For Elder Scrolls, they confirmed the future of the Creation Engine with their continued commitment to Creation Engine 3, celebrating the Construction Kit and Creations. ESO's future was mentioned, with them claiming that ZOS will be partnering more closely with them for the future of the game.

Bethesda just did a bunch of announcements. This includes official announcements for an Obsidian Fallout game, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, confirmation they will still make Fallout 5, Fallout 76 will receive a Raven Rock expansion, and Starfield will receive a Starborn expansion.

Did You Know: Meridia can bestow immortality? Those she turns into her Purified, willing or not, will never die from age or disease, at the cost of their free will. This allows them to serve her for all eternity.

Pictured: The Ancient Traveler's Skull. Notably, unlike the average skull you may encounter, it has several unique properties. Besides its unique name, it is also more than twice as heavy as the average skull, and also completely worthless (unlike the five gold the average skull fetches).

"We meet again, mortal, for we have met before, whether you know it or not. When you mutter in your sleep, you speak to me. When you waken wet with sweat, you've just left my house. I dwell in your dreams; I savor your nightmares." --Vaermina

"I fight for the men I've held in my arms, dying on foreign soil. I fight for their wives and children, whose names I heard whispered in their last breaths. I fight for we few who did come home, only to find our country full of strangers wearing familiar faces.

"Never! Yield? To you? I'd rather die than yield to you, f'lah! You must be a coward to even imagine such a thing. Knights and gentlemen do not yield to animals. I despise you. Go ahead. Kill me, if you can. And I shall curse you with my dying breath." --Bolvyn Venim during your duel

Been a bit but this one is for the #ZOSFam

"The harder you swing Weapons, the more Damage they will do." --Morrowind loading screen

Good news for a change: The UESPians that spoke with ZOS about the future of their studio and Elder Scrolls Online had good things to report. According to both Jason Barnes and Jessica Folsom, ZOS is now at the same size as it was when they made both Wrothgar and Summerset.

Pictured: The cake from this year's ESO Tavern. Although this could potentially be the final ESO Tavern, we did receive some good news about the future of ESO and ZOS while there!

For those of you at the ESO Tavern, UESP will be in the Community Tent at 15:00 CEST (or in 3 hours from the time of this message). Here's Wicked_Shifty, baratron, and SarthesArai pictured at the Tavern two years ago with Kai Schober (German Community Manager) and his son. See you soon!

Did You Know: You can support the UESP on Patreon? Your support helps us maintain our site and explore options we wouldn't otherwise have. We also give some perks for those who do, like ad-free access to our app. We even send out physical rewards every year, like this new UESP pin!

"You come to chat with Khina, walker? She would welcome you into her home, but she does not believe you would fit. You may take a seat on her porch if you like." --Khina greeting you, but pointing out your size difference will make a more proper visit to her home impossible.

Hey it's Snowy Granius, here to make sure you have any understanding of how to play the game.

"Let someone else watch the hatchlings tonight. We'll serve you fresh fish. We'll even cook it for an extra fee." --Advertisement for the Five Claws Lodge

Here in his shrine, that they have forgotten. Here do we toil, that we might remember. By night we reclaim, what by day was stolen. Far from ourselves, he grows ever near to us. Our eyes once were blinded, now through him do we see. Our hands once were idle, now through them does he speak.

Pictured: Concept art by Ray Lederer, one of the two concept artists who worked on Skyrim. After the passing of Adam Adamowicz, he was the only Skyrim concept artist remaining at Bethesda, but was let go of this week.

"Just between us children of Elsweyr, have you ever wondered how the furless ones keep warm? All that bare flesh … it is kind of sad. And disturbing to look at, yes?" --A potential comment Za'ji may make to you if you are a Khajiit

Following that IGN story from yesterday suggesting that Obsidian may be supporting Bethesda in development of Elder Scrolls and Fallout now, Jason Schreier has now reported that Obsidian's other projects have been cancelled, and they are now working on a Fallout game.

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"Life's a grind, then you die. Bad things come for you whether you want them to or not. So you have to fight your hardest to survive and seek out the good in the world. What little of it there may be." --Sharp-as-Night

This one sees writhing coils … silent menace. You walk with the Serpent. Your presence means danger for all, friend and foe alike. Sangiin has given you the gift of swift mending. Take care—venom is perilous to both poisoned and poisoner. —Baandari fortune-telling for those born under the Serpent

Following the layoffs, an internal email at Bethesda about the future of the company reached IGN. The focus appears to be on rapidly increasing the pace of TES and Fallout. IGN also speculates that Obsidian and id Software may be pushed towards supporting the release of games in those franchises.

We didn’t even get to announce the newest episode of the podcast this morning before the news of layoffs at Xbox, so in an unprecedented event there are actually 2 new episodes available less than 24hr apart…with VERY different vibes. Available now on your podcatcher of choice

While I was checking our messages today I noticed a private message from a former ZOS employee, reaching out to us to thank us, and to say they used our site everyday. On the same day they were laid off they took the time to reach out to us, because they truly cared about The Elder Scrolls. 1/2

A list of people we know who have been laid off at ZOS and Bethesda: ZOS Community Manager Gina Bruno Lead Dungeon Director Mike Finnigan Writer Designer Andrew Siañez-De La O Writer Designer Julianna Comstock Senior Writer Designer Jeff Grubb Project Art Director Marc Hudgins 1/many

1,600 Xbox employees were hit directly by the recent Microsoft layoffs, with an additional 1,600 from Xbox still planned for a total of 3,200 employees. This has included/will include those under the ZeniMax umbrella, including Bethesda, ZOS, id, and Arkane. 1/many

"Vivec's quivering backside … again? You already took my gold. What next, the lint in my coin purse?" --Possible line from some Dark Elf merchants after you rob them and choose to visit them again.

"Sheogorath is the King of Madness. In many legends he is called upon by one Dunmer faction; in half of these stories he does not betray those who called him, further confusing the issue of his place in the scheme of things (can he help us? is he not an obstacle?)" --The House of Troubles

Pictured: Card art for the Thalmor Justiciar from TES: Legends. It depicts a Thalmor Justiciar pointing up.

"Those who don't believe in mercy must believe in fear." --Corbyn Rangouze, Priest of Stendarr

Pictured: Potion descriptions from The Elder Scrolls: Arena. Which one is your favorite, and which one would you be the least likely to use?

"Now I hope you understand the problim. Akatosh is good. Everyone, from Nord to Imperial, noes that. But Alduin? He ent good! He's the oposit of good! That Alduin is evil thrue and thrue. So you see, Akatosh and Alduin cant be one and the same." --Thromgar Iron-Head

Conjurers, did you know you can beat the heat just as easily as your peers? All you need to do is summon a Storm Atronach and Frost Atronach. Have the Storm Atronach blow the Frost Atronach as hard as possible, and you can bring cool temperatures to even in the hottest locales.

"Rul jol, lok." When unsteady, rise. "Rise." Brace yourself and push yourself harder above the turbulent winds. Do not seek the safety of the ground. Rise and seek greater glory instead. --Excerpt from Wisdom of the Flying Gods

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will be playable on the Nintendo Switch 2 on August 11th. This will be the first time any version of Oblivion is available for a Nintendo console.

The Elder Scrolls: Blades has been officially shut down, making it unplayable. It has joined The Elder Scrolls: Legends as the second Elder Scrolls live service game that ended support, and with it player's ability to access them.

Seryne: "The spells of Alteration are all about uncommon sense. The infinite possibilities, breaking the sky, swallowing space, dancing with time, setting ice on fire, believing that the unreal may become real. You must learn the rules of the cosmos and then break them."

Pictured: Mudcrabs have been known to work together to bring down larger prey? Ravenous mudcrabs can strip bodies in days that would take lesser crabs weeks to eat.

Did you find out about M'aiq on your own, or did you only discover his existence via the fan community?

"Darkness may be upon us all, but the people of the Empire -- my Empire -- are worth fighting for! I just wanted you to know... I won't let you down." --Martin Septim

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Bethesda Softworks! Happy 40th!

"Not all cats in Elsweyr are Khajiit, but more cats are Khajiit than you might expect. This one can't usually tell unless the cat is clothed. Hrodkir suggests not eating cats while in Elsweyr. Khajiit think it in poor taste." --Excerpt from Anequina Animal Identification and Tasting

Although the Elder Scrolls could not cover them, the oversoul of the Amulet of Kings was able to discuss Dragon Breaks? "According to Hestra, Cyrodiil became an Empire across the stars. According to Shor-El, Cyrodiil became an egg. Most say something in a language they can only speak sideways."

What was the first mod you ever installed for an Elder Scrolls game, if any? Were you already interested in modding beforehand, or was that mod uniquely appealing and made you look into modding your game?

Did You Know: Daedra of the same clan-pact can leave each other signs that are invisible to anyone but them? Although such symbols are easily left for each other, those outside of the clan have no known means to perceive them.

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Surprisingly, the biggest error with this AI post is the claim that one of the primary characteristics of House Hlaalu is "Honor".