Taylor Swift had some very special guests at her first Eras Tour show in London!
04.06.2024 - 13:59 / nme.com
The Elder Scrolls Online has been going for 10 years now. It’s a sprawling game which opens up all of Tamriel to explore, but how do the developers at ZeniMax Online Studios keep track of what’s going on everywhere and what parts of the world they should let players explore?“That’s decided by the studio leads,” Bill Slavicsek, narrative director at ZeniMax, tells NME.
“We do want to make sure that a region has a capital city and covers anything we know would be in the area in our timeline as well as the games set in the future.”“Once we have a good idea of where we’re going, we try to figure out what stories to tell there by keying in on what makes it unique,” adds Michael Zenke, who makes sure all the stories told in ESO make sense asZeniMax’s loremaster.Having such a wide array of games and regions to draw from is both a blessing and a curse. Inspiration abounds, but so do lore restrictions and timeline constraints.“We love to find ways to incorporate existing lore into our time period, as long as it makes sense for the story and the history of the world,” says Slavicsek.
Fortunately, Elder Scrolls Online is set quite a while before any of the games people played before, so it offers “a huge advantage for us in exploring new characters and ideas,” Zenke explains. “This affords us incredible opportunities to show ‘old’ places in new ways.
In particular, Elder Scrolls Online is probably best known by players as a game that focuses on character stories.”It’s easy to explain away why characters introduced in ESO don’t appear in later games, as myths and legends often fade into obscurity. However, it’s still important they make sense within ESO itself.“When we introduce new characters or events, we make sure to ground them
.Taylor Swift had some very special guests at her first Eras Tour show in London!
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Ethel Cain has criticised the behaviour of some fans at her live shows, saying that they shouldn’t have to “fight for their life just to hear some music”.The US singer-songwriter wrapped up the UK and European leg of her 2024 ‘Childish Behaviour’ tour with a performance at The Roundhouse in Camden Town, London last night (June 10).She is also scheduled to support Mitski at All Points East in the capital and make an appearance at Electric Picnic in Ireland this summer.Ahead of yesterday’s London concert, Cain shared a statement on her Instagram Stories in which she reminded ticketholders of gig etiquette and how to treat one another in the audience.“Hi all! Just wanted to reiterate before tonight’s show in London that it is extremely important to me that you all respect each other both in the queue and once in the venue,” the musician began.“I very much hate hearing that anyone attending our shows walked away with a negative experience because of bad behaviour in the pit. Barrelling to the front, slapping people’s hands away when I reach for them, verbally insulting people, it’s all just not very nice.”Cain continued: “I come and I play these songs because I love them and I would hope the reason you’re coming is because you love them also.
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