Skyrim: Legendary Edition might not be officially announced, but it appears that Bethesda is putting together a sort of “master” DLC pack that will contain the game along with all DLC that was ever produced for Skyrim.

The game maker announced last week that they were done making DLC for their popular title so it makes quite a bit of sense that they would be packing up all of the downloadable content and the game into one package.

The company announced that it won’t be coming up with new content for this title but it will still be servicing and issuing patches if there are problems. This isn’t the first time the company has basically announced it was done with a title and then packed everything up into a neat little grouping.

Skyrim: Legendary Edition is reported to come with the game as well as the Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn DLC packs. The company has previously released packages like this for Fallout 3.

Bethesda is turning its attention to a new horror survival game called The Evil Within and has decided that there isn’t much else to be said for Skyrim at this point in time. There are also still some rumors that Fallout 4 is still in the works and could be announced sooner rather than later.

There isn’t technically an official release date for this particular package but some sharp eyes have spotted advertisment for this edition to be hitting on June 7. At a Polish Ultima store there was even a suggested pricetag for the grouping.

The PS3 and Xbox 360 editions were priced at $54 while the PC version was sporting a $44 MSRP. Whether or not the date or price for the release is accurate is something we’ll just have to wait and see about.

There may not be much of an announcement long before this is out, since its not exactly a new game.

Would you be interested in Skyrim: Legendary Edition if all the rumors can be believed?

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Bethesda recently announced that Skyrim isn’t getting any more DLC.

Although many fans were hoping that the company would release at least one more expansion pack for the latest Elder Scrolls title, it would seem that developers are now moving on to the next set of adventures.

Bethesda made the announcement via the company’s official blog on Monday (April 15). Unless something changes down the road, fans already have access to all the DLC they’re going to get.

The company wrote:

“For the last year and a half we’ve been working on new content for ‘Skyrim’; from the game updates, Creation Kit, Steam Workshop, Kinect support, to DLCs. Parts of our team have also been in pre-production on our next major project, and that game is at the point where it requires the studio’s full attention to make it our biggest and best work yet.”

The release continued:

“Even though we’re moving on, we’ll still have minor updates to ‘Skyrim’ as needed. We’ve invested so much of ourselves into ‘Skyrim’ and will never truly say goodbye to it.”

Not surprisingly, a number of people have attempted to make contact with the folks at Bethesda regarding the announcement. If the stories popping up on various websites weren’t enough to convince players that Skyrim isn’t getting more DLC, then the official tweet from the company will probably do the trick.

Bethesda recently issued an update for Skyrim that introduced the new legendary difficulty mode. This essentially allows enemies to do a considerable amount of damage while decreasing how much harm players can dish out. The patch also removes the level cap. This should keep fans of the game busy until the next installment of the Elder Scrolls series hits retail shelves.

It’s believed that developers are currently putting together Fallout 4. However, nothing has been confirmed as of this writing.

For those asking, yes, today’s thanks/farewell Skyrim post does mean there is no more DLC coming. bit.ly/17dwtnb

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) April 15, 2013

Have you spent a considerable amount of time with Skyrim? Are you disappointed that Bethesda won’t release any more DLC for the game?

‘Skyrim’ Isn’t Getting Any More DLC, Says Bethesda is a post from: The Inquisitr

Fans of  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim can now celebrate their love of the game with a Dragonborn statue.

Based on official artwork from the game, the Dragonborn statue features a realistic rock base that is surrounded by a dragon. The status is a 1/6 scale that stands at 16 inches tall (including the base).

Available at GamingHeads.com, the statue is not cheap at $299. However, the Dragonborn statue is limited to 1,000 pieces worldwide. The statue is also available in an exclusive edition that costs $329.99 for which there are only 500 pieces available. The exclusive edition adds an alternate arm that holds a fireball spell which illuminates and pulses like real fire. The fireball can be exchanged for the short sword based on the buyers preference.

The team at GamingHeads worked from official in-game assets which allows them to accurately capture all aspects of the character.

GamingHeads is shipping the standard and deluxe editions in the same full-color packaging and each status has a numbered base. The Dragonborn status is shipped with the lower numbered units going out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Buyers receive a special certificate of authenticity, which allows them to purchase the same model number in future releases from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim collection.

The statues are expected to start shipping in Q4 2013.

While the $299 and $329 price tags are based on the US dollar, the statues are available for worldwide shipping.

Here is the standard edition statue:

Here is the deluxe edition statue:

More information about the Dragonborn statues and pre-order capabilities are available on the GamingHeads website.

Do you plan on picking up the Dragonborn statue for $299?

Dragonborn Statue Is Perfect Gift For Skyrim Fans, Costs $300 is a post from: The Inquisitr

Today, February 26, PS3 players can finally complete their Skyrim DLC collection (after almost a year of waiting) with the release of Dawnguard on the PlayStation Network later tonight.

Dawnguard follows the release of Dragonborn and Hearthfire earlier this month. The add-on offers about 10 to 20 hours of gameplay, giving players the option of joining either a vampire hunting organization (Dawnguard) or joining the vampire lord Harkon in his quest to blot out the sun.

Dawnguard was the first Skyrim add-on to be released back in June, originally as a timed Xbox 360 exclusive. Bethesda promised that the DLC would be available on PC and PS3 shortly after, but ran into problems with the Sony console.

The company continued to release DLC for the Xbox, while remaining mum on when the add-ons would finally hit PS3.

After announcing that they had finally figured out the PS3, Bethesda started releasing the long-awaited content in February, offering each package at half-price for the first week as a mea culpa to upset Skyrim fans.

Still, the DLC release on PS3 hasn’t been entirely smooth, either. When Hearthfire was released, gamers had to wait longer than normal for the PSN to update, though Bethesda said that the delay was on Sony’s side.

For me, Hearthfire finally became available around 10pm CST.

If all goes well, the PSN will update tonight between 7pm and 8pm EST, and Dawnguard will be posted then. As promised, it will be half-price. UK PS3 owners will get their shot at Dawnguard on February 27.

‘Dawnguard’ Hits PSN Today, Completing Skyrim DLC Collection For PS3 is a post from: The Inquisitr

New adventures are finally headed to Skyrim. Playstation 3 owners who have waited patiently for the game’s trio of DLC packs can now mark a handful of release dates on their calendars.

The release dates arrived courtesy of The Bethesda Blog. After announcing that Dragonborn, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and the 1.8 title update had been cleared for certification by the SCEA, the company unveiled information virtual adventurers have been waiting patiently to receive.

Playstation 3 fans living in Europe may still have a while to wait. The company doesn’t have any information regarding the release of the DLC in other territories as of this writing.

The Inquisitr previously reported that PS3 and PC fans have been eager to get their hands on the Skyrim DLC that has been available on the Xbox 360 for quite some time. After porting the content to the Playstation 3 proved difficult, Bethesda and Sony revealed that the add-ons would experience a significant delay.

Last December, the team behind the latest installment in the Elder Scrolls series said they opted to put the focus on Dragonborn instead of the previously-released DLC in order to prevent a similar delay.

The company said in a statement:

“We’re hard at work to make this content available early next year on PS3 and PC. On PS3 in particular, we turned our attention to ‘Dragonborn,’ as we thought it was the best content to release first, and we didn’t want folks to wait longer.

“Once it’s ready to go for everyone, we’ll continue our previous work on ‘Hearthfire’ and ‘Dawnguard’ for PS3. Each one takes a lot of time and attention to work well in all circumstances and all combinations of DLC. Once we have a better idea of release timing and pricing, we’ll let you know.”

Bethesda has announced that Dragonborn will be available for Playstation 3 owners on February 12. Hearthfire will arrive on February 19, while Dawnguard is slated for release on February 26. Are you looking forward to the Skyrim DLC?

‘Skyrim’ DLC Release Dates Revealed For The Playstation 3 is a post from: The Inquisitr

A trademark filing by the folks at Zenimax suggests that the next piece of DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim could be called Redguard.

Although nothing has been confirmed about the downloadable content as of this writing, rumors suggest the next expansion pack could have something to do with the Redguards. This means players might be venturing into another region bordering Skyrim called Hammerfell.

According to Cinema Blend, Bethesda VP Pete Hines addressed the rumor on Twitter when he was asked by a fan if Redguard would be the next adventure awaiting those who have spent countless hours roaming Skyrim’s enormous landscape.

“Sorry, I don’t comment on every rumor that comes up,” Hines tweeted in response.

Bethesda has already confirmed that more DLC is coming for its hit RPG. However, it remains to be seen if Redguard will be the next journey gamers will make.

According to Game Rant, Zenimax first trademarked Redguard back in March of 2011. The last time the company renewed the trademark was in August of 2012. Since Zenimax has not filed a Statement of Use for the title, the company will have to renew it once again next month.

Bethesda has released three downloadable content packages for use within the world of Skyrim thus far. In addition to last month’s Dragonborn, the company has unleashed Dawnguard and Hearthfire.

Although Xbox 360 owners have been enjoying Dragonborn since early December, fans of the series who own the game on Playstation 3 and PC are currently missing out.

According to Insider Media Group, the company previously stated the Dragonborn DLC would be available on the aforementioned systems at some point in January. However, an exact date has yet to be locked down.

At present, there’s currently no official word when or if Redguard will be available for purchase.
Are you a fan of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?

New ‘Skyrim’ DLC Might Be Called ‘Redguard’ is a post from: The Inquisitr

Early last month, Bethesda said that it was “closer” to ironing out a number of kinks that was preventing the studio from releasing Skyrim DLC on the PlayStation 3, but Bethesda kept quiet on the specifics.

Although the previously-released Skyrim DLC packs still haven’t made it to the platform a month later, Bethesda said in a recent update on its blog that it aims to have the Dragonborn DLC released on the PlayStation 3 along with the PC version early next year.

“We’re hard at work to make this content available early next year on PS3 and PC. On PS3 in particular, we turned our attention to Dragonborn, as we thought it was the best content to release first, and we didn’t want folks to wait longer,” Bethesda wrote.

Dragonborn will be the first DLC to be released for the PlayStation 3 version of Skyrim, but Bethesda says that it’s committed to eventually releasing the Hearthfire and Dawnguard DLCs on the platform as well.

“Once it’s ready to go for everyone, we’ll continue our previous work on Hearthfire and Dawnguard for PS3. Each one takes a lot of time and attention to work well in all circumstances and all combinations of DLC. Once we have a better idea of release timing and pricing, we’ll let you know.”

Dragonborn, the third DLC pack for Skyrim, is already available on the Xbox 360 as part of a timed exclusivity agreement between Bethesda and Microsoft. A PC (and PlayStation 3) version is said to be coming “early” next year, but unfortunately no specific date was given.

PlayStation 3 owners: have you since given up on DLC ever coming to Skyrim, or are you still waiting?

‘Skyrim’: PlayStation 3 DLC Still In The Works, Says Bethesda is a post from: The Inquisitr

Over the weekend, details on Skyrim‘s upcoming “Dragonborn” DLC surfaced online, providing quite a few juicy details on the new items, areas, abilities, and the story of the latest expansion.

The new information comes from The Outhousers, who compiled tidbits of leaked information from Reddit and other sources. Perhaps the most interesting piece of information uncovered is that, for one tester, Skyrim‘s Dragonborn DLC lasted beyond 30 hours.

Granted, the tester did say that it’s likely to rush through it in around 10 hours. Regardless, that would be impressive if true.

The Dragonborn DLC can reportedly be started at any point in the game and takes place in Solstheim, which is said to be about the size of the Reach. Solstheim has its own map and is apparently only reachable by a specific boat.

Based on the information from beta testers, it sounds like Dragonborn is going to have a very significant amount of content. There’s loads of new weapons, armor, enemies, spells, and shouts to uncover as you venture through Solstheim.

For all of the details, you can head over to this link. Otherwise, see below for a list of the new shouts and spells available in Skyrim‘s Dragonborn DLC. Beware of spoilers.

New Shouts:

Cyclone – creates a small tornado (that is pretty funny to use)
Bend Will – force a dragon to fight with you.
Dragon Riding – player hasn’t gotten to this one yet.
Dragon Aspect – creates the dragon armor from trailer and gives stronger shouts, stronger melee attacks and summon Ancient Dragonborn to fight with you when you get low on health. Can only be used once per day.
Battle Fury – like Elemental Fury but for NPCs

New Spells/Enchantments:

Poison Rune
Whirlwind Cloak
Ash Shell – lets you encase enemies in ash (paralyze) or slow them down with damage.
Waterwalking – back in enchantment and potion form
A new Ring that allows resurrected creatures to explode into frost and fire damage.
Staff Enchanting
New Active Effect – from H. Mora’s realm you can find a book that lets you choose from three active effects: Mora’s Mercy, Mora’s Wrath and Mora’s Agony. You can return to the realm and choose a new effect if you want to replace it (sounds like a similar thing to the effect Parthurnax gives you, or the one you receive for the Nightengale quest) There are five books total, with three options per book, you can get five effects in all supposedly.
New Summoning power – player doesn’t want to spoil what it is, but says it’s cool.
Summon Spells – 3 mentioned:Ash Guardian, Ash Spawn, Seeker

‘Skyrim: Dragonborn’ DLC Details Reportedly Leaked is a post from: The Inquisitr

While PC and Xbox 360 gamers have been able to enjoy all of Skyrim‘s post-launch DLC so far, PlayStation 3 owners were left out of all the fun due to technical issues.

Bethesda never went too much into detail on what sort of issues were holding back the PlayStation 3 version, and, for awhile it was looking like the developer might not be able to sort it out. Fortunately, there is now some hope of that happening.

Last night, Bethesda issued a tweet, saying that the firm is “close” to releasing new content on the PC and PlayStation 3. “To update: we’re also close on new Skyrim content for PS3 and PC,” the tweet read.

“Thanks to all our fans,” Bethesda said in a follow-up tweet. “We think you’ll love the new stuff. We know it takes us time and thanks for all your support and patience.”

Although it’s good news for PlayStation 3 owners that Bethesda is cooking up something Skyrim-related for them, it isn’t clear what exactly that is. Skyrim has two DLC packs, Dawnguard and Hearthfire, available on PC and Xbox 360.

Joystiq reached out to Bethesda for comment, and the developer declined to clarify what the tweets were referring to. “[The tweets were] simply meant to inform fans new content is coming to PC and PS3.”

It was recently revealed that Skyrim will be getting another full-fledged DLC, titled Dragonborn. The DLC will release on the Xbox 360 on December 4, but there’s currently no word on when PC — or possibly PlayStation 3 — will be getting their turn.

‘Skyrim’ DLC ‘Close’ To Releasing On PlayStation 3, Bethesda Says is a post from: The Inquisitr

It all makes perfect sense now. Those playing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim since its debut in November of 2011 may find a minor gameplay mystery solved with the arrival of today’s announced third DLC expansion, titled Dragonborn.

A quick refresher: Prior to DLC availability, throughout a player’s questing initiatives in Skyrim, a courier would randomly and not-infrequently deliver a short “Letter from a Friend” to the player, praising the Dragonborn’s mastery of the Thu’um (Dragon Shout) and pointing him or her to a new Word Wall. The letter read:

“<Name of Player>,

You caused a bit of stir in <Location> when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um. Not everyone is anxious for the return of the Dragonborn.

I for one desire to see you grow and develop your talents. Skyrim needs a true hero these days.

You should turn your attention to <Location>. I understand it holds a mysterious source of power that can only be unlocked by the Dragonborn.

Sincerely,

A Friend”

Though considered by many gamers to be an insignificant curiosity, some turned to Skyrim message boards in an effort to deduce the identity of the “Letter from a Friend” author. The most frequently fan-suggested characters behind the letters are high-king claimant and Windhelm Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak and Blades member Delphine, who guides the Dragonborn through the main quest.

There are a few inconsistencies with both suggestions. First, these letters continue to arrive if the Dragonborn sides with the Empire in Skyrim’s civil war, which culminates in Ulfric’s death. Delphine is unlikely as well, because the courier who delivers the letters always states that the author doesn’t reveal a name, “just that he is a friend of yours.”

What’s more, there isn’t a single character in the game who addresses these letters while the Dragonborn continues to receive them.

So who is the author?

The key to the secret lies in another Bethesda property – Fallout: New Vegas. In this game, the main storyline is rife with hints and rumors regarding a competing “courier” to the player character. This rival curiously seems to shadow every step taken by the player, and his presence is felt throughout subsequent DLC releases until the final chapter, Lonesome Road, pits the two couriers against each other. Here it is revealed that the rival courier, named Ulysses, has been secretly plotting the player character’s demise throughout the course of the main game due to a long-held grudge.

At the time, developer Chris Avellone talked about his motives behind foreshadowing the Ulysses character: ” I also have a lot of love for Ulysses in Fallout, only because I like the idea of someone hunting my player for reasons of his own, and then hearing the reasons why… and realizing how important even the smallest of my actions are for the people of the wasteland – living or dead.”

Now obviously, Fallout and Elder Scrolls are worked on by different teams within Bethesda. But could the Skyrim team be so fond of the Ulysses element in Fallout that they adjust and implement it for their own purposes?

Such seems to be the case with the upcoming Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC, announced today by Kotaku. In the stunning trailer (posted below) the narrator tells of another Dragonborn: A former Dragon Priest and rival to the player’s own Dragonborn who uses the Thu’um power for his own nefarious ends.

From the trailer, we see that this nemesis is male, a character with knowledge of the Thu’um, and is himself a Dragonborn.

I present to you the author of the “Letter from a Friend.” Evil Dragonborn.

Here’s the Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC trailer. What do you think, gamers? Is my theory right or wrong?

Skyrim DLC Theories: ‘Dragonborn’ Nemesis Is ‘Letter From A Friend’ Author is a post from: The Inquisitr

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC Dragonborn is set to arrive in December, according to Kotaku. To get things buzzing, a brand new trailer has arrived online.

The expansion pack allows players to hunt down and conquer the first Dragonborn, an evil being that once consumed dragon souls for nefarious purposes. Since the main character of the story is also a Dragonborn, only he or she can hope to vanquish the villain and stop his evil from spreading across the land.

The video embedded beneath this article shows off some impressive new areas and a host of horrific new creatures. Perhaps even more exciting is the ability to ride dragons, a feature that has been discussed at-length since the game first debuted. Those who have always wanted to soar into the heavens on the back of a dragon are one step closer to seeing their dreams come true.

According to Tweak Town, the third Skyrim DLC will arrive for the Xbox 360 on December 4 for 1600 Microsoft Points.

Unfortunately for Skyrim fans who play the game on the Playstation 3, there’s currently no word when Dragonborn will find its way onto the system. Considering that Bethedsa and Sony are still trying to bring Dawnguard to the console, chances are players may have to wait a while to experience the next chapter in the Skyrim saga.

“Everyone involved is trying their best to get this stuff working,” Sony VP Adam Boyes explained. “We work with all of our partners to try and solve their problems. We have a big, broad dev support team that works closely with Bethesda—and with all of our partners—to work with them to solve any sort of issues they have along the way.”

The epic trailer for Dragonborn has been embedded below. Are you a fan of the Elder Scrolls series? Are you looking forward to the next DLC?

Skyrim ‘Dragonborn’ DLC Gets A New Trailer [Video] is a post from: The Inquisitr

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be the feature attraction of a new college course being offered next semester at one of America’s leading institutions of higher learning; Rice University. The course, titled Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim will be available to third year English students. Successful completion of the material will earn students three full credits toward their degree.

Skyrim is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game was released on November 11, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Few video games have ever been as highly praised or well received as Skyrim. Joystiq raved, “This is the deepest, loveliest world ever created for a single player to explore.” and GameSpot called the game magical, saying “Skyrim performs the most spectacular of enchantments: the one that causes huge chunks of time to vanish before you know it.”

Skyrim has its roots in Norse legends and places a heavy emphasis on the Heroic quest that is the heart and soul of classical Scandinavian literature. Skyrim pits the noble individual against a world threatened by marauding demons, undead minions and powerful dragons seeking to control or destroy all that is good in the world.

Professor Donna Beth Ellard is teaching the course, which is being offered on a one time only basis. Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim is described as follows:

“FANTASTIC COURSE OFFERED THIS SEMESTER ONLY:”

“This course has two goals. First, it introduces students to fantasy as both psychological concept and driving force in gamer culture; and second, using these paradigms, it considers how and why medieval Scandinavia serves as a locus of modern Anglo-American fantasy. To these ends, students will read selections from Old Norse and Old Icelandic sagas (in translation) as they play different quests within Skyrim.”

“While the course begins by identifying moments of intersection between the worlds of the sagas and of Skyrim (inclement environments, supernatural figures, mythologies), the course is not in any means meant to map the former onto the latter. The purpose of establishing these connections is to then consider how elements of medieval Scandinavian culture have been taken out of historical milieu and literary context, morphed into unfamiliar shape, and appropriated towards other fantastic pursuits.”

“We’ll consider the political saga of Skyrim, with its emphasis on Empire and rebellion, as pursuits made possible by way of Scandinavia in order to think through what Scandinavian fantasy worlds are really about and why they resonate with contemporary Anglo-American culture.”

Rice University announced the course will only be available to a limited number of students and as far as we know, none of the lucky individuals who attend the lectures will be allowed to turn their fellow students into one of the undead or curse them to eternal darkness. If you were studying English at Rice University, would you be rushing to sign up for this amazing course?

Play ‘Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ And Earn College Credit At Rice University is a post from: The Inquisitr

The ongoing saga over the fate of Skyrim: Dawnguard for the PS3 is back in the news. Sony announced they are dispatching a team to assist the game’s developer, Bethesda Softworks, with the troubled expansion for the hugely popular Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game. The release of Dawnguard DLC (down-loadable content) for the PS3 has been plagued with development issues, and there were fears it might be cancelled altogether.

Dawnguard was released for the Xbox 360 over a month ago and more recently for the PC. Owners of the PlayStation 3 continue to wait impatiently for more down-loadable content, while users of the Xbox 360 celebrated last week’s release of the new Hearthfire expansion for Skyrim. Meanwhile, no date for the release of Dawnguard or Hearthfire is available for unhappy PlayStation fans.

Sony VP Adam Boyes told reporters his company would be sending some of its top PS3 support specialists to work hand in hand with the Bethesda development team. Boyes said:

“Everyone involved is trying their best to get this stuff working. We work with all of our partners to try and solve their problems. We have a big, broad dev support team that works closely with Bethesda—and with all of our partners—to work with them to solve any sort of issues they have along the way. Of course, I always want everything to work always for everyone. I can’t promise any kind of resolution or timeline but can say that everyone involved is trying their best to get this stuff working.”

No one at Bethesda or Sony is giving any hint of what may be causing the problems for the PlayStation 3. Some industry insiders speculate the same lag bug that bedeviled the initial release of Skyrim may have struck again, but the developers are not responding to questions. Bethesda will only say they are adamant that Dawnguard for the PS3 will not be released until all the performance issues have been worked out. In the interim, one can only wonder how many more PS3 owners may be thinking about an Xbox 360 for Christmas.

Sony Working With Bethesda To Save ‘Skyrim Dawnguard’ DLC For PS3 is a post from: The Inquisitr

Skyrim‘s recently-announced “Hearthfire” DLC is now available for purchasing on Xbox Live for the reasonably low price of 400 Microsoft Points.

In case this is the first you’re hearing of Skyrim‘s latest DLC, Hearthfire allows players to purchase plots of land, where you can then erect and customize your very own home. If your idea of a good place to live in Skyrim is a place out in the middle of nowhere, rather than smack in the middle of a city, you can now do that with Hearthfire.

It’s not nearly as substantial as the Dawnguard expansion, of course, but Hearthfire is nonetheless a welcome expansion to the already expansive world of Skyrim. In addition to being able to erect your very own home, you can also now adopt a child, and raise your family in your new home. You’re able to play games with your kids, and attend to various other family matters.

Unfortunately, Hearthfire doesn’t appear to be coming to the PC or PlayStation 3. Bethesda hasn’t come out and said that it won’t come out on other platforms, but we haven’t heard anything to suggest that they will. What with all of the mods, I think the PC platform already has player housing more or less covered anyway.

In other recent Skyrim news, Bethesda gave the disappointing news that Dawnguard may not be coming to PlayStation 3 after all. The developers were experiencing severe problems with performance with the PlayStation 3 version, and the developers are no longer confident that they will be able to sort those issues out at all.

Skyrim: ‘Hearthfire’ DLC Out Now on Xbox Live is a post from: The Inquisitr

PC and Xbox 360 players have already had the chance to enjoy Skyrim‘s ‘Dawnguard‘ expansion, but PlayStation 3 owners have been left wondering when, if ever, they’ll be able to get their hands on the game’s first major DLC.

Unfortunately, things aren’t looking so good on that front.

When Dawnguard first made its way to Xbox 360, Bethesda said that the PlayStation 3 version would be held back so that the development team could hammer out a few problems. Unfortunately, the developers discovered the issue is not one that the team is positive they can resolve.

In a post on the developer’s forums, Bethesda had this to say:

“It’s been a few weeks, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows where we’re at with Dawnguard. Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you’re talking about sizable content like Dawnguard. We have tried a number of things, but none of them solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone.

“The PS3 is a powerful system, and we’re working hard to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we’ve been working on either, so the issues of adding content get even more complicated. This is not a problem we’re positive we can solve, but we are working together with Sony to try to bring you this content.

“We wish we had a more definitive answer right now. We understand the frustration when the same content is not available on all platforms. When we have an update, we will certainly let you know. We deeply appreciate all the time and support you have given us, and we’ll keep doing our best to return that.”

If we hear anything else, we’ll be sure to let you know.

Skyrim: Dawnguard May Not Be Coming to PlayStation 3 After All is a post from: The Inquisitr

If the variety of houses you’re able to purchase in Skyrim didn’t quite do the trick for you, or you would just prefer to settle out in the middle of nowhere, Bethesda has you covered with the upcoming ‘Hearthfire’ DLC.

Slated for release in September, Skyrim‘s latest DLC allows players to purchase plots of land, such as in a snowy forest, and erect their very own home. Naturally, this also means you’ll be able to customize the inside of your house–if you want an armory to store all of your weapons and armor, for instance, you can do that with the Hearthfire DLC.

Unfortunately, the only platform announced so far is the Xbox 360, where it will set you back a fairly reasonable 400 Microsoft Points. PC and PlayStation 3 may have been left out of the announcement, but on the bright side Bethesda didn’t say it wasn’t coming to other platforms.

For more details, here’s the rundown on Skyrim‘s Hearthfire DLC, straight from the developer:

Choose Your Land – Choose from property in the salt marshes of Hjaalmarch, the forests of Falkreath, or the vast tundra of The Pale. For the more ambitious landowner, purchase multiple plots and start building a real estate empire.

Customize Your Home – Expand your home with a variety of room combinations including an armory, alchemy tower, kitchen, trophy room and more. Grow plants in your new greenhouse, cultivate slaughterfish in the fish hatchery, house your Arcane Enchanter in the enchanting tower, or display your latest conquest in the trophy room. Add additional features like stables, mills, smelters, gardens and more.

New Objectives and Interactions – Guard your home from unwanted visitors like marauding kidnappers, armed bandits, and skeever infestations. Turn almost any follower into your personal steward to improve and protect your home. Or if you require more help, hire a personal bard or carriage driver to ease the burdens of home ownership.

Adoption – Transform your house into a home with Hearthfire’s all-new adoption system. Adopt children and discover new ways to interact with your family. Play games with the kids, allow them to have pets and gain new bonuses from having a family.

Skyrim ‘Hearthfire’ DLC Allows Players to Create Their Own Homes is a post from: The Inquisitr

After a rather long wait, Bethesda has finally released Skyrim‘s Dawnguard expansion on the PC a little over a month after its release on Xbox 360.

Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the PlayStation 3 version of Dawnguard. Due to the developer not being “satisfied” with the performance of the PlayStation 3 version, Dawnguard’s release on the platform is being held back so that the team can squash any problems.

“We would like for everyone to have a chance to play Dawnguard, but we aren’t going to release it for PS3 knowing that some people’s experience in Skyrim will be worse,” Bethesda said in a post over on their official blog.

“We do everything we can to have our content available to all; from our free updates, to user mods, to paid DLC. We’re as disappointed as our fans when that isn’t the case, but we’ll continue to push for that reality.”

The PC version of Dawnguard, which is available now on Steam, will set you back $19.99. The surprisingly lengthy expansion allows players to become a full-fledged vampire “lord”, complete with new powers. If you prefer killing vampires to being one, you can also side with the Dawnguard to do just that.

Do you think Skyrim‘s Dawnguard expansion is worth the cost?

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OK. You love The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and you play it on your PC morning, noon and night. After all, it is summer time and the living is easy ’till September. Your annoying little brother; the one who has to have every game you do, plays Skyrim on his Xbox 360. The problem is that you are contemplating murder, because he has been having a ball with the Skyrim Dawnguard expansion for almost a month and you are still waiting for your copy. Its only been released for Xbox 360 and the brat isn’t going to ever let you forget it.

Even his annoying friends have copies for their Xbox. But you decided that consoles were for kids and you worked dad over until you finally got your dream computer. Now, not only is you kid brother thumbing his nose at you, but Bethesda isn’t giving out any hints at all on when the Dawnguard expansion will be available for the PC.

Bethesda was kind enough to tell you, they had absolutely nothing to tell you, with this tweet on July 26, 2012. Bethesda’s Pete Hines tweeted, “We have not announced Dawnguard for any other platform, nor given a timeline for any such news.  If we have news, I promise I’d tell you. I was simply stating that expecting/demanding something today is unfounded. Not that news is never coming.”

OK, Pete, he gets the point. He is sorry he asked 789 times this week on the Skyrim forums and he promises to never, never do it again. (Crossing fingers behind back.)

The problem is, whenever your favorite sibling is out running around the block with his charming friends, and you can sneak a few minutes on his Xbox, you are having so much fun as a floating, blood drinking vampire lord, that you never want to stop. Maybe you can just convince the parents to ship Timmy off to military school and you can “borrow” his Xbox. FOREVER!!

But no, you will just have to wait patiently (Yeah, right) until Bethesda gets around to telling you when you can expect The Skyrim Dawngurad expansion to be available for other consoles and the PC. Or maybe you will have to……. No, you can’t do that, prison isn’t a fun place for a hardcore gamer.

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As PC and PlayStation 3 fans patiently wait for Skyrim‘s Dawnguard expansion to come their way, Bethesda has announced that a beta version of the latest patch for the game, patch 1.7, is now available on Steam.

The patch, which will be hitting PC first and consoles soon after, gets the PC and PlayStation 3 versions ready for Dawnguard, fixes a few of the expansion’s bugs for Xbox 360 players, and includes a number of bug fixes and performance tweaks.

For Xbox 360 owners, Bethesda says that Skyrim patch 1.7 will improve Kinect’s voice recognition, proper support for French, German, Italian and Spanish dragon language shouts, and so on. On the PlayStation 3 side, Bethesda will be including mounted combat, which was added in patch 1.6 on PC and Xbox 360, and all platforms will benefit from general “memory and stability optimizations.”

Unfortunately, Bethesda still isn’t saying just when Dawnguard will be making its way to the PC and PlayStation 3. Its 1-month timed exclusivity period is just about up, so we won’t likely be waiting too much longer.

For information on how to enroll yourself in the Steam beta for Skyrim, you can head over to this post. If you’d like the Skyirm 1.7 patch notes in list form (and in full), you can find that below.

– General memory and stability optimizations
– Fixed crash related to new water shaders
– Fixed rare crash related to dragon landings
– Fixed logic error with loading screens from add-ons (Xbox 360)
– Using vampiric grip and swimming no longer prevents swimming animation from playing afterwards
– Improved recognition with Kinect voice commands (Xbox 360)
– Kinect-enabled dragon language shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish work properly (Xbox 360)
– Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)

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If you applied to get into the Dawnguard beta, you may want to have a look at your email.

Bethesda announced this morning that beta invites for Dawnguard, Skyrim‘s first DLC expansion, have already started to go out. Roughly 75 percent of the invites were sent, the developer explained, with the rest expected to be sent out by tomorrow.

Unfortunately, it looks like the closed beta for Dawnguard is quite a bit more limited than we all thought. In a post on its Twitter account, Bethesda says that an “overwhelming” number of players applied, but only half of one percent received invites. Yikes.

If you’re one of the very lucky few to receive a Dawnguard beta invite, you’ll not only be getting a head start, but you’ll also be getting the game for free. Bethesda previously said that the Dawnguard beta is the full version, meaning once it goes live for everyone else, you’ll still have it.

In Dawnguard, players take part in a struggle between two factions: the vampires, or those who wish to slay them, the Dawnguard. One of the biggest new features introduced in the expansion are perk trees for vampires and werewolves. If you go along with the vampires, you’ll now be able to transform into a vampire lord, a transformation that is similar in some respects to the werewolf transformation.

If you missed out on the debut Dawnguard trailer, you can check it out below.

Which side will you choose in Dawnguard? The vampires, or the vampire slayers?

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If you just can’t wait for something new to come to Skyrim, you’ll be pleased to know that Bethesda announced that Skyrim patch 1.6 is now available on Xbox Live, with a release on PC and PlayStation 3 to follow shortly afterwards.

The primary focus of Skyrim patch 1.6 is to squash a number of bugs related to crashes, save corruption and things of that nature, but the patch also introduces a new game feature which we got a glimpse of in the Dawnguard trailer: mounted combat.

Speaking of Dawnguard, Bethesda said during E3 that Dawnguard beta invites should be heading out shortly. If you don’t get into the beta, don’t worry–Bethesda says that Dawnguard will likely be out on Xbox 360 June 26, with a PC/PlayStation 3 following a month later.

You can check out the Skyrim 1.6 patch notes below.

Skyrim patch 1.6 bug fixes

– General stability and memory optimizations.
– General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes.
– Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks.
– Fixed rare crash with lighting.
– Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games.
– Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs.
– Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted.
– Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played.
– Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon.
– Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly.
– Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up.
– Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly.
– Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly.
– In “The Break of Dawn” fixed rare issue where Meridia’s Beacon would disappear from player’s inventory.
– Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime.
– Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly.
– Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly.
– Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater.
– Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
– Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
– Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).

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We recently heard that Dawnguard, the first major DLC for Skyrim, would be getting a beta on the Xbox 360, which suggested that the expansion was nearing closer to release. As it turns out, it is.

Earlier today, Bethesda confirmed that Dawnguard will be releasing on the Xbox 360 on June 26. A PC and PlayStation 3 release is expected to follow a month later, but Bethesda hasn’t set the date on other platforms in stone just yet.

Additionally, Bethesda dropped the first details on just what’s going on in Skyrim‘s first DLC. Dawnguard will introduce a new faction of nefarious vampires, along with their vampire-hunting enemies, the Dawnguard. The DLC also adds a number of new features, including new weapons, new items, and, perhaps best of all, mounted combat.

For those of you applied to the Dawnguard beta, Bethesda says that you should be receiving a code in your e-mail within a week or so to download the DLC. As previously mentioned, the code is the full version of the expansion, meaning you won’t need to purchase it on June 26 if you’re one of the lucky few selected to participate in the beta.

In case you missed it, you can check out the recently released Dawnguard trailer directly below.

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If you have a copy of Skyrim on Xbox 360 and having even earlier access to the game’s upcoming Dawnguard expansion sounds exciting to you, Bethesda will be launching a beta for the DLC on the Xbox 360, the developer announced yesterday.

All you need to do to be eligible for entry in the Skyrim: Dawnguard beta is to head over to this link. Before you do so, you’ll need to make an account on the developer’s official forums.

You aren’t guaranteed to get into the Dawnguard beta, of course, but if you’re one of the lucky few to receive the redeemable key, Bethesda says that what you will receive is the actual full version of the expansion, including achievements–meaning you won’t have to purchase it later.

We still don’t know what Skyrim‘s first expansion will be exactly, but Bethesda promises loads of information will come out of E3 next week. Dawnguard will be debuted first on GameTrailers TV on Tuesday, with another showing to G4 later that day.

Skyrim‘s Dawnguard expansion will arrive first on the Xbox 360 at some point this summer, with a release on PC and PlayStation 3 expected one month later. A date for the beta hasn’t been released yet.

Are you looking forward to seeing what Dawnguard is all about next week?

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Bethesda promised Skyrim fans yesterday that information about the first Skyrim DLC was on the way, and as promised, Bethesda has delivered. Well, sort of.

Over on the Bethesda Blog, the company revealed that Skyrim‘s first DLC, called ‘Dawnguard‘, will be arriving on the Xbox 360 first this summer. Unfortunately that’s all Bethesda had to say, but the developer promised a full reveal at E3 next month.

Bethesda may not have much to say about Skyrim‘s first DLC, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything about it. Over the past several months, Bethesda said that its DLC plans for Skyrim were more “extensive” than usual–DLC will be more like an expansion pack.

“We’re not going to be doing a lot of [DLC],” Howard told Wired in an interview last year. “Our high-level thinking is that there’ll be not as many [pieces of DLC], but they’ll be bigger and more substantial. The goal overall is not necessarily to put out more content, but to make the game better.”

In the meantime, Xbox 360 gamers with a Kinect can now take advantage of the newly patched-in Kinect functionality, which went live this week. For more information on that, you can check out this post.

Are you looking forward to Skyrim‘s first DLC? Will you be getting it on the Xbox 360, or will you wait until it comes out on PC or PlayStation 3?

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Late last year, we got to see what Skyrim could look like with Kinect functionality thanks to the Kinect hacking community. Now, it looks like we’ll be getting more official Kinect support for Skyrim, straight from the developers themselves.

Bethesda announced on Thursday that Skyrim will be receiving Kinect support on the Xbox 360 by way of a free update later this month. The developer says that support for over 200 voice commands will be added in, including shouts (yes, this means you now have a good excuse to shout “Fus Ro Dah!” at your television).

That’s not all you’ll be able to do with Kinect, Bethesda says. You’ll also have access to additional hotkey options, the ability to issue commands to your companions, the ability to navigate menus with the Kinect, and several other yet-unannounced options.

Bethesda isn’t saying exactly when the update is expected to hit Xbox Live, nor do we know the full extent of the Kinect functionality for Skyrim, but the developer promises we’ll be hearing more about it soon as the update nears closer to release.

To show how Skyrim‘s Kinect functionality will work, Bethesda put together a video highlighting some of the ways you’ll be able to use Microsoft’s motion control peripheral. To check that out, see the video below.

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Bethesda’s Todd Howard was on stage at the 2012 DICE Summit, kicking off the summit with his “Why We Play, Why We Create” keynote. Howard shared some interesting statistics throughout the keynote, including the fact that Steam users, on average, log 75 hours in Skyrim.

As interesting a statistic as that is, that was hardly the most exciting thing Howard had to share. During the keynote, the developer shared the result of Bethesda’s annual “Game Jam”, where developers are allowed to create anything they want for one week on the company’s time.

This year, as the developer had just shipped Skyrim, the only stipulation was that the team must develop something within Skyrim — and what the team managed to come up with is pretty darn exciting.

To see it all for yourself, you can check out a clip from Howard’s keynote below, where he shows the results of the Skyrim “Game Jam”. Or, if you’d prefer, you can find a bullet point list of all the cool stuff the developers made directly below the video, courtesy of Game Informer.

As Howard points out himself in the video, keep in mind that the team doesn’t know if any of this stuff will ever see the light of day–it could be DLC, it could be release for free, or it may never be released at all. Still, it’s cool to see.

• Spears
• Seasonal Foliage
• Flow-based Water Shader
• Kill Cams for Magic and Ranged Combat
• Stealth enhancements such as water arose and Assassin’s Vision
• Guards can re-light darkened areas
• Paralysis Runes
• Dungeon enhancements like hanging structures and moving platforms
• Water currents in dungeons
• Dark dungeons
• New follower commands for combat style, training, distance, equipment, etc.
• Set favorites for followers
• Adoption
• Build you own home…complete with skeleton butler!
• Spell combinations! Flame + Raise Zombie = Conjure Flame Atronach, Fear + Healing = Drain Health
• Goblins
• High Level Draugr
• Waygate fast-travel
• Epic new mounts
• Mounted combat
• Dragon Mounts
• Soulbug Familiar
• Kinect Shouts
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
• Enhanced Underwater Visuals
• Snow Footprints
• Verlet surfaces for non-rigid objects…like the Fat Giant
• Ice & Fire Arrows
• Werebear!
• Lycanthropy Perk Tree
• Vampire Feeding
• Become a flying Vampire Lord
• Vampire imp minions
• Mudcrab animation tweaks

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After a couple months of waiting, modders can now finally get their hands on Skyrim‘s Creation Kit and get to work on making all sorts of mods.

Bethesda released the modding tools earlier today, as promised, and they also threw in a little surprise to go along with it: a high resolution texture pack. The download for the hi-res texture pack is a pretty large one, but those with capable PCs will definitely want to give it a download, as just about all of the game’s textures are noticeably improved over vanilla Skyrim.

Before you download the hi-res texture pack, you may want to make sure that your PC is up to par or else you may notice a significant performance hit. Bethesda says:

“Make sure your system requirements exceed Skyrim’s recommended specs before attempting to install, including Windows Vista or 7 operating system, a minimum of 4GB of system RAM, and a DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with at least 1 GB of RAM and the latest drivers.”

If you’d like to download the Skyrim Creation Kit, you can do so by going to your Steam library and selecting “Tools” from the dropdown. From there, simply install the Creation Kit, and you’re good to go. For the Skyrim high resolution texture pack, you can download that by heading over to Skyrim‘s DLC page.

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Skyrim patch 1.4 was recently released on Steam, and with it came support for Steam Workshop–but the tool that would make use of the Steam Workshop, the Creation Kit modding utility, wasn’t released along with it.

According to Bethesda’s Pete Hines, that is set to change next week. After several months of waiting, Hines said in a tweet that the Creation Kit is on track to release on Steam next Tuesday, February 7.

Hines also teased a surprise to go along with the Creation Kit. He said: “For our Skyrim PC fans, the Creation Kit is on track for release on Tuesday. And, we also have a special surprise with it. #whatcoulditbe!?”

To give you an idea of what you can expect to be able to do with Skyrim‘s Creation Kit when it launches next week, Bethesda recently released a video that runs you through the program’s basics, and how the Steam Workshop integration will work.

For more information on that, check out the Skyrim Creation Kit developer diary below.

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Skyrim just got a much-needed injection of magical flying plastic horses. That is to say, a new mod for the dragon-slaying hit replaces all the dragons with Fluttershy of My Little Pony fame. Oh yes.

The result is amusing and not a little surreal, as villagers scurry from a 200-foot Fluttershy, who roasts them to a cinder (and who also enjoys caring for animals and sewing, according to this).

This PC mod is the work of Skyrim player “zdzichorowerzysta,” who updated the RPG by substituting the game’s dragon models with his own polygonal depiction of Fluttershy.

The “Pony Dragon Mod” has been downloaded over 1,300 times from SkyrimNexus at the time of writing.

Here’s two clips of Fluttershy incinerating puny humans in Skyrim. The first is the intro to the game with the mod activated – probably my favorite.

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Bethesda gave Skyrim fans an update over on their website on the progress of Skyrim patch 1.4, and it looks like the developer is getting ready to roll it out on all platforms very soon.

Additionally, the developer says that the Creation Kit and Steam Workshop are both “nearly ready”, so fans who have been eagerly waiting official mod support likely won’t be waiting much longer before they can get started.

There’s no word on when exactly Skyrim patch 1.4 is due out, but Bethesda says that they’re getting ready to submit the patch to console manufacturers for certification, with a PC release likely coming ahead of consoles.

Echoing what we said back in December, we’ll continue to look into issues that are being reported and subsequent updates will follow,” Bethesda said. “You have all supported Skyrim in a huge way, and we’ll be supporting all of you, and continue to make the game better.”

While we wait for more word on the update, you can check out the preliminary Skyrim update 1.4 patch notes below. The “Quest Fixes” category may contain a light spoiler or two, so consider yourself warned.

Current 1.4 Changelog (all platforms unless noted)

NEW FEATURES

• Skyrim launcher support for Steam Workshop (PC)

BUG FIXES

• General optimizations for memory and performance
• Fixed occasional issue with armor and clothing not displaying properly when placed on mannequin’s in player’s house. (PS3)
• Improved compiler optimization settings (PC)
• Long term play optimizations for memory and performance (PS3)
• Memory optimizations related to scripting
• Fixed crashes related to pathing and AI
• Fixed crash in Haemar’s Shame if player had already completed “A Daedra’s Best Friend”
• Fixed rare crash with loading saved games
• Fixed issue with accented characters not displaying properly at the end of a line
• Master Criminal achievement/trophy unlocks properly in French, German, Spanish and Italian
• Fixed issue where dragon priest masks would not render correctly
• Fixed issue where quests would incorrectly progress after reloading a save
• Fixed issues with placing and removing books from bookshelves in the player’s home
• Fixed issue where weapon racks and plaques would not work correctly in player’s house if player immediately visits their house before purchasing any furnishing.
• Fixed issue where the player house in Windhelm would not clean up properly
• Fixed crash related to giant attacks and absorb spells
• Fixed issue with ash piles not cleaning up properly
• Fixed occasional issue where overwriting an existing save would fail
• Fixed memory crash with container menu
• Fixed infinite loop with bookshelves
• Fixed issue where traps in Shalidor’s Maze would not work properly in French, German, Spanish and Italian versions
• Fixed issue where transforming back to human from werewolf would occasionally not fail
• Bows and daggers will display properly when placed on weapon racks

QUEST FIXES

• The Unusual Gem inside the Thalmor Embassy is now accessible after finishing “Diplomatic Immunity”
• In “Breaching Security”, the quest token is no longer required to receive a fortune reading from Olava the Feeble
• Fixed issue where Galmar would not complete Joining the Stormcloaks properly if “Season Unending” was an active quest
• Fixed issue where starting “Season Unending” after finishing “Joining the Stormcloaks” would prevent “The Jagged Crown” from starting properly.
• Fixed issue progressing through “Message to Whiterun” while “Season Unending” was still open would block progression for both quests.
• In “Arniel’s Endeavor”, fixed issue where a quest journal would trigger multiple times
• In “Forbidden Legend”, the amulet fragment can no longer disappear after player leaves a dungeon without taking it
• Fixed rare issue in “Forbidden Legend” where killing Mikrul Gauldurson while sneaking would make his corpse unaccessible
• In “The White Phial”, the phial can no longer disappear if player leaves dungeon without taking it
• “The White Phial” will now start properly if player already has a briar heart in their inventory
• Player can no longer get stuck in Misty Grove after completing “A Night to Remember”
• Fixed issue where leaving Riften during “A Chance Arrangement” would prevent quest from progressing
• In “Darkness Returns”, a door in Twilight Sepulcher will properly open if the player leaves the dungeon for an extended period of time before completing the quest
• In “Under New Management”, if the player leaves the Oculory for an extended period of time after placing the focusing crystal and returns, the quest will proceed correctly
• “Onmund’s Request” will now start properly if player has already found Enthir’s staff before receiving this quest
• Fixed instance where Tonilia would stop buying stolen items and also would not give Guild Leader Armor
• “Repairing the Phial” will start properly if player already has unmelting snow or mammoth tusk in their inventory
• Finding Pantea’s Flute before speaking with Pantea no longer prevents her quest from updating
• In “The Coming of the Dawn”, fixed rare instance where a quest object would spawn incorrectly on the Katariah during Hail Sithis
• Fixed rare issue in “The Mind of Madness” where player is unable to equip the Wabbajack
• Fixed issue in “Pieces of the Past” where Mehrunes Dagon’s Razor will not trigger properly if player leaves the cell for extended period of time before activating it
• “Blood’s Honor” will start properly if you visited and completed Driftshade and an extended period of time passes before starting the quest.
• Fixed rare issue where “Dampened Spirits” would not start properly
• Fixed issue where player would be unable to become Thane of Riften if they purchased a home first
• Fixed issue where killing guards in Cidhna Mine woud block progression for “No One Escapes Cidhna Mine”
• Fixed numerous issues with “Blood on the Ice” not triggering properly
• In “Blood on the Ice”, Calixto can now be killed if player owns a house in Windhelm
• In “The Cure for Madness”, killing Cicero then resurrecting him no longer impedes quest progress
• Fixed rare issue in “To Kill an Empire” where an NPC would fail to die properly
• Clearing Knifepoint Ridge before starting “Boethiah’s Champion” no longer prevents quest from starting.

Bethesda releases patch notes for Skyrim patch 1.4 is a post from: The Inquisitr

It’s no secret that Skyrim on the PlayStation 3 is, well, a broken mess. Ever since the game launched back in November, users have been reporting massive performance issues that render the game unplayable after playing the game for between 30 minutes to an hour.

Bethesda has attempted to fix the issue in the past (to no avail), but now it looks like the developer has sorted out the issue and an upcoming update due out at some point this month, patch 1.4, will address the performance issue once and for all.

The massive and unfortunate performance issues was apparently the result of a save file getting too large, and the only fix for PlayStation 3 users was to restart their PlayStation 3 after about every 30 minutes of playtime.

Back in December, Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer explained that Skyrim’s performance problems on PlayStation 3 was not an easy fix.

“It’s an engine-level issue with how the save game data is stored off as bit flag differences compared to the placed instances in the main .esm + DLC .esms,” he explained.

“As the game modifies any placed instance of an object, those changes are stored off into what is essentially another .esm. When you load the save game, you’re loading all of those differences into resident memory.”

The fix may be coming a bit too late for some, but it’s good to hear that the issue is finally being put to rest. Skyrim is an amazing game, and I’d hate to know that some users can’t experience it as it was intended, or even at all.

Source: Bethesda

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This guy wants to learn the language from Skyrim, and is told how, in no uncertain terms.

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If there was anything to complain about when playing Skyrim on PC, it would have to be the memory-related crashes. Before the modding community took it upon themselves to fix the problem, crashes were common due to memory restrictions, especially for those who had mods installed such as texture packs that raised the memory usage further.

For those of you who want a more official solution, or for those of you who never knew a fix existed to begin with, BioWare has released Skyrim PC patch 1.3.10, and with it finally comes 4-Gigabyte Tuning (Large Address Aware) support, which should put an end to most of the crashes users were experiencing, at least those related to memory.

Other than that, the only other thing that the patch addresses is a fix for accented characters not displaying properly at the end of a line. There’s a report from RPS that notes and books looted from bodies automatically open now, but Bethesda made no mention of any other fixes or improvements in the patch notes.

No word just yet on when we can expect the next major patch, but Bethesda did say that the Creation Kit is due out in January, so we’ll likely see something around that point.

Source: Bethesda

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There’s no denying that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim delivers a solid singleplayer experience, but one can’t help but at least wonder what it would be like if you could play it with friends – or complete strangers, if that’s your thing.

Thanks to the Skyrim modding community, we may eventually get the opportunity to see for ourselves just how multiplayer would work in Skyrim. Modders are currently working on an a mod that allows multiple people to join the same world, but the mod is currently in its very early stages, so we likely won’t be seeing a stable release anytime soon.

The mod does appear to work as of right now, but there’s not much you can do with it. Other players will appear as naked prisoners that you don’t seem to be able to interact with – not only that, none of the other players have any animations.

Still, it’s an interesting mod that you should definitely be keeping your eyes on if you’re interested in goofing off in the land of Skyrim with your friends. You can check out the alpha version at this link, or see it in its early, very buggy state in the video below.

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You may have already figured out by now that Skyrim sales are quite high, but that shouldn’t make the latest numbers ZeniMax and Bethesda released any less impressive.

In a press release sent out earlier today, ZeniMax announced that since Skyrim launched on November 11, the game has shipped 10 million copies worldwide. Now, granted, that’s not ten million sold – but it goes to show how much of a demand there is for the game.

The company didn’t say just how many out of that 10 million copies were actually sold, but ZeniMax did point out that said 10 million copies represents upwards of $650 million in retail sales since the game was released.

ZeniMax also boasted that Skyrim is the fastest-selling Steam title ever, and has outsold all other PC games by a factor of three to one in the month of its release.

“We are gratified that Skyrim continues to garner high review scores and accolades around the world,” said Robert Altman, Chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Media. “We are most grateful to our fans for their support and enthusiasm for the game, and their love of the hundreds of hours of gameplay it offers.

“We continue to strive to deliver the highest quality entertainment experience for everyone. 2012 will be another huge year for our fans, with the release of the Creation Kit, as well as exciting DLC which will add to the richness of this epic adventure.”

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If you’ve been patiently waiting for Skyrim patch 1.3 to arrive on consoles and fix the rather.. strange bugs that the previous patch introduced, you’ll be pleased to know that the update is now live – but only on Xbox 360. For now.

A PlayStation 3 version of the patch is awaiting approval of Sony, Bethesda explains, but it should be out soon – in fact, it’s already hitting PSN in Europe. Bethesda didn’t provide a timeline as to when the patch would hit other regions, but it should be out within the next couple of days, at the latest.

Aside from fixing backwards-flying dragons and resist buffs not working at all, the patch also addresses a few other issues, including an issue with the Radiant Story quest system.

To see the full list of changes introduced in Skyrim patch 1.3, see below.

• General stability improvements
• Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs (PC)
• Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
• Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
• Fixed issue with placing books on bookshelves inside player purchased homes
• Fixed dragon animation issues with saving and loading
• Fixed Y-look input to scale correctly with framerate

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Bethesda rolled out Skyrim patch 1.3 on PC today, and with the patch we get fixes for the two little bugs Bethesda (mistakenly) added in to the previous patch, as well as various other bug fixes.

A console version of patch 1.3 is in the works as well, but Bethesda says they don’t have a timeline just yet for when that will be made available.

Here are the full patch notes, straight from Bethesda:

Update 1.3 Notes (all platforms unless specified)

• General stability improvements
• Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs (PC)
• Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
• Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
• Fixed issue with placing books on bookshelves inside player purchased homes
• Fixed dragon animation issues with saving and loading
• Fixed Y-look input to scale correctly with framerate

In related good news, Bethesda says they will be rolling out support for “4-Gigabyte Tuning” (Large Address Aware) next week, which should solve the issue that crashes the game when it runs out of memory which, as you’ll have noticed if you have any mods installed, is quite easy to do.

We’ll let you know when Skyrim patch 1.3 is headed to consoles.

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To be perfectly honest, I don’t particularly care for the Kinect right now, nor have I ever. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned (Or stubborn. Or lazy.) but I’m of the opinion that games should be played with a controller. I don’t want to be the controller, Microsoft!

Still, I can’t say that I haven’t been thoroughly impressed what the hacking community has been able to do with the device, and I can admittedly see the promise in the Kinect, though I think it Microsoft released it far too early as, in its current state, it’s frankly far to limited than it ought to be. Hopefully the Kinect 2, whenever that’s due out, will address most of its issues.

Take, for example, this video of Skyrim being played with the Kinect. The user is able to issue voice commands to access his inventory, cast spells using his voice – which basically allows you to live out your dream of shouting “Fus Ro Dah!!” and having it actually do something – and so on.

It actually looks like it works pretty well, but due to the limitations of the Kinect it stops short of being just about the best thing ever. The Kinect sometimes won’t be able to hear voice commands, there’s a noticeably significant input delay, and so on. Sure, some of these things could possibly be addressed provided the developer tinkers around with it some more, but it just reminds me of how disappointing the Kinect really is, and how good it could be.

To see what I’m talking about for yourself, check out Skyrim being played with the Kinect in the video below, and then let us know what you think of the Kinect (and the video).

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Last week Bethesda rolled out a patch across all platforms in an attempt to address some platform-specific issues as well as general ones. One such issue that the patch was supposed to address was the severe performance degradation on the PlayStation 3 version resulting from extended periods of play.

According to Digital Foundry, however, the problem still exists. DF notes that while the patch did improve performance issues noticeably, the root of the problem still exists and so too does the potential for unplayable framerates if your save file is too large. The only workaround is to play in short-bursts of around 30 minutes, after which point you’ll need to restart the game.

Josh Sawyer, director for Fallout: New Vegas, suggested in a Q&A on Formspring that the problem has to do with the engine and the way it handles memory.

“It’s an engine-level issue with how the save game data is stored off as bit flag differences compared to the placed instances in the main .esm + DLC .esms,” he said (via VG247).

“As the game modifies any placed instance of an object, those changes are stored off into what is essentially another .esm. When you load the save game, you’re loading all of those differences into resident memory.”

Sawyer went on to say in the Q&A that the PlayStation 3 performance issues are not an easy fix.

“It’s not like someone wrote a function and put a decimal point in the wrong place or declared something as a float when it should have been an int,” he said.

“We’re talking about how the engine fundamentally saves off and references data at run time. Restructuring how that works would require a large time commitment. Obsidian also only had that engine for a total of 18 months prior to F:NV being released, which is a relatively short time to understand all of the details of how the technology works.”

Sources: Digital Foundry, Josh Sawyer (via Joystiq, VG247)

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One of the key components of the Elder Scrolls games on PC has always been modding – sure, Bethesda has always offered plenty of content for you to sink countless hours into, but with mods the amount of content available to you is just about limitless.

Given the popularity of Skyrim, clearly many PC gamers are eagerly awaiting the release of Skyrim‘s mod tools, dubbed the Creation Kit by Bethesda. Fortunately, you won’t have to wait that much longer to get it.

Bethesda announced by way of their Blog over the weekend that the Skyrim Creation Kit is due for release on PC at some point in January. Bethesda claims that the Creation Kit is the very same software that Bethesda used to craft Skyrim, so modders can expect plenty of freedom to create whatever they see fit.

Additionally, Bethesda announced in the post that Steam Workshop will be integrated with the Creation Kit, allowing users to browse free user-created content, share and rate said content, keep their mods up-to-date, and more. Interestingly, Bethesda says that this functionality will be available to any web device, including your smartphone.

Lastly, Bethesda promised that many more updates will be released over the holidays, starting with a fix that addresses the bugs introduced by patch 1.2. The company notes that the updates will likely be released on PC first, as console patches require certification, but updates should start rolling out with some regularity over the next two months and beyond.

Source: Bethesda

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Bethesda’s intent with Skyrim patch 1.2 was to fix a number of bugs users have been reporting across all platforms. Users did get those bug fixes as promised, but they also got.. well, more bugs.

Users are reporting that the patch breaks magic resistance entirely in the game, meaning that no matter what potion you pop or enchantment you have, magic will deal damage to you as if you had no resistance at all. On the bright side, the same applies to enemies as well.

The patch also introduced another bug, but this one isn’t so much of a game breaker as it is hilarious. Several users are reporting seeing dragons flying through Skyrim’s skies backwards, and it’s every bit as entertaining as it sounds. Not so good for immersion, though.

Bethesda has yet to comment on the bugs introduced by Skyrim patch 1.2, but we won’t likely have to wait too long to see a patch for the patch. In the meantime, check out Skyrim‘s amazing backwards-flying dragon below.

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PlayStation 3 users have been reporting severe performance issues with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ever since launch, including a particularly nasty one that saw the game slow down to a crawl after extended periods of play, making it borderline unplayable.

Fortunately, it looks like relief is on the way as Bethesda announced today they’ve begun rolling out Skyrim patch 1.2 on PlayStation 3. A release on Xbox 360 and PC is expected to follow a few days later on Wednesday.

In addition to fixing the performance degradation for the PlayStation 3 version, the patch also adds in a few fixes specific to Xbox 360 and PC, including the texture glitch when installed on an Xbox 360, as well as a few general fixes across all platforms.

For the full list of what’s being addressed in Skyrim patch 1.2, see below.

UPDATE 1.2 NOTES (all platforms unless specified)

• Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play (PlayStation 3)
• Fixed issue where textures would not properly upgrade when installed to drive (Xbox 360)
• Fixed crash on startup when audio is set to sample rate other than 44100Hz (PC)
• Fixed issue where projectiles did not properly fade away
• Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the player’s wedding dead
• Dragon corpses now clean up properly
• Fixed rare issue where dragons would not attack
• Fixed rare NPC sleeping animation bug
• Fixed rare issue with dead corpses being cleared up prematurely
• Skeleton Key will now work properly if player has no lockpicks in their inventory
• Fixed rare issue with renaming enchanted weapons and armor
• Fixed rare issue with dragons not properly giving souls after death
• ESC button can now be used to exit menus (PC)
• Fixed occasional mouse sensitivity issues (PC)
• General functionality fixes related to remapping buttons and controls (PC)

Source: Bethesda

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If you’ve spent any amount of time with Skyrim so far, you’ve probably noticed at least one bug in your travels. Okay, so that’s probably putting it a bit too lightly – chances are, you’ve noticed several bugs.

Fortunately, you won’t be having to wait very long to see the first round of bug fixes. Bethesda’s Pete Hines took to Twitter earlier today to announce that a patch for Skyrim is inbound, and it could be out by the week after Thanksgiving (which is next week).

Hines didn’t provide so much as a hint on what sort of fixes we can expect out of the patch, but he did say that Bethesda is aiming to squash as many bugs as they can with the patch.

“We are continuing to work on an update for all platforms to address any bugs and [performance] issues we can.” he said. “We will fix as much as we can for your platform. I don’t know if it will fix ‘your’ bug. Takes a while to test/fix/regress. Hang in there.”

Hines went on to say that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 patches have entered into certification and, as previously mentioned, the hope is to have them out in about two weeks time. A patch for the PC version of Skyrim is due out as well at around the same time.

Bethesda will likely share more information as the patch nears release, so sit tight for more information.

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Bethesda today announced that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim shipped 7 million copies worldwide in its first 48 hours of being on sale.

To be clear, that’s 7 million shipped, not sold. Bethesda didn’t say exactly how many were sold, but they did say that roughly 50% of all shipped copies were sold, which puts the figure at around 3.5 million sold, give or take a few thousand.

“We are grateful for the fans’ response to Skyrim,” said Robert Altman, chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Media. “Todd Howard and his team at Bethesda Game Studios have crafted a very special game. Anticipation for Skyrim has surpassed any game in our company’s history, and we are pleased that sales and reviews have reflected the quality and hours of amazing gameplay it provides.”

Bethesda Games Studios director Todd Howard chimed in on the news as well, saying:

“Without a doubt, this has been our most ambitious project ever,” he said. “After over three years of development, we’re finally excited to get it into everyone’s hands.”

In other good news from Bethesda HQ, the company says that Skyrim broke records on Steam, pulling in 280,000 concurrent at its peak. By comparison, Activision’s blockbuster Modern Warfare 3 only pulled in around 70,000 concurrent users at its peak.

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via Dorkly

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If you’re the type who installs every new game on your Xbox 360 to the HDD, you might want to hold off on doing that for Skyrim, at least if you want your textures to remain looking pretty.

Users are reporting that when installed to the hard-drive, certain textures throughout Skyrim can become low-res. According to Bethesda, this is apparently due to the game not remaining fully cached while installed, causing some textures to downscale over the course of play.

Bethesda wrote in a post on their forums:

“We’ve seen a few reports of certain textures temporarily scaling down on the Xbox 360, and not scaling back up. We have verified that this issue does not occur when playing off the disc and when the game is fully cached (not installed).

“Skyrim makes heavy use of the Xbox 360 caching system, and caches over the normal course of play while in menus or interiors. This cache can be wiped when other games are played or when the user manually removes it. We’re working on a solution in the next title update for those who have installed the game.”

So, there you have it. If you already have installed your game to the hard-drive, you’re advised to uninstall the game and clear your cache for a potential fix. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait until Bethesda issues a title update.

[Image credit: NeoGAF]

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In just a few short hours, one of the most highly anticipated releases in years will be set loose upon the world, and with it will be the end of productivity for just about everyone who plays it. In case that bit didn’t clue you in, we’re talking about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim here.

As far of Western RPGs are concerned, the Elder Scrolls games are among the most beloved RPG franchises in existence, if not the most. It goes without saying, then, that an astonishing amount of hype is leading up to the release of Skyrim.

But if you look past the hype, is Skyrim worth the disturbing amount of hours you’ll likely sink into it? Well, going by the torrent of reviews that were released earlier this morning, the answer to that question is a resounding “yes”. A thousand times yes, even.

Of all the reviews released so far, very few have had much of anything bad to say about Skyrim. A few point out that, despite a new and improved engine, Skyrim is not without a few bugs to knock down your immersion level a bit. But all critics agree that any bugs encountered are easily forgotten thanks to the astonishing amount of content available in the game, from the limitless quests to the wide variety of environments to explore, and more still.

To see what critics are saying for yourself, you can check out a selection of five reviews directly below, ordered lowest to highest – and, as you’ll see in just a moment, the lowest score (so far) isn’t exactly low.

GameSpot – 9/10 (Read full review)

“It isn’t just that there’s a lot to do: it’s that most of it is so good. Whether you’re slashing a dragon’s wings, raising the dead back to life, or experimenting at the alchemy table, Skyrim performs the most spectacular of enchantments: the one that causes huge chunks of time to vanish before you know it.”

Edge – 9/10 (Read full review)

“You don’t play because you care about the fate of Skyrim’s people – no matter how many prophecies claim you must. You play for the moment a hidden switch unveils secret catacombs in what you thought was a ransacked tomb. You play for the moment a dragon’s silhouette fills the sky, backed up against the otherworldly colours of the northern lights. You play for the moment a diary clutched by a desiccated corpse sends you on a country- wide hunt for some ancient, forgotten loot. The illusion frequently falters – and sometimes completely breaks – but when it does you’ll want to conspire with the game to pretend you didn’t see.”

IGN – 9.5/10 (Read full review)

“The changes made since Oblivion are many, and result in a more focused and sensible style of play, where the effects of every decision are easily seen. Featuring the same kind of thrilling freedom of choice The Elder Scrolls series is known for along with beautiful visuals and a stirring soundtrack, playing Skyrim is a rare kind of intensely personal, deeply rewarding experience, and one of the best role-playing games yet produced.”

Giant Bomb – 5/5 (Read full review)

“Aside from the infrequent hard lockups and such, the oddities that tend to pop up in Bethesda’s games have almost become part of the charm for me, though you know yourself how much those things detract from your own experience. But it hardly matters. No other game I know of operates with this many moving parts to create such an immense world filled with this much choice in how you engage its excellent, endless fiction. It’s one thing when a game offers dozens of hours of gameplay; it’s quite another when that gameplay is good enough you’ll want to live in its world for that long.”

Destructoid – 10/10 (Read full review)

“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is every single reason to love a Western role-playing game, condensed into a single comprehensive experience with nothing lost in the conversion process. It is a game that will drown those who step into its absorbing, overwhelmingly detailed world, a game that will bury you and refuse to let go. Yet your submergence will be agreeable, your burial ecstatic, and the hands placed around your throat welcomed like those of a lover’s. To play Skyrim is to enter into a relationship, one that provides feelings of empowerment, yet demands total submission.”

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To hold you over until Skyrim‘s release, Bethesda sent out a new trailer that highlights Skyrim‘s new and improved animations you’ll be seeing as you wander about Skyrim, killing anything that comes at you.

At least, that’s what they say it’s about. Sure, we get to see some pretty slick new animations in the video, but it’s really just a montage of brutal, bloody deaths of humans and beasts alike by the hands of Skyrim‘s Dragonborn protagonist.

No matter what you call the trailer, there’s plenty of brutal action and fairly smooth animations to check out in the video, so go ahead and give it a look directly below.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11. Gamers who pre-ordered on Steam can start pre-loading the game right now.

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As much of a wonderful experience as the past several Elder Scrolls games have been, they’re kind of known for being a little buggy. It remains to be seen whether or not the same can be said for Skyrim, but the latest news from Bethesda suggests there may be at least a few.

Community manager Nick Breckon revealed over on NeoGAF that a day one patch will be released for Skyrim across all platforms. There’s no word just yet on what the patch will address, but Breckon went on to say in the thread that patch notes will be shared at launch.

Now that Skyrim is just about out in the wild, Bethesda is also starting to talk more on DLC plans for Skyrim. In an interview with Wired, Bethesda director Todd Howard says that Bethesda is beginning to gear up to start production on the DLC, and it will be, as previously revealed, substantial.

“We’re not going to be doing a lot of it,” Howard told Wired. “Our high-level thinking is that there’ll be not as many [pieces of DLC], but they’ll be bigger and more substantial. The goal overall is not necessarily to put out more content, but to make the game better.”

He continued: “We’ll start hitting on everything after vacation,” he said when asked about a release window. “We’ll take a break [after the game launches], see what consumers think of the game, then see which direction we want to go.”

Back in August, Bethesda confirmed that the first two DLC packs for Skyrim will be timed exclusives on the Xbox 360, releasing roughly one month in advance of other platforms.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11 worldwide, except for Japan, which gets it on December 8.

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Apparently, Bethesda is in a good mood today; such a good mood that they were kind enough to release nigh 20 minutes worth of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to the unworthy masses.

It’s not entirely new footage as what’s shown is the same demo Bethesda has been showing off since back at E3, but there’s plenty of new bits sprinkled in to make the whole thing worth watching all over again – if you even needed a reason.

The videos, narrated by Todd Howard, show off a number of the game’s new mechanics and improvements, including dual wielding weapons and magic, the new skill system, highly improved animations and, my personal favorite, the ability to talk to NPCs without having to zoom in uncomfortably close to their face.

We also get a look at the game’s inventory and map interface for the first time and, along with them, the game’s sleek new UI. Just about everything you see in the video, from the new interface to the many enhancements made to combat and NPC interaction, is a step above and beyond anything we’ve seen before in the Elder Scrolls series.

Rather than listening to me gush about the game, why not gush yourself while watching 20 minutes of Skyrim footage? You can check them all out directly below.

Skyrim is due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11 worldwide.

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