcement page is the wallpaper used for this article.
(Author Note: I also just need to thank whoever was doing that food truck tour back in 2013 for one of the best grilled cheeses of my life at UMass Amherst. Dead serious. Not just because it was free. I still think about that.)
