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The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City

The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City is the first official DLC Game Pack for The Elder Scrolls Online. It contains several new zones including the Imperial City, many hours of quest and story content, new…

31 August 2015

The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City is a role-playing (rpg) developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, released 31 August 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City is

The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on HeroEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Imperial City was the seat of power in Tamriel and the heart of the Empire, the sought-after prize of the Alliances—until the forces of Molag Bal and his minions seized control of it and made it the heart of the Planemeld, the dark plan put together by Molag Bal. The Imperial Legion is calling for reinforcements to recapture the city from the forces of Coldharbour, but the Three Alliances also seek it for themselves as part of their long and bloody war. Battle your way through hordes of Daedra, Worm Cult Sorcerers, Daedric machinations and the elite Xivkyn and help either the Imperial Legion or your Alliance recapture the heart of Tamriel! The Imperial City is the conclusion to the…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy.

Where it sits in the The Elder Scrolls series

The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City is the 17th of 62 entries we hold in the The Elder Scrolls series. It arrived a year after The Elder Scrolls Online. The next entry was The Elder Scrolls Online: Orsinium in 2015.

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What it launched against

The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City launched on 31 August 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.

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When did The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City come out?
The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City was released on 31 August 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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