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This will be the only console beta for the upcoming MMO and those wishing to participate must have received an invitation in order to do so, so be sure to check your email inbox.The beta will begin tomorrow April 23 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT and will run until Monday, April 27, at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT. Invites are going out now, and beware some may have been caught by your spam filters.Though the available content won't be gated, it's been confirmed all beta characters will be wiped ahead of launch so, unless you've decided to pay to transfer your PC character across , you'll be starting at level 1.A recent patch for the game brought murder, theft and burglary to Tamriel , along with a new Collections Window to track your mounts, pets and costumes . The game's opening chapter has also been refined in preparation for the new players set to join now the title is buy-to-play The console versions of the MMO are out on June 9 and you can pre-order them on Amazon now. In the meantime, read our think-piece about whether it's time we stopped hating free-to-play games out of principle

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