The fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online could soon be played with gamepads, like an Xbox controller.
Observant fans noticed during the last ESO Live that footage there, in gameplay sequences, featured a “Press A” and it had a “circle.” Hmm!
Initially, fans on reddit speculated that there might already be “images of the consoles,” but that seems rather wishful thinking.
Much more likely seems to be that TESO could soon support controllers and gamepads, perhaps with Update 6. This was thought of and announced a while ago (in Update 3), and now it could be the time. However, this is not officially confirmed.
This was stated in the patch notes for Update 3:
Gamepad
We are in the early stages of adding PC support for gamepad input. Several functions for querying trigger, stick, and button states will appear in the documentation, but these functions have not yet been enabled.
For TESO, such gamepad support would make sense, especially because many associate The Elder Scrolls with the last single-player installment, Skyrim. It was a hit on consoles, particularly on Xbox.
For the technically inclined or the more adventurous: There are currently also ways to play The Elder Scrolls Online with a gamepad using third-party apps. On the US site Cinemablend there is a step-by-step guide. This YouTube video also explains it:
