The release date of Starfield is still far off, not coming until early to mid-2023. For fans of Bethesda, there are some classic titles coming back to PC to hold you over until then.
Xbox announced that Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire and The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, two classic Elder Scrolls titles from over 20 years ago will be coming to the Microsoft store via Xbox Insiders.
Bethesda will be looking for player feedback as they work to bring the games to the Microsoft Store on Windows in the future. Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire was originally intended to be a The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall expansion, but was spun off into its own game.
The interesting feature found in Battlespire and not in any other Elder Scrolls title was PVP multiplayer deathmatches. The game story focuses on the player battling the Daedra and venturing forth into Oblivion. From the official announcement:
The Imperial Battle College has lost contact with the Battlespire, an elite training center hidden in a pocket realm of Oblivion. An agent sent to investigate discovers the Battlespire’s staff dead and the gate back to Tamriel blocked with the facility under siege by vile daedra, the only way out is to go deep into darkness and into the Daedric Realms.
Along with Battlespire, players will also get their hands on The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. This is the one time in the Elder Scrolls series where the player plays as a predetermined character, Cyrus the Redguard. Redguard had a third-person camera and felt different compared to any of the other Elder Scrolls games that had come out around that time.
ONE MAN AGAINST AN EMPIRE
Tiber Septim has swept through Tamriel, uniting its squabbling lands by force. Even the mighty Redguards of Hammerfell have come under Imperial control. Cyrus, the legendary Redguard mercenary, leads a rebellion against the Empire. Along with a faction known as the Restless League, Cyrus defeats the occupying forces at Stros M’kai and forces Tiber Septim to make peace with the Redguards.
Players who do pick up these versions of Battlespire and Redguard are being asked to give feedback on the titles to Bethesda so that the studio can make changes and fixes for the game.
What this means in terms of changes is unclear at this time, but many would hope, especially fans of Redguard, that these changes will address performance and bugs that still exist within the games.
One of the biggest issues for the older Elder Scrolls titles is their performance on newer computers. Many fans have noticed that the games will crash or fail to launch entirely.
The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire first launched on PC back on December 2, 1997, while The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard came out on October 31, 1998.
Earlier this year, Bethesda also re-released Battlespire and Redguard on Steam for $5.99 each along with other classics in the series, the latter for free. I have already spent a good amount of time in Daggerfall since the game appeared on Steam, and I am happy to see Battlespire and Redguard getting more love from Bethesda.
