October is always a busy month for Elder Scrolls Online, and this year is no exception. The MMORPG will once again throw itself into the Halloween spirit, which surprises nobody. The real news is tucked inside the game's monthly event calendar. Season 2: Echoes of Skyrim now has a firm release date of Wednesday, October 21st.

That date matters for more than one reason. Before the new season arrives, two older paid expansions will become part of the standard game. For anyone who has been circling Tamriel for a while without buying every add-on, that may be the bigger deal.

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The Elder Scrolls Online is still standing. But the people who make it are being unusually honest about how much the ground has shifted beneath them.

Months after a round of layoffs that hit the team hard, developers at ZeniMax have spoken to PC Gamer about where things stand. Their answer is that the studio hasn't fully recovered, the losses still sting, and the path forward is going to be difficult.

That's not the kind of message MMO players usually get from a studio. Most live-service teams prefer to talk about the next expansion, the next event, the next shiny thing. ZeniMax is talking about survival.

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