We had a great time meeting many of you and watching you play The Elder Scrolls Online for the first time at PAX East. If you weren’t able to join us, we hope you’ll enjoy this collection of links to articles and news from the show, and photos from the event on the new official ESO Pinterest page.

Thank you for coming out to see us at PAX East, and for making it a truly memorable experience for us. Thousands of fans got to experience ESO hands-on during the show, and we enjoyed meeting each and every one of you who stopped by to play.

Even outside the show floor, there were lots of opportunities for ESO fun. Our Food Truck Tour made a stop to share some Pressed Eidarmelts and other Tamriel-themed foods, Game Director Matt Firor appeared on the Future of Online Games panel, and we had a blast with many of our most dedicated fans at the Tamriel Beer Garden community event on Saturday night.

If you couldn’t make it to the show this year, we hope you’ll enjoy the photos we’ve shared on our new official ESO Pinterest page, and all the coverage that’s coming out. Read on for all the news and images to get a taste of what went on at the show.





Official ESO Pinterest

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PAX East Coverage

Action Trip

"I’ve never played an Elder Scrolls game (even though I’ve meant to play Skyrim, really) and I’m not a really a fan of MMOs. However, despite these facts and despite the fact that I needed a Bethesda representative to hold my hand and tell me how to do everything, I had a blast playing The Elder Scrolls Online."





Destructoid





Elder Scrolls Off the Record

I am here to tell you that my fears have been erased, and I hope yours have as well. Elder Scrolls Online is a true Elder Scrolls game. It feels and plays like the single-player Elder Scrolls titles that you and I love. What could be better than that?





Force Strategy Gaming





Front Towards Gamer

All told, Elder Scrolls Online is exactly what we expected it to be, but still a pleasant surprise. The gameplay just plain works in an MMO format.





Game Industry Biz

Firor and Bethesda aren't afraid of the player expectations when it comes to the Elder Scrolls brand. In fact, Firor said that Elder Scrolls has always lent itself to a possible MMO.





Game Shampoo

The combat has a speed to it that other games in the series would be jealous of. You have to keep your wits about you as enemies pelt you with AoEs and lumbering power attacks. Each must be countered in its own way.





GameBreaker TV

The combat system is fun and you gain access to awesome abilities fast. The whole system is significantly better than anything in the single player Elder Scrolls games.





GameSkinny







Imperial Library







John's Gaming Channel







Kotaku



I tend to stay away from MMOs because I know it's in my personality to explore every facet until I look up and realize it's been three years and I haven't paid my electrical bill and how has my laptop been running this long without juice. But ESO feels like something I want to get involved in. It's a Skyrim MMO in (as far as I can tell) every sense of the meaning. I just need a few more days with it to be sure.







Massively



Each new zone brings with it a new and varied aesthetic, and there were more than a few occasions when I simply had to stop and admire the scenery. From strange, curved Orcish longhouses to massive, towering Redguard fortresses and mysterious ancient ruins, the art style of the game remains true to the source material and brings environments last seen in the old-school Elder Scrolls games (in this case, Daggerfall) to life.







MMO Reporter







MMORPG



I’m really digging a lot of the stuff Zenimax Online is doing to bring Elder Scrolls into the MMO genre. And most important of all, I came away from my demo feeling like Zenimax Online is handling the IP with a great deal of respect for the source material and the series’ storied history.







New Game Network



A couple hours barely scratches the surface of what is sure to be a game that aims to addict players for years. But I found that Elder Scrolls Online is truly seeking to preserve what makes the series so great, continuing a tradition of exploration, surprise, and the feeling like someone built an entire world just for you, even if there are other people playing it.







NVidia







Pixel Enemy



For those who are long-time Elder Scrolls fans, such as myself, you know that the series is absolutely perfect for an MMO component. The game’s setting is already vast, the character development is immense, and each player can play the game they want, whether it be as a lone ranger or a member of a large horde. The storyline isn’t narrow, and you have many opportunities to branch out.







Pokket Productions







Polygon



Combat is fast and fluid, non-playable characters are fully voiced, quests are clever without solely relying on fetch questing and similar MMORPG tropes.







The Shadowed Mare



In MMO history you rarely got the options to truly customize your character, you had the typical Male, Female, Race, Body Type, Skin Colour, all of which did not have very many options. Elder Scrolls Online is our chance as MMO gamers to have that plethora of customization options, and trust me there is a plethora of them.







Shoddycast







Tamriel Foundry



I was nervous that a development studio other than Bethesda was working on an Elder Scrolls game – not anymore. I have no doubt that Zenimax will produce a game that we can all be proud to own.





TESOF





UESP



I was merely a little excited for Elder Scrolls Online before the event but now I absolutely can't wait to get into the game more! Hopefully this good first impression will last through long term play of the game.







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