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Venture into the snow-capped mountains of Wrothgar during the Orsinium Celebration Event for bonus rewards in the zone and Maelstrom Arena.

The Orsinium Celebration Event will kick off from Thursday, August 8, at 10:00AM EDT and run until Monday, August 19, at 10:00AM EDT. During this time, you can buy the Orsinium DLC game pack on sale and enjoy bonus and new rewards while exploring the home of the Orcs!

Pick Up Orsinium DLC Game Pack on Sale

Starting this Thursday, you can pick up the Orsinium DLC game pack at a hefty 60% discount. The DLC game pack includes access to the Wrothgar zone and story as well as the Maelstrom Arena. Additionally, you can pick up the Pariah’s Pinnacle home (both furnished and unfurnished) at a discount!

If you’re an ESO Plus member, you can acquire the Orsinium Collector’s Bundle at 60% off. This bundle includes the DLC game pack in addition to the Cave Bear mount, a Cave Bear Cub pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls—ideal companions and equipment for your adventures into Wrogthar’s perilous steppes!


The Orsinium Collector’s Bundle

ESO Plus members can also take advantage of a special deal on the Malacath furnishing bundle, Summit Lord’s Silken Robes costume, and Craglorn Welwa pet.

All of these deals are available from the event’s start on August 8 until its end on August 19, so don’t miss out!

Earn New Rewards
During the event, you can earn the following bonus rewards when adventuring in Wrothgar:
  • Double items harvested from crafting nodes
    • Including Jewelry seams, but not including nodes spawned from Survey Reports
  • Double the rewards received from chests in Maelstrom Arena for both Veteran and Normal difficulties
    • Including Transmute Crystals and Maelstrom weapons!
  • Double the number of reward boxes received by completing Wrothgar's daily quest
We’ve also added some new rewards exclusive to this event: Maelstrom Weapon Outfit Styles and Orsinium Furnishings.

Maelstrom Weapon Outfit Styles
Throughout the event, when you complete a run through the Maelstrom Arena, you have a chance to receive a Maelstrom Weapon Outfit Style page. Should you complete the arena on Veteran difficulty, you are guaranteed a page! If you haven’t yet conquered ESO’s toughest solo challenge, consider this, in addition to the double Malestrom weapon rewards, the perfect opportunity to finally give it a go!


The Maelstrom Weapon Style in action!

When earned by completing the arena, the pages can be traded or sold, but the Impresario also stocks account-bound pages for five Event Tickets each, too.

Orsinium Furnishings
For this event only, a select group of Orc-themed Furnishings (note: not recipes) are available at the Impresario, with prices varying between one or two Event Tickets each.

Get Event Tickets
The Orsinium Celebration Event also provides you with an opportunity to earn Event Tickets. During the event, you can earn Event Tickets for the following activities:
  • Two Event Tickets per day for completing any Wrothgar Delve Daily
OR
  • Two Event Tickets per day for completing any Wrothgar World Boss Daily
Note that you can earn only two tickets per day, meaning how you earn both tickets is up to you! You can earn up to 24 total tickets during this event.

This event is also your first opportunity to earn the Onyx Berries of Bloom by purchasing them from the Impresario for 10 tickets. These berries, when combined with the three berries from the other Q3 events (some yet to be announced), eventually allow you to evolve your Nascent Indrik into the mysterious Onyx Indrik.


Earn the next set of berries needed to unlock this mount!

As usual, the Impresario continues to allow you to purchase all four Indrik Feathers for 10 Event Tickets each in addition to the last event’s berries (Onyx Berries of Budding), and Event Tickets are also available for purchase from the in-game Crown Store.

Return to the Home of the Orcs
With the Orsinium Celebration Event, now is the perfect time to once again venture into the realm of Wrothgar and the ancestral home of the Orcs. Don’t forget, if you’ve yet to experience this fan-favorite zone and storyline, you can enjoy great deals on the Orsinium DLC game pack and the Collector’s Bundle (ESO Plus members only) in the Crown Store, too!

Are you ready to return to this ancient, war-torn land? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnlineInstagram, or Facebook!
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Tune into ESO Live at a special time this Wednesday for a preview of the upcoming Scalebreaker DLC game pack!

We’re excited to give you a sneak peek of Scalebreaker, ESO’s upcoming DLC game pack, during our next show on Wednesday, July 3 at 6:00pm EDT. Scalebreaker features two new dungeons – Moongrave Fane and Lair of Maarselok – and leading the tour will be Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan and Senior Writer Randy Begel. Moongrave Fane takes you through the ancient ruins of a forgotten Khajitti faith, and Lair of Maarselok sends you into the jungles of Tenmar. If you want to be one of the first to see a preview of these upcoming dungeons, don’t miss this show!

We’ll also have the latest news and updates, plus Twitch Drops will be enabled throughout, so be sure to link your PC/Mac accounts. Don’t forget, the show kicks off this Wednesday (not Friday!) at 6:00pm EDT on TwitchYouTubeMixer, and Steam. See you then!
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Commit crimes in the name of the Dark Brotherhood or Thieves Guild during our celebration event and you’ll earn bonus rewards.

Steal & Slay for Bonus Rewards
The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Celebration Event returns this Tuesday, July 2, at 10:00AM EDT and runs until Monday, July 15, at 10:00AM EDT. Throughout the event, you can earn the following bonus rewards for certain criminal activities in both Hew's Bane and the Gold Coast:
  • Double reward drops for defeating World Bosses
  • Double reward drops for defeating Delve bosses
  • Double rewards for Gold Coast Delve and World Boss dailies
  • Double Defiled Whiskers drops from Maw of Lorkhaj bosses
  • Increased rewards for completing Heists
  • Increased rewards for completing Sacraments
  • Double harvesting resources from regular crafting nodes (not nodes from Survey Reports)
Note that the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood repeatable quests (the ones you get from the Tip Board or “Marked for Death” ledger) do not have bonus rewards during the event period.

Criminal Companions
Throughout this event, you can acquire both the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood DLC game packs at a discount, with both available in the in-game Crown Store for 800 crowns.

In addition to the base DLC game packs, ESO Plus members can acquire the Dark Brotherhood Collector’s Bundle and the Thieves Guild Collector’s Bundle for 1,600 crowns each.


The Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild Collector’s Bundles

The Thieves Guild Collector's Bundle includes the Thieves Guild DLC game pack, the Hammerfell Camel mount, the Kindlespit Dragon Frog pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls. The Dark Brotherhood Collector's Bundle includes the DLC game pack, Highland Wolf mount, the Sylvan Nixad pet, and five Crown Experience Scrolls.

Finally, we’re also putting a collection of Thieves Guild- and Dark Brotherhood-themed personalities and costumes on sale for the duration of the event—don’t miss out!

Snatch Up Event Tickets
This celebration is also your first opportunity to earn Event Tickets this quarter in addition to being your first chance to acquire the Berries you need for an all-new Indrik evolution: the Onyx Indrik.

As you participate in the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Celebration, you can earn Event Tickets for the following activities:
  • One Event Ticket for the first Sacrament completed each day
    • Sacraments are unlocked by reaching Dark Brotherhood Rank 2 and completing the quest “A Lesson in Silence”
  • One Event Ticket for the first Heist completed each day
    • Heists are unlocked by reaching Thieves Guild Rank 3 and completing the quest “The Long Game”
Note that you can earn only two tickets per day per account, and they’ll reset at 1:00AM EDT each morning.


Summon the shadowy Onyx Indrik

Once you have acquired 10 Event Tickets, you can trade them in to the Impresario (located at a special booth in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and Vulkhel Guard in Auridon) for either an Indrik Feather or the new Onyx Berries of Bloom. You can acquire 28 Event Tickets during this event, and the Impresario will continue to sell all Feathers throughout, meaning if you’re still working on getting your Nascent Indrik, you have a chance to catch up! For more information on acquiring the Indrik Berries, check out our announcement article.

Gather Your Crew
With the return of the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Celebration, there’s never been a better time to begin your life of crime! Let us know if you’re ready to sneak, steal, and stab your way to the top on Twitter @TESOnlineInstagram, or Facebook.

The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Celebration event begins on Tuesday, July 2, at 10:00AM EDT and will end on Monday, July 15, at 10:00AM EDT.
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Gift furnishings to friends and Guildmates to receive an exclusive Senche-raht statue!

There’s nothing like a fully decorated home to lift your spirits after a long day’s adventuring in Tamriel. In fact, your home can serve many different purposes, including crafting hub, storage location, training arena, and of course, a hearth to socialize and relax.

A good home is important, so starting today and continuing until August 1, you can help your friends and Guildmates decorate their abodes by gifting fabulous furnishings via the in-game Housing Editor or Furniture section of the Crown Store. Gift a total of at least 1,000 Crowns worth of furnishings, split across at least two different individual accounts, and you’ll receive the Senche-raht Statue, Battle-Bound as a unique collectible reward!

To ensure you qualify for the reward, here’s what you need to know:
  • Gifting must occur between 2:00AM EDT today June 24, 2019, and 2:00AM EDT on August 1, 2019.
  • You must send a furnishings gift to at least two different individual accounts via the Housing Editor or the Furniture section of the Crown Store.
  • The total value of all gifts must be at least 1,000 Crowns or more on the same platform and region.
    • Note: NOT 1,000 Crowns per gift, but 1,000 Crowns total. Two individual gifts that are valued at 500 Crowns each would count, as would three gifts each valued at 400 Crowns to three different acounts. However, if you sent a gift worth 500 Crowns on the PC NA server and another worth 500 Crowns on the Xbox One NA server, it would not count. 
  • You will receive your Senche-raht statue collectible by August 16, 2019

Perfect for guarding the entrance to your home

Gifting Housing Editor Items

You can find furnishings (and bundles!) in the Furniture section of the in-game Crown Store, and you can also gift individual items from a massive selection by using the Housing Editor. To gift a furnishing item from the Housing Editor, follow the instructions below:
  • Travel to a house and open the Housing Editor.
  • Select Browse to open the Housing menu and then select the Purchase tab.
  • Look for the item you wish to gift and select it.
  • Select the Gift option from the preview window.
  • Enter your recipients UserID, Gamertag, or PSN ID, depending on your platform, and personalize your gift with a custom-made or a pre-selected message.
That’s it! All you need to do is gift 1,000 Crowns worth of items total to two or more friends and you’ll be eligible to receive the statue.

In addition to the massive selection of items and bundles already available, we’ve also adding a new, limited-time bundle to the Crown Store: The Intrepid Gourmet Furnishing Pack. You can pick up or gift this bundle for only 700 Crowns, but be quick: it’ll be available only from now until July 7.


The Intrepid Gourmet Furnishing Pack

This promotion has already begun and will run until August 1, 2019, at 2:00AM EDT. If you’re interested in acquiring this amazing statue, or simply want to help your friend make their house a home, don’t miss out on this special offer!

Are you planning to send some furnishings to your friends? Let us know on Twitter @TESOnlineInstagram, or Facebook.
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It’s been just over a week since Google announced their big launch line-up of Stadia games, but with E3 2019 now drawing to a close that list has now become ever so slightly longer, with new tiles such as Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion, Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers and more joining the ranks. To help keep track of them all, here’s a list of every Google Stadia game confirmed so far, as well as which games are coming at launch, which ones will be arriving a little bit later, and which games you’ll only be able to play by subscribing to one of the special Stadia publisher subscriptions.

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They just keep coming don’t they? A lot of games were announced at E3 2019, things that we didn’t know about, as well as stuff that’s previously announced, or expansions to already released games. Now, to the casual outsider, what we’re doing might seem absolutely nuts, but we thought we’d put together an alphabetical list of all the PC games that have been confirmed to appear at this year’s E3 show. With well over a hundred of them now in the books, the next year or so looks packed.

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If you tuned into Bethesda's E3 2019 press conference, you'll have heard some rather enthusiastic cheering bellowing from your speakers. E3 briefings are no strangers to over-the-top screaming, but the whoops and hollers at Bethesda's show stood out. They followed what felt like every on-stage spoken sentence, to the amusement and, it felt, sometimes annoyance of those charged with presenting games to the world.

The front row hype became something of a meme after Twitter user @theSirToasty released a video compilation showing the likes of Tango Gameworks boss Shinji Mikami and ZeniMax Online Studios studio head Matt Firor getting shouted at - repeatedly.

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They just keep coming don’t they? A lot of games were announced at E3 2019, things that we didn’t know about, as well as stuff that’s previously announced, or expansions to already released games. Now, to the casual outsider, what we’re doing might seem absolutely nuts, but we thought we’d put together an alphabetical list of all the PC games that have been confirmed to appear at this year’s E3 show. With well over a hundred of them now in the books, the next year or so looks packed.

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