Official Discussion Thread for "ESO Dev Updates—February 2026"

ZOS_Kevin · February 18

This is the official discussion thread for, "ESO Dev Updates—February 2026"

"ESO’s developers share some of the things they’ve been working on over the last month in a new livestream series."

Edited after the stream to include the VOD:

Seminolegirl1992 · February 18

This is a fantastic idea. It's refreshing to see continued communication attempts, beyond just the usual release livestreams and conversations.

LunaFlora · February 18

exciting!

Cominfordatoothbrush · February 18

Cool!

spartaxoxo · February 18

Awesome! Now this is what I like to see 😃

Destai · February 18

That's exciting, can't wait to hear!

Mizael · February 18

Cool, I will watch definatly

valenwood_vegan · February 18

Looking forward to watching this, thanks for the efforts to connect the actual devs and the community a bit more.

metheglyn · February 18

Nice! Looking forward to seeing what's been going on.

dcrush · February 18

I like this improvement in communication.

@ZOS_Kevin - I see this stream has additional drops. With people from all over the world playing ESO, would it be possible to have reruns of these kind of streams where drops are turned on? This particular one is, for example, 2AM in my timezone. I already missed out on the 8 crates that dropped during the special stream earlier this year simply because it was at 4AM for me. It would be nice if there’s a way for people in other time zones to be able to get things like this too.

ShadowStrikerr · 1:41AM

dcrush wrote: »

I like this improvement in communication.

@ZOS_Kevin - I see this stream has additional drops. With people from all over the world playing ESO, would it be possible to have reruns of these kind of streams where drops are turned on? This particular one is, for example, 2AM in my timezone. I already missed out on the 8 crates that dropped during the special stream earlier this year simply because it was at 4AM for me. It would be nice if there’s a way for people in other time zones to be able to get things like this too.

That would be fantastic if things like this can happen, I missed those myself and was bummed. For myself its impossible to pull out from the middle of work unless I'm on a break or something!

Radiate77 · 1:41AM

I’m getting ESO Live vibes from this. Very excited!

tsaescishoeshiner · 7:22AM

If the stream goes over well and isn't too much work, I hope they continue them even if a few people start saying "What about that project mentioned in that stream 2 years ago, devs have given up on the game" etc etc

ZOS_Kevin · 1:34PM

dcrush wrote: »

I like this improvement in communication.

@ZOS_Kevin - I see this stream has additional drops. With people from all over the world playing ESO, would it be possible to have reruns of these kind of streams where drops are turned on? This particular one is, for example, 2AM in my timezone. I already missed out on the 8 crates that dropped during the special stream earlier this year simply because it was at 4AM for me. It would be nice if there’s a way for people in other time zones to be able to get things like this too.

Yeah, totally understand how missing drops due to time zone doesn't feel good. This is something we can look into. Thanks for the suggestion.

BetweenMidgets · 1:47PM

I think reruns (with drops enabled) of all the twitch drop streams would be good. I haven't been able to get any of those in YEARS.

BloodstainedFay · 1:48PM

I would love to see monthly streams like this going forwards, regardless of how this one performs! Warframe has consistent streams, even short 15min ones, and it helps a lot with feeling connected to the dev team and community

Djiku · 2:12PM

I am really liking the continued efforts for better communication! Keept it up.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO · 2:56PM

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

dcrush wrote: »

I like this improvement in communication.

@ZOS_Kevin - I see this stream has additional drops. With people from all over the world playing ESO, would it be possible to have reruns of these kind of streams where drops are turned on? This particular one is, for example, 2AM in my timezone. I already missed out on the 8 crates that dropped during the special stream earlier this year simply because it was at 4AM for me. It would be nice if there’s a way for people in other time zones to be able to get things like this too.

Yeah, totally understand how missing drops due to time zone doesn't feel good. This is something we can look into. Thanks for the suggestion.

best way around this is to just host a replay of the stream on local language channels at various times so people can watch it during their timezone if required

AlexanderDeLarge · 4:09PM

Step in the right direction, appreciate this. Please give us as much insight into upcoming reworks as possible, ideally a quarter or two beforehand. As a Warden main, the way Warden was described in the class fantasy image scares me.

Ratzkifal · 5:19PM

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

dcrush wrote: »

I like this improvement in communication.

@ZOS_Kevin - I see this stream has additional drops. With people from all over the world playing ESO, would it be possible to have reruns of these kind of streams where drops are turned on? This particular one is, for example, 2AM in my timezone. I already missed out on the 8 crates that dropped during the special stream earlier this year simply because it was at 4AM for me. It would be nice if there’s a way for people in other time zones to be able to get things like this too.

Yeah, totally understand how missing drops due to time zone doesn't feel good. This is something we can look into. Thanks for the suggestion.

@ZOS_Kevin Another game that I play uses redeem codes displayed on their developer streams that are valid for 48hours so people can watch the VOD as well. Maybe that could work? Although I'm not sure if that would work with steam accounts. Also the other game company streams on youtube and ESO is on twitch so I understand if the VOD viewership is just not a priority. Still, I think it's worth considering.

twisttop138 · 7:06PM

I guess I'll be the first to come from the stream. I'm at work and couldn't keep watching. I have to say. I'm impressed. I've been pretty bummed out since the jan stream. When a game moves to a battle pass, that's never a good sign. For players anyway. The exclusion of zones meant a significant decrease in the amount of content coming. To hear them specifically address how they're making up for all that lost stuff is cool. To see they won't just rely on a battle pass for "content" aka just keep us busy killing wolves and eating 10 foods, is also great. I was stoked to hear that the Sheo quest line is full chapter story length was a relief. Excited about rumors and favors and the sages vault being new experimental content.

I know @ZOS_Finn is gonna take some heat for his fighting but for all the trials and dungeons over the years, he has more than earned a pass.

I'm actually really impressed. Not that that means anything but I feel much better about ESO then I have all year.

ZOS_Kevin · 7:13PM

Hi All, thanks to everyone who tuned into our Dev Stream today. Let us know what you thought of the format and general impressions of what we showed of today, as we plan to have more of these in the future. Thanks in advance!

Stream VOD

allochthons · 7:13PM

I loved this dev update. More of this kind of communication, please!

(and Fin's flying through Lion's Den, so flying mounts are possible?!? LOL)

Hotdog_23 · 7:14PM

Nice stream, really enjoyed it, thanks.

Stay safe 😀

BigPapaT11 · 7:16PM

Found the stream to be very insightful and really appreciate the level of detail provided. Looking forward to future ones. Thanks to the entire dev team for this.

spartaxoxo · 7:16PM

Oops missed it. Is there going to be a replay?

LalMirchi · 7:16PM

Just watched the stream. I was very happy to see the developers insights. More Dev Streams please

LunaFlora · 7:17PM

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All, thanks to everyone who tuned into our Dev Stream today. Let us know what you thought of the format and general impressions of what we showed of today, as we plan to have more of these in the future. Thanks in advance!

awesome updates! i hope y'all definitely do these streams more in the future.

it was nice to see previews and hear about the future

Maitsukas · 7:18PM

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Oops missed it. Is there going to be a replay?

VOD available here:

Ratzkifal · 7:20PM

Was a good stream. Looking forward to the next one.

Also, were drops broken for anyone else? I watched the entire stream, I got a pop-up that there are drops for this stream, but there was no campaign when I checked and nothing that I could claim in my Twitch inventory. Did you disable the drop campaign because you are looking for a better solution? Or is this problem just with me?

Maitsukas · 7:22PM

Ratzkifal wrote: »

Was a good stream. Looking forward to the next one.

Also, were drops broken for anyone else? I watched the entire stream, I got a pop-up that there are drops for this stream, but there was no campaign when I checked and nothing that I could claim in my Twitch inventory. Did you disable the drop campaign because you are looking for a better solution? Or is this problem just with me?

That seems to a be a bug on Twitch's side, I had a similar issue while I was watching No Man's Sky streams for drops this week. A quick reload of the whole website seemed to fix this.