Summerset expansion builds on Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘best year’ yet

The Elder Scrolls Online is getting another major expansion this year, and this time ZeniMax Online Studios is taking players to Summerset Isles. This is the first time players will have a chance to explore Summerset since the original Elder Scrolls, and the studio plans to use this setting to tell bigger stories that are different than what players experienced in Morrowind or previous areas. Summerset launches May 21 on PC and Mac. Console players can get it June 5.

Delivering that content to its players is crucial for the studio because it is trying to maintain the momentum it built up throughout 2017 leading up to its four-year anniversary April 4. I interviewed ZeniMax Online Studios president Matt Firor at PAX East in Boston earlier this month, and he revealed that the company is finding a balance between keeping players satisfied and keeping them wanting to come back for more.