I also still cannot log in despite the message at the top of the forums. I also restarted the launcher and my computer. The announcements also do not load. I can log in to both the PTS and the European Megaserver with no issues.

I am also now no longer able to log in. I had gotten in for about an hour but now I am stuck at the login screen again ....

Mordenkainen wrote: »

Just got home, tried to login. Not happening. Restarted the client like the headline says, not helping one bit either.

Launcher can't get the realm status information and the login screen gives a "Could not retrieve announcements."

Login attempts yield a "Error 201"

I am getting the exact same thing as you are. I have reset my Modem and PC... I have changed my DNS to a Google one.. that didn't help.

There is an option to change the Host File, but I am not competent enough to be screwing with that stuff. My luck I would mess something up.

So for some reason the game is unable to talk to the live servers.

Hi guys.

I was unable to login this morning however I read through the forums and found this post by user ArrVeeGee. When I followed the steps it worked for me. I'm running windows 10- the host file location is in the same directory.

ArrVeeGee wrote: »

People still having problems...

The solution is to edit your hosts file and add an entry for live-services.elderscrollsonline.com.

This has worked for many many people, and if done correctly, will work for you too. There's no sense just posting that it's still down for you if you haven't tried this yet.

Adding a static entry to a Windows hosts file can be different depending on what version of the OS you're using.

For Windows 7, the hosts file is located in the: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc directory.

This file MUST be edited in Administrator mode. This means launching Notepad or what have you 'As Administrator'. This is achieved usually by right clicking on Notepad and selecting Run As Administrator. The only way you can save a hosts file is in administrator mode.

All you need to add to the hosts file is the following line at the bottom, verbatim:

198.20.198.110 live-services.elderscrollsonline.com

That's it. Then correctly save the file, and try again. It'll work.

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This worked for me, so I thought I would post it in here so you don't have to scrub through the other forums.

I can only access PTS.

I have 3 comupters in my house which all cannot log into NA PC megaserver

it all says ''could not retrieve annoucement'' then when I try to log on it gives me error 201.

I is NOT my internet provider's problem as I can log into PTS and play with no issue.

Ran repairs on 2 computers, still doesnt work

Unfortunately this fix did not work for me. I am running Windows 7 Pro.

Sorry, I must have made a mistake in typing. I corrected my error and your fix worked!