History
ZeniMax Online Studios was officially formed in 2007 by ZeniMax Media, and is headed by Matt Firor, a MMOG designer and an 11-year veteran of Mythic Entertainment.
The company was built to specialize in the creation of an MMOG. In 2007 the company announced a partnership with Simutronics for the use of HeroEngine.
In June 2008, ZeniMax Online Studios moved into its current office in Hunt Valley.
On March 15, 2010, ZeniMax Online Studios announced that it will be using the Fork Particle SDK to create the particle effects in its unannounced upcoming massively multiplayer game.
On March 15, 2011, ZeniMax Online Studios announced plans to open a customer support center in Galway, Ireland. The company's new facility will provide customer support for players of their future massively multiplayer online games and is expected to result in the creation of hundreds of jobs over the next several years.
On August 8, 2011, ZeniMax Online Studios selected Splunk to be its platform for business intelligence, network operations monitoring, and operational intelligence.
On March 6, 2012, ZeniMax Online Studios signed a licensing deal with Elastic Path Software.
On May 3, 2012, Gameinformer Magazine Online announced that ZeniMax Online Studios' MMO in development will take place in The Elder Scrolls universe, approximately a millennium before the events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The game, The Elder Scrolls Online, is set for release in 2013.
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