The Elder Scrolls Online is getting a native Apple Silicon version, according to a brief post on Steam by ESO's Game Director, Nick Giacomini. He said that performance optimizations and a Universal Binary of the game will arrive in Summer 2027.
The game first arrived on the Mac in April 2014, and the first Apple Silicon Macs shipped in 2020. That means the title has relied on translation layers and Intel compatibility for years while Apple's own chips became the standard across the Mac lineup.
The update will not reach every Mac, however. Some older Intel Macs will be left behind. Giacomini's post did not say where the cutoff falls, so players with older hardware will need to wait for more details.
The announcement is a useful reminder that major game publishers are still catching up to Apple's hardware transition. For Mac players, a Universal Binary should bring better performance and efficiency once it arrives, though the timing is still more than a year away.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing