ESO Studio Director’s End of Year Letter

Zenimax Online Studio’s Studio Director Matt Firor posted an open letter looking back at 2022 and a glimpse of 2023.

Here is your quick summary of the highlights

• Past
  • ESO welcomed millions of new players in 2022
  • Two new localizations added in 2022
    • Spanish
    • Simplified Chinese
  • Concerns over Update 36 and issues like the blocking bug
• Future
  • Reassessing the balance of hand-crafted “one-and-done” storytelling content versus repeatable game activities
    • New Players overwhelmed by number of zones, stories, and characters.
    • Veteran Players want more repeatable content
  • New 2023 Cadence
    • Q1: Dungeon DLC (no change)
    • Q2: Full-Featured Chapter
      • Shift from year-long story to multi-year story arc linking chapters. (new / Pre-Year-Long-Story Approach)
    • Q3: Focus on Quality-of-Life improvements and bug fixes (new)
    • Q4: Introduction of New System (new)
      • More details during Global Reveal Event early next year.
  • Hardware and Server Updates
    • Almost all of the hardware should be delivered and in place by December
    • A month to install and test before shifting over
    • EU realms (PC, Xbox,Playstation) will be priority
    • NA realms (Xbox and PlayStation) afterwards.
    • Multi-threading work continues
      • Tentative plan: Q2 2023 (With next Chapter)
  • ESO Fan Gatherings
    • North America
      • US gathering To Be Announced soon™
    • Europe
      • Summer gathering To Be Announced soon™

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EN: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/63363

FR: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/fr/news/post/63363

DE: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/de/news/post/63363

ES: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/es/news/post/63363

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