Elder Scrolls Online: 'I wanted the game to bemore like Grand Theft Auto' | BBC News

It hasn't always been easy for Elder Scrolls Online.

It has been played by 24 million people and made$2bn since it launched over 10 years ago, but Zenimaxdevelopers Matt Firor and Rich Lambert tell BBCNewsbeat about how it recovered from its rocky launch.

Matt also goes into how he suggested taking a leaffrom Grand Theft Auto Online's playbook as Richadmitted they had to go "almost back to the drawingboard" during the early days of the game.

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