*Updated 09/01/2017* Four brand new mods added! I know what you’re thinking. Why bother playing Skyrim (opens in new tab): Special Edition when you’ve already sunk what my mother assures me is an unhealthy amount of hours into the original game (needless to say, I disagree)? I’ll tell you why: …
Read More »Why Skyrims most barren environment makes for a bountiful world
Like most nations in the real world, Skyrim (opens in new tab) is anything but homogenous. It has no one definitive landscape or city. It’s a sum of disparate parts stitched together into a rich geographical tapestry. While the concept of variety in most open-world games translates into a series …
Read More »Fallout vs Skyrim: which is best?
Which is best? WHICH IS BEEEESSSST? With the official announcement of Fallout 4 (opens in new tab), the internet has been split into three camps. The first cannot wait for Fallout 4. The second wishes it was was a successor to Skyrim (opens in new tab), Bethesda’s other massively successful, …
Read More »No more Skyrim DLC as team moves on to next project
The Bethesda team behind Skyrim is moving on after more than 16 months of post-release support. No more DLC is planned for the smash hit open-world game, with the 1.9 patch its last planned major infusion of content, Bethesda announced today. The staff is moving on to its next major …
Read More »Skyrim gets new difficulty, skill changes in patch 1.9
Skyrim (opens in new tab)’s getting a doozy of an update more than 16 months after its release: A new difficulty, an open-ended skill system which removes the level cap, and dozens of bug fixes may be enough to tempt even the most open-world-weary adventurer back to the icy mountains. …
Read More »Bethesda bumps up Skyrim with Creation Kit and High-Res Textures
Bethesda’s just released the eagerly-awaited Skyrim Creation Kit, allowing Steam players to get to work on that magnum opus you’ve all been planning since Skyrim (opens in new tab) came out. If you were charmed by the ponies or Macho Mans slowly trickling into Tamriel, imagine how much fun it’ll …
Read More »Skyrim mod made for players with low-end PCs
Skyrim isn’t a month old yet, but the modding community is already coming out in force for it. We’ve already seen the very helpful 3D map viewer (opens in new tab), but this new one seems even more charitable. There’s a certain PC mod that promises to lower the system …
Read More »Pitchforks at dawn! Skyrim promises the end of consequence-free killing
We’re used to Oblivion’s ‘Radiant AI’ *cough* but Skyrim is reportedly going to go one better. Killing NPCs will be just as possible as it was last time around, but it isn’t them you’ll have to worry about. No, not their ghost coming back to haunt you (although now we …
Read More »E3 2011: Like Skyrim? If so, Bethesda will give you free wallpaper and these new screens only BIGGER
Bethesda has released two new screenshots and a wallpaper for your PC desktop via the game’s Facebook page. The two in-game screenshots look absolutely sensational. In fact, I’m just going to geek out and say look at the gorgeous lighting that caresses every curve of every object on that table. …
Read More »Skyrim interview: You ask, Bethesda answers
Above: A gameplay trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. You should definitely watch it. If you’ve already seen it, we suggest that you watch it again anyway. It certainly can’t hurt Answers to fan questions will be posted in the coming weeks on Bethesda’s Elder Scrollsforums (opens in new …
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