The latest DLC for the Elder Scrolls Online has been released for PC and Mac players. Players can now access a new zone and main questline, located deep in the swamps of Black Marsh. Also included is a new 4-player arena called Blackrose Prison, item sets, motifs, craftable furnishings and collectibles. Murkmire is available free for all current ESO Plus members or can be purchased for 2000 Crowns from the in-game Crown Store. In addition, Murkmire will be available as a Daily Reward during the month of November.

Also released today is Update 20, which notably includes destructible bridges and milegates in Cyrodiil, Housing and Editor improvements, alongside numerous smaller bug fixes and improvements. For more information, see the full patch notes.

The DLC and update will be available to PS4 and Xbox One players on November 6th.

Update: The first part of Loremaster's Archive: Murkmire Q&A has been published. The Argonian historian Jee-Lar answers user-submitted questions about Murkmire and related lore.

The 2018 Witches Festival event is now live in ESO. From October 18th to November 1st, this limited time event offers double XP, a new motif, and lots of Halloween-themed loot. For a full list of available items, see the Witches Festival page. Various Halloween-related items will also be available from the Crown Store over this period. For more information, see the official site.

The events for ESO for the remainder of 2018 have been announced. In addition to the usual rewards specific to each event, you can also earn Event Tickets, which can be exchanged for Indrik Feathers. If all four Indrik Feathers are collected, an additional Nascent Indrik mount will be unlocked.

The event lineup is:

• October 18 - November 1: Witches Festival
• November 15 - November 26: Clockwork City Celebration Event
• November 29 - December 5: Undaunted Celebration Event
• December 13 - January 2: New Life Festival

For more information about the Event Tickets, read the official announcement.

The anticipated developer change from Dire Wolf Digital to Sparkypants Studios has begun. The entire client has been rebuilt from scratch, including a new interface, new gameboard, new and improved animations, increased gameplay speed, revamped card frames, new premium card animation, and an improved tutorial. This will be the largest update for Legends to date. No progress will be lost and you can just pick up the game where you left off. The new client will be available as an update to the current app, like previous patches.

UESP is busy preparing for this change. You may notice missing card images, but we will be working hard to replace them with versions from the new client as soon as possible! Please post any questions on the Legends talk page.

Unlock a free house, mount, and pet during September's Summerfall event for The Elder Scrolls Online, starting Thursday, September 20th at 11:00AM EDT and lasting until Friday, September 28th at 10:00AM EDT. Work together with other ESO players to explore the Summerset Chapter and earn up to three unique collectibles, including the Psijic Mascot Pony pet, the Psijic Escort Charger mount, and the Grand Psijic Villa house.

To help unlock these rewards, players must acquire the Summerset Pathfinder achievement by discovering all ten of the "Striking Locales" located on both Summerset and Artaeum. See the official site for more details.

Bethesda has announced that the development of The Elder Scrolls: Legends will be handed from Dire Wolf Digital to Sparkypants Studios. Bethesda stated that all the current core mechanics will remain, and players will not lose any of their collection or any progression they have made in the game. The stated reasoning for this change is to help move the game in a new direction, building on Bethesda's creative vision as well as the playerbase's wishlist for features. Pete Hines and Legends community manager CVH held a live Q&A about the change the following day, which is summarized on the UESP blog.

Several members of the UESP traveled to Boston for PAX East and the Bethesda Gameplay Day event, where we interviewed ESO's game director Matt Firor and lead content designer Rich Lambert about the upcoming Summerset chapter. The interview can be read here, and Alarra's write-up about PAX East 2018 can be read on the UESP blog: Part 1 (Thurs/Fri) & Part 2 (Bethesda Gameplay Day).

The much-anticipated next chapter for Elder Scrolls Online was revealed today: The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset. This chapter takes place in a new zone, Summerset Isle, and involves Razum-dar and the Psijic Order, and introduces a new skill line and trial. It will be released for all platforms on June 5, 2018, though PC/Mac will have an advanced release on May 21.

The next expansion for Legends has been announced: Houses of Morrowind. This expansion adds roughly 150 new cards based on Morrowind and its appearances in the games, particularly the Great Houses. It introduces three-attribute cards and new mechanics, and raises the deck size from 70 to 100. The expansion will be released March 29.

Planning to meet fellow users at events like PAX, or just interested in wearing the site logo? The UESP has a Spreadshirt store set up here.

As teased on our social media yesterday, a Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood DLC event has now begun in ESO. The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Celebration Event runs from now until 2pm GMT/10am EDT on the 12th March. Rewards for playing content from both DLCs have been increased; see our event page for a full breakdown of the increased drops. If you don't already own the Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood DLCs, they are currently discounted at 00500500  each for the duration of the event. Both Collector's Bundles have also returned and are 016001,600  each.

UESP has conducted an interview with none other than Pete Hines, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Bethesda and an avid player of The Elder Scrolls: Legends. The interview offers behind-the-scenes info on the game's development, including lore clarifications and the possibility of a future art book release. Read the entire interview here.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was added to the PlayStation Now roster of games in December. This is a paid service, and the game has received no HD makeover.

The Music of Tamriel, Vol. 2 soundtrack from The Elder Scrolls Online is now for sale, featuring tracks from the Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, and Clockwork City DLC, as well as additional tracks such as new boss music. It is available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.