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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
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| First release | The Elder Scrolls: Arena March 25, 1994 |
| Latest release | The Elder Scrolls: Castles September 28, 2023 |
The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series has sold more than 58 million copies worldwide.[1]
Within the series' fictional universe, each game takes place on the continent of Tamriel. The setting combines pre-medieval real-world elements, such as a powerful Roman-like Empire, with high fantasy medieval themes, including limited technology, widespread magic use, and the existence of many mythological creatures. The continent is split into a number of provinces inhabited by humans and humanoid fantasy races such as elves, orcs and anthropomorphic animals. A common theme in the lore is that a chosen hero rises to defeat an impending threat (typically a malevolent being or an antagonistic army).
Since debuting with The Elder Scrolls: Arena in 1994, the series has produced a total of five main games (of which the last three have each featured two or three expansions) as well as several spin-offs.[2] In 2014, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online, was released by Bethesda's affiliated ZeniMax subsidiary ZeniMax Online Studios.
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- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall – 700,000 sold (Manveer "Eidolon" Heir (July 18, 2000). "Interview with Pete Hines". Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved February 17, 2023.)
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind – 4 million sold ("Lynda Carter Joins the Voice Cast of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion". Bethesda Softworks. August 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 10, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2006.)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 9.5 million sold (Kollar, Philip (November 10, 2015). "Fallout 4 could be a bigger hit than Skyrim". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 30 million sold ("'Skyrim' Creator Todd Howard Talks Switch, VR and Elder Scrolls Wait". Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2017.)
- The Elder Scrolls Online - 15 million sold (Hines, Pete [@DCDeacon] (January 10, 2020). "More than 15 million people have bought ESO" (Tweet). Retrieved January 10, 2020 – via Twitter.)
- ^ The evolution of The Elder Scrolls. Archived December 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. PC Gamer.