Bethesda Softworks officially announced the Elder Scrolls Online Imperial edition today, along with releasing an 8-minute (that’s right, eight minutes. Not a typo!) trailer for the much-anticipated MMO.
The physical and digital collectors edition of the Elder Scrolls is available for pre-order through retailers or the official online store. Bother versions include exclusive digital content, as well as the ability to play as an Imperial, a White Imperial Horse, a Mudcrab pet and the Rings of Mara ritual, which when completed online, with a friend, grants an XP bonus.
The physical edition also offers a 12″ statue of Molag Bal, the 224-page Improved Emperor’s Guide to Tamriel, a 21 X 26 map of Tamriel, all packaged in a limited edition steel case. Bethesda has stated that the physical colleector’s edition is ‘extremely limited in quantity,’ so if hanging a map of Tamriel on your walls is all you’ve ever wanted, order soon.
The digital collector’s edition is slated to coast $79.99 and the physical edition is $99.99.
Those who pre-order either the collectors edition or the standard edition (digital or physical) will receive The Explorer’s Pack bonus (includes a Scuttler pet, four treasure maps and the ability to play as any of the nine races). Pre-purchase of either digital edition will also gain players access to the game five days earlier than it’s official launch on April 4th, 2014 (for PC and Mac) and a Xbox One and Playstation Four roll out is expected in June 2014.
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