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The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle

Welcome to High Isle, a part of Tamriel never-before-seen in the Elder Scrolls. Explore the Bretons' idyllic ocean enclave and seat of chivalric culture as you confront the ruinous forces of the Ascendant Lord.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is an adventure developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, released 6 June 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is an adventure game developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and released in 2022. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on HeroEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In ESO: High Isle’s main storyline, you are charged with uncovering the plots of a sinister order of knights that threaten the peace and security of High Isle. At the head of this rogue group stands the Ascendant Lord, a mysterious force seeking to claim an ancient legacy.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

Where it sits in the The Elder Scrolls series

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is the 50th of 62 entries we hold in the The Elder Scrolls series. It arrived 7 months after Skyrim Anniversary Edition + Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y. Bundle. The next entry was The Elder Scrolls Online: Lost Depths in 2022. Its critic score of 83 is 6 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition at 90.

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How it was received

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What it launched against

The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle launched on 6 June 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.

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When did The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle come out?
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle was released on 6 June 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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