On the night of January 26-27, the publishing house Bethesda Softworks and studio ZeniMax Online held an online presentation of the new chapter Gates of oblivion (“Oblivion Gate“) for MMO The Elder Scrolls Online. We are talking about the plans of the developers for the coming year.
In particular, it became known that the number of players on all platforms approached the mark of 18 million people. Moreover, three million of them started playing in 2023.
The ZeniMax Online team itself has been expanded to include a new office, but most of the employees work from home due to the pandemic. In addition, in 2023, the studio plans to update the cluster mega-servers this year to improve the stability of the MMO.
History Gates of oblivion unfolds 800 years before the events The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion… The heroes will face the Daedric Prince of Destruction Mehrunes Dagon and his minions.
The season kicks off in March 2023 when the expansion is released. Flames of Ambition (“Fire of ambitionIt will include two dungeons: The cauldron (“Boiler“) and Black drake villa (“Villa of the Black SnakeThe first is located in Deshaan and is a standard five-boss race. The second is on the Gold Coast: players have to defeat three bosses with three different hard mods.
And for June 2023, the release of the main add-on is planned, which received the name The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood (“Black forestPlayers will be able to enter the region of the same name, which is located at the junction between the provinces of Cyrodiil and Black Marsh.
The city of Leyawiin and Gideon, the Nibene Forest, and the swamps of Blackwood Swamp will be available for research. Imperials and Argonians live there, whose cultures are intricately intertwined.
“You are investigating a conspiracy involving the deposed emperors of the Long House and you will learn the truth about a terrible deal that promises the death of the inhabitants of the Black Forest. There is no doubt that the Prince of Destruction himself, Mehrunes Dagon, is behind all this, but what fate he has in store for the Black Forest and Tamriel ? ” – indicated in the description.
During the story campaign, players will meet old acquaintances: the Bosmer Eveli Sharp Arrow and a rogue dremora Lyrant… Blackwood will take about 30 hours to complete.
In addition to the standard entertainment (public dungeons, world bosses, lairs, and so on), new events will appear on the map, within which the heroes will have to close the gates leading to Oblivion. Experienced players will be able to test themselves in a new raid for 12 people called Rockgrove (“Stone Grove“).
Separately, the developers talked about the gameplay changes. With the release of Black Forest, a satellite system will be added that is familiar from the numbered parts The elder scrolls… Players will be able to hire special characters (NPCs) as assistants, each of which has its own history, character and characteristics. They need to be pumped, equipped with equipment, as well as customize their behavior in battle and active abilities.
In addition, ZeniMax Online plans to completely revise Hero system (Champion System), which becomes available for the account when the player pumps one of his characters to level 50.
Another dungeon pack is scheduled to be released in Q3 2023. And in the fourth quarter, the studio will allow players to go to Dead lands – the plan of Mehrunes Dagon.
Thus, the structure of the Gates of Oblivion season will remain as usual (a pack of two dungeons – a large story addition with a large region – a pack of two dungeons). However, in Twitter developers for some reason statedthat the season will consist of three DLCs (two dungeon packs and “Black Forest”).
Flames of Ambition will be released on March 8 on PC and Mac, and on March 16 on Xbox One and PS4. Blackwood will be released on June 1 on PC and Mac, and on June 8 on Xbox One and PS4.
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