The online team scrolls the elder making technological changes to make a cross game possible

In the fourth and last episode of The Elder Scrolls Online Podcast, a special series produced with a rather funny gamecast, Head of Zenimax Online Studio Matt Firor and Game Director Rich Lambert revealed that the studio made changes to the game technology that underlies the game to potentially introduce cross-play in the future.

Rich Lambert: Whatever might be.

MATT FIROR: We are trying to make some of the underlying technological changes that will be possible. We know how important it is. Once again, we started working on this game in 2007. We didn’t even think about two platforms, especially six or whatever we support now.

All of the concepts, things “This is Xbox”, because the philosophy now comes from above, making it easier to complete the agreement, to do what you need to do to do cross-play, which is a very long GDC technology presentation, you know, other technology. You don’t just turn the switch.

Rich Lambert: And that is not just a problem of technology.

MATT FIROR: So, that’s something we know. That is something that we really want to do. We are working on the underlying technology for it and we will see if we can make it happen.

I have asked Rich Lambert about Cross-Play Cross Cross Elder in our previous interview, the most recent at Gamescom 2024, when he said:

It never becomes not; It has always been a holy hell. We made many decisions in 2007 which were very difficult to change, and then we had to unite all the first parties to ensure that they were good with how we would apply it. This is a very big technical challenge to solve. Do I think we will get there in the future? Possible. I think that’s where technology only runs in general. People just want to be together and make it easy and get rid of all friction to play with each other. But as I said, we began to build this game in 2007, when it was not even thought in anyone at that time.

Looks like the Zenimax team has decided to try it, even though they have not been committed to playing crossing to the game.

The popular MMORPG is switching from the previous annual expansion model to the seasonal model that began this June with the worm cult season. This update will also add the main features of the main, multiclassing.