Elder Scrolls Online is prioritizing combat less for content that has you "looking in every nook"

The Elder Scrolls Online is undergoing a bit of a "renaissance" this year and beyond, as the MMO's developers put it – and much of that involves introducing new types of content that break the game's old formula, so to speak.2026 has not been easy for ZeniMax Online Studios with Microsoft's plan to cut over 3,200 employees at Xbox coming into action. Heck, Bethesda's union representatives reported a loss of "dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers" – and the chaos is on