(PHOTO: Elder Scrolls Online)A cinematic screenshot of Elder Scrolls Online gameplay.

Bethesda Softworks is scheduling a release date for its massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Elder Scrolls Online sometime this coming December for PS4 and Xbox One.

"The Elder Scrolls Online is set in the Age of Heroes, roughly 1,000 years before the events in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the coming of the Dragonborn, and just before the rise of Tiber Septim, the first Emperor of Tamriel," the game description stated.

Elder Scrolls Online was first launched for Windows PC and Mac on April 4, 2014. The MMORPG received mixed response from gaming and media critics.

Gamespot pointed out the "stiffness" of the gameplay experience and gave it a score of 6 (fair) out of the possible perfect score of 10.

"The PVP campaigns' bigger handicaps are logistical ones. Just getting out of Cyrodiil and back to the relative peace of player versus environment can be time consuming, and the fact that you can't limit a group search to your own campaign is a drag," the review stated.

Eurogamer, on the other hand, thinks that hardcore MMO gamers will be attracted to the game, but that casual and semi-casual players might be turned off.

IGN gave Elder Scrolls Online a rating of 7.8 (good) and highlighted the improved character progression and combat systems of the game.

Meanwhile, Game Director Todd Howard shared his Elder Scrolls journey for the past 20 years in a blog posted in the official website.

Here, he confirmed that the game is treading a new direction and is heading the online path, with partnership with ZeniMax Online Studios.