The Latest Breaking News from Rich Lambert

Elder Scrolls Online leads say Elder Scrolls 6 and Oblivion Remastered only bolster the MMO's player numbers: "We saw a lot of new and lapsed players"

ZeniMax director Rich Lambert says "a lot" of ESO players are filling the void until Elder Scrolls 6

GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025

Elder Scrolls MMO lead still wants to make a new game, despite the cancelation of the Blackbird project that Xbox's Phil Spencer apparently loved: "I don't think you can ride one thing into forever"

Elder Scrolls Online lead wants it to be "that 30-year MMO" but still has ideas for other games because "if you put all your eggs in one basket, there's issues"

GamesRadar · Sep 17, 2025

The Elder Scrolls Online studio head says Microsoft's brutal cuts were 'super emotional… it was awful'

Despite the cancellation of Blackbird, still wants to make a new game.

PC Gamer · Sep 16, 2025

After 10 years of setting-hopping, The Elder Scrolls Online is coming home for a new chapter of its base game story, returning player QoL updates, and a writhing wall of 'soul-juice concrete'

TES the season to be wormy.

PC Gamer · Apr 10, 2025

11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"

Zenimax Online studio head Matt Firor says "we've heard your feedback about wanting more variety and to shake things up"

GamesRadar · Apr 10, 2025

'I sat with Todd Howard for about 3 months': The Elder Scrolls Online devs talk working with Bethesda to make sure they don't break the lore of future games

Keeping the scrolls in good nick.

PC Gamer · Aug 30, 2024

Elder Scrolls Online's big 10th anniversary update is an autumnal trip home for Oblivion fans and a worthy step forward for the MMO

I played Elder Scrolls Online's big 10th anniversary update after a few months away and was overwhelmed by everything new

GamesRadar · Apr 5, 2024

As Final Fantasy 14's visual overhaul nears, the Elder Scrolls MMO developers acknowledge improved technology is really important

"We do run on a somewhat aging engine"

GamesRadar · Apr 5, 2024

The Elder Scrolls Online devs hired a modder from one of its most popular addons to fine-tune its housing tools: 'it was really cool to get James on the team'

The modder to developer pipeline is still going strong.

PC Gamer · Apr 4, 2024

The Elder Scrolls Online's ingenious housebuilders are creating impossible Frankenstein wonders out of game assets and duct tape, and they took me on a tour

Location, location, location.

PC Gamer · Apr 3, 2024