User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-173.191.241.173-20130824001254/@comment-5469467-20130824005357

Honestly, I'm hoping for Elsweyr as well. It'd be a good choice; after all, it'd be a first for the series to be set in a betmer provice. The environment and lore would also be unique. Fingers crossed.