Peterson and Lakshman were joined by Julian Lefay who, according to Peterson, 'really spear-headed the initial development of the series'. Designer Ted Peterson recalls: 'I remember talking to the guys at Sir-Tech who were doing Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant at the time, and them literally laughing at us for thinking we could do it.' Ted Peterson worked alongside Vijay Lakshman as one of the initial designers of what was then simply Arena, a 'medieval-style gladiator game.' ' Bethesda'sĬourse changed abruptly when it began its first action role-playing venture. In the six years from its founding to Arena 's 1994 release, Bethesda had released ten games, six of them sports games, with such titles as Hockey League Simulator, NCAA Basketball: Road to the Final Four ('91/'92 Edition), and Wayne Gretzky Hockey, and the remaining four adaptations from other media, primarily the Terminator series. Prior to working on The Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda had worked predominantly with sports and action games. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Anniversary Edition The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine In 2014, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online, was released by Bethesda's affiliated ZeniMax subsidiary ZeniMax Online Studios. Since debuting with 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. A common theme in the lore is that a chosen hero rises to defeat an incoming threat, usually a malevolent being or an antagonistic army.

The continent is split into a number of provinces inhabited by humans and popular humanoid fantasy races such as elves, orcs and anthropomorphic animals. The setting combines pre-medieval real-world elements, such as a powerful Roman-like Empire, with high fantasy medieval tropes, including limited technology, widespread magic use, and the existence of many mythological creatures. Within the series' fictional universe, each game takes place on the continent of Tamriel.

The series has sold more than 58 million copies worldwide. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in a detailed open world. The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, N-Gage, J2ME, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

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