Elder Scrolls Online Delayed by Six Months

In some bad news coming out of Bethesda today, The Elder Scrolls Online has been delayed at least six months for Playstation 4 and Xbox One, citing that they are having some issues with the porting of the game onto the new systems.

This morning, Bethesda released this statement:

[blockquote]“We continue to work on the console versions of ESO, and game development has been progressing steadily, but we are still working to solve a series of unique problems specific to those platforms. Integrating our systems with each console manufacturer’s networks – which are both different from the PC/MAC system as well as different from each other has been a challenging process. It has become clear that our planned June release of the console versions isn’t going to be possible. Though have made great progress, we have concluded that we’ll need about six months to ensure we deliver the experience our fans expect and deserve.”[/blockquote]

Bethesda, however, also said that anyone that purchases and plays the PC or Mac versions of The Elder Scrolls Online by the end of June will be able to transfer their characters to the console version when the game is released. Those who do choose that option will also be able to purchase a digital console copy of the game for $20 and will also receive 30 days of game time.

The game currently has no release date for the consoles and with a six month delay, the company is likely looking at either a holiday release, or to have the game ready for 2015. We will keep you updated as the company fills us in.