In 2018, The Elder Scrolls Online got an expansion set in Summerset - it was the first time fans could explore the island since Arena. This isn't the first time The Elder Scrolls Online has brought an area from Arena into the modern era.

When we were choosing locations to put in there, we wanted to try to find iconic things that were going to get players excited, and Gideon was definitely one of those.' Gideon in Arena.

'And the reason we chose Gideon was because it was one of the major iconic locations in that area we were building. Things have changed a lot in terms of technology, in terms of just things we've learned. 'It was very difficult to use that as a resource. 'We certainly did go into Arena and look at it,' Lambert said. Lambert confirmed that the developers used Arena's Gideon as 'inspiration' when creating The Elder Scrolls Online's version, and picked it because of its iconic status within the franchise. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Summary : In this RPG epic, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy all of. 'So things are gonna look a little bit different.' Gideon as it appears on the Arena map. 'Technology has changed a lot since 1994,' said Rich Lambert, creative director at Zenimax Online Studios, during a recent Blackwood preview event attended by Eurogamer. Check out Gideon from Arena in the video below: In video game technology terms, The Elder Scrolls looked quite different 27 years ago. By my calculations, it's roughly 750 years before.

So the Gideon we get in Blackwood is set hundreds of years before the Gideon in Arena. Arena takes place in 3E 389 (the 389th year of the Third Era). The Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood chapter is set around 2E 582 (the 582nd year of the Second Era), or 800 years before the events of Oblivion. Still, the Gideon in Arena is actually set later in the Elder Scrolls timeline than the Gideon that's set to appear in The Elder Scrolls Online. But it was only mentioned in subsequent The Elder Scrolls games, such as Oblivion and Skyrim.įor the uninitiated, The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first game in the Elder Scrolls series, and was developed by Bethesda for launch on PC in March 1994. Gideon appeared in Arena as one of several possible locations the player could discover. It's situated on the eastern portion of the new zone, and borders the Black Marsh area. Gideon is an Imperial-based city built on Ayleid ruins but run by the argonians.

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