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Skyrim Update 1.6 Brings Mounted Combat, Is Already Available on PC

Bethesda has confirmed that update 1.6 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is going to bring an array of new features, including Mounted Combat, allowing players to execute attacks while on horseback. Skyrim came out last year for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms and, since then, Bethesda has released all sorts of upd...

25 May 2012
04:43 GMT

Download Nvidia Driver 301.42 for Improvements to Skyrim and More

Nvidia has released its newest set of drivers for its graphics cards, boosting performance in a variety of games, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, both for those who use single cards and for those who have SLI setups. Nvidia has always tried to offer owners of its graphics cards top-notch performance in popula...

23 May 2012
03:43 GMT

Skyrim’s Next DLC Might Be Called Dragonborn

Bethesda and Zenimax, the two companies behind the very successful The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role-playing game, have filed a new trademark for the word Dragonborn, which might be the title of the next expansion for the massive title. While Bethesda is quite secretive about its DLC plans, Zenimax has always made su...

21 May 2012
04:54 GMT

Steam Weekend Workshop Sale Offers Discounts for Portal 2, Skyrim and Team Fortress 2

In order to celebrate the successful launch of the Perpetual Testing Initiative for Portal 2, Valve has launched a Weekend Workshop Sale on Steam, allowing gamers to pick up Portal 2 for 66 percent off and to get The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with a price cut of 33%. There are also half-price items available for Team ...

11 May 2012
04:32 GMT

RPG Structure More Important to the Elder Scrolls Online than MMO Mechanics

The Elder Scrolls Online will aim to be a good video game experience for fans of the Elder Scrolls franchise rather than simply shoehorning the elements of the universe in the structure of the MMO genre. Paul Sage, who is the creative director working on The Elder Scrolls Online, has told Game Informer that, “...

9 May 2012
07:30 GMT

Elder Scrolls Online MMO Gets Announcement Trailer

Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer ZeniMax Online have offered the first trailer for their upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online MMO, which unfortunately does not offer any sort of details about the coming game. The trailer only shows how the logo of the game is created, via some pretty impressive ani...

4 May 2012
10:37 GMT

ZeniMax Offers World and Mechanics Details on The Elder Scrolls Online

Video game publisher Bethesda has now confirmed that they are working on an MMO set in the Elder Scrolls universe and the development team at ZeniMax Online Studios has revealed some more details about the experience it plans to craft.The Game Informer cover story about The Elder Scrolls Online says that players will...

4 May 2012
05:28 GMT

More than 13 Million Skyrim Mods Downloaded Using Steam Workshop

Video game publisher Bethesda has announced that 13.6 million mods for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been downloaded using the Steam Workshop functionality that was added to the game post-launch. The official Twitter account of Bethesda Game Studios stated, “Skyrim Steam Workshop downloads...

3 May 2012
07:36 GMT

First Skyrim DLC Is Dawnguard, Will Be Detailed at E3 2012 in June

Bethesda, after finally releasing the Kinect support update for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim RPG yesterday, has now unveiled a teaser image for the game’s first downloadable add-on, called Dawnguard.  Skyrim delivered a complex experience to gamers from all around the world and, since its release last y...

2 May 2012
05:53 GMT

Skyrim Kinect Update and First DLC Details Out Today

Bethesda has confirmed that it will unveil later today both the Kinect update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as well as the first details on the first downloadable add-on for the massive RPG. Skyrim delighted millions of players last year when it came out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Since then, Bethesda has relea...

1 May 2012
07:49 GMT

Crysis 3 Will Have Skyrim Like Depth but Without the Scale

Video game developer Crytek plans to create a game for its upcoming first-person shooter Crysis 3 that is similar to that of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in depth but without resorting to the scale that the Bethesda team used. Crytek is interested in offering attention to detail, allowing players to take an in-depth...

1 May 2012
05:09 GMT

Official Skyrim DLC Details Might Appear Next Week, Bethesda Says

Bethesda’s Vice President of PR and Marketing, Pete Hines, has confirmed on his Twitter account that some official details about the first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim might finally appear next week. Skyrim became extremely popular when it first came out back in November last year and, since then, milli...

27 April 2012
09:41 GMT

New Skyrim DLC Details Leak, Might Include Snow Elves and Falmer

New details about the first DLC for Skyrim have appeared on the web, as after owners of the PC game downloaded the latest patch, they found quite a lot of new files that might relate to the first expansion for the popular role-playing game. Bethesda may keep silent about the first downloadable add-on for The Elder S...

27 April 2012
06:31 GMT

Kinect Update for Skyrim Out Next Week, Also Supports Other Languages

Bethesda has unveiled some more details about the upcoming update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the Xbox 360, which will bring support for the Kinect sensor, saying that it will be released next week and will also appear for the game's other language versions.Skyrim impressed millions upon millions of RPG f...

16 April 2012
07:01 GMT

Skyrim DLC Brings New Quests, Locations and Features

Bethesda has just unveiled the first details about the downloadable content that will appear for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim RPG, saying that owners will get to try out new quests in new locations. Skyrim impressed lots of people with the wide array of things you could do in its open world and, even after a hund...

13 April 2012
05:23 GMT

Skyrim on Xbox 360 Gets Kinect Support

As much as this might sound like a belated April Fools’ joke, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the Xbox 360 will get a special update in the near future, which brings support for the Kinect sensor. Skyrim was Softpedia’s game of the year, impressing us with great gameplay, a complex story and a wide variety of t...

12 April 2012
10:13 GMT

Skyrim Patch 1.5 Now Available for Download on Xbox 360, Soon on PS3

Bethesda has just launched the newest patch for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim RPG on the Xbox 360, updating it to version 1.5, and will soon do the same with the PlayStation 3 edition of the game. Skyrim was Softpedia’s Game of the Year back in 2011, thanks to its sharp gameplay and complex story, which made...

5 April 2012
11:11 GMT

Bethesda Promises Surprises for Both RAGE and Skyrim During April

Pete Hines, who is the main conduit for official communication from developer Bethesda, has announced that during the month of April fans of both the first-person shooter RAGE and those who prefer the role-playing in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim should get ready for some interesting announcements. Hines did not offer...

2 April 2012
17:51 GMT

Weekend Reading: Allow Me to Make Myself

I feel like video games care less and less about me, the man who plays them, and too much about themselves, the characters that the development team crafts and then expects me to inhabit, to guide, to keep safe and lead towards success. It is easy and safe for the developer to decide what they want the player to be,...

31 March 2012
13:21 GMT

EndWeekGame: March 30

Andrei Dumitrescu: I might have just given up one solid video game addiction just so that I could return to an older one. I had a day off on Thursday and decided to go back to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and just finish the damned game (I have not yet completed the main quest despite being close to 100 hours into th...

30 March 2012
16:31 GMT

A Free-to-Play Game Similar to Skyrim Could Arrive Soon, Developer Believes

Free-to-play games are going to increase in number and in quality in the next few years, according to Ngmoco Sweden boss Ben Cousins, who believes that a completely free equivalent of the recent The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim could appear in just two years. Skyrim has impressed millions of gamers from all over the worl...

30 March 2012
10:21 GMT

PC The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gets Patch 1.5.26

The PC version of the Bethesda-made open-world role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has received another patch via the Steam digital distribution service, labeled 1.5.26. The bug fixes included are: – Fixed issue with frequency of first-person kill cameras; – Underwater effects now display properly; – Fixe...

30 March 2012
07:58 GMT

Dawnguard Might Be the First Skyrim DLC, Trademark Suggests

ZeniMax, the parent company of developer Bethesda, has just filed a trademark for Dawnguard, which suggests that this might be the first downloadable add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Skyrim impressed legions of gamers from all around the world with great gameplay and the huge array of quests that can be compl...

22 March 2012
03:35 GMT

Skyrim Patch 1.5 Now Available for Download on PC via Steam

Bethesda has just deployed the final version of patch 1.5 for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game on the PC platform via Steam, and has confirmed that the update is currently in the certification process for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Skyrim impressed millions of gamers from all around th...

21 March 2012
07:31 GMT

Kinect and Augmented Reality Literally Immerse You into Games

“Immersion” is something companies like to drone on when advertising a new monitor or graphics card, or whatever else. Basically, “immersion” has come to mean that sensation of being inside a game or movie while playing/watching it. A certain gamer with some knowledge in electronics and/or g...

19 March 2012
11:42 GMT

Skyrim Update 1.5 Beta Now Available on Steam, Brings New Kill Cams

Bethesda is preparing a new major update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim title, in the form of patch 1.5, which is already available in beta form on the PC via Steam, and is coming soon to the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.Skyrim is a great game that has amazed millions of players from all over the world, especially sin...

16 March 2012
05:31 GMT

Skyrim Fans Create Their Own Patch for the Game to Fix a Variety of Issues

While Bethesda has released a variety of updates for its recent The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, it seems that a group of enterprising fans have decided to create their own patch for the title, through which they fix all sorts of issues that have been ignored by the studio up until now. Skyrim was Soft...

15 March 2012
06:43 GMT

The Nvidia Verde Drivers 296.10 WHQL Available for Download

If you're the owner of a notebook loaded with an Nvidia graphics card, it's time to get ready for new drivers, as the Verde 296.10 are freshly released. The Verde 296.10 is the second release of the 295 family driver and comes with support for ION notebook GPUs, mobile GeForce notebook GPUs series 8m throu...

14 March 2012
11:14 GMT

Nvidia GeForce Display Driver 296.10 Is Up for Grabs

Here we go with the latest in display drivers, the Nvidia GeForce 296.10 release. If you're looking to get the best graphic performance from your Nvidia-powered desktop computers, then updating to 296.10 is a must. The GeForce 296.10 destined for Windows XP brings support for the GTX 560 SE GPU and also comes w...

13 March 2012
11:25 GMT

Todd Howard Praises Mod Community for Skyrim

The Bethesda development team working on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim confirmed that it had solid plans to launch more content for the game, but also suggested that players might do well to explore user-made mods before official DLC is introduced. Speaking about the plans that the Bethesda development team has for th...

13 March 2012
08:51 GMT

Mojang and Bethesda Settle Suit over Scrolls Trademark

Indie game developer Mojang, best known for creating Minecraft, and game developer and publisher Bethesda, the creator of the recent Fallout and The Elder Scrolls games, have announced that they have settled a lawsuit over the use of the Scrolls name and trademark. The legal battle between the two companies has ragg...

12 March 2012
18:31 GMT

Skyrim and Portal 2 Win Big at the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards

The 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards were announced last night during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and the big winners were The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda, who picked up the Game of the Year award, and Portal 2 from Valve, which managed to get three prizes. Todd Howard, who is the gam...

8 March 2012
16:41 GMT

CrossOver XI Brings Microsoft Office 2010 to Linux

CodeWeavers, through Jon Parshall, proudly announced last night in a press release that the CrossOver XI software has been officially released for both Linux and Macintosh platforms, bringing initial support for Microsoft Office 2010. Based on Wine 1.4, CrossOver XI (version 11.0.0) is not only a major update to th...

7 March 2012
08:00 GMT

Skyrim Is Proof That Mods Are Better than DLC

Todd Howard, who is one of the leading developers working on the Bethesda developed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has stated that he prefers mods over downloadable content when it comes to video games and would like to see more companies release tools that help the game community to create new content. Speaking to th...

2 March 2012
07:01 GMT

Incoming 2012: Dragon Age III

What we know We don’t know anything official about Dragon Age III, the inevitable sequel in the BioWare-made fantasy series. But with Mass Effect 3 set to arrive in March of this year after and with a delay of almost six months, the company could pull a double this year and launch a new classic role-playing ga...

1 March 2012
18:41 GMT

Download Skyrim Update 1.4.27 for PC via Steam

Bethesda has just deployed the final version of a brand new patch for its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, this time updating it to version 1.4.27 on the PC. Skyrim impressed lots of people but, despite its great gameplay and interesting story, the game was plagued by quite a lot of issues. Thankfully...

29 February 2012
02:26 GMT

Skyrim’s Success Proves Story-Based Games Are Popular, Alan Wake Dev Says

Remedy Entertainment, the developer of the recent Alan Wake series, believes that story-based games can become quite successful, citing Bethesda’s extremely popular The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim RPG as proof. Skyrim was released last year right between big video games like Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern War...

27 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Number of Skyrim Patches Shows That Bethesda Wants to Solve Its Problems

Bethesda’s game director, Todd Howard, has talked about the patching process for the studio’s most recent title, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, highlighting that the game has already received more patches than previous titles like Fallout 3 or Oblivion. Skyrim was one of last year’s biggest games and...

22 February 2012
17:11 GMT

Download Nvidia GeForce Driver 295.73 for Better Performance in Skyrim, Mass Effect 3

Nvidia has just deployed a brand new set of drivers for its GeForce graphics cards, which improves performance in games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 or Diablo III. PC gamers have seen a lot of great games being released at the end of last year, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Skyrim, a...

22 February 2012
08:29 GMT

Skyrim Update 1.4.26 Beta Now Available for Download via Steam

Bethesda has just deployed a brand new update for Skyrim, in the form of the beta version for the 1.4.26 patch, on the PC platform, via Steam. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a great game that’s being thoroughly supported by its community with user-generated mods. Sadly, it still has quite a few problems, so Be...

21 February 2012
07:11 GMT

DLC for Skyrim Will Be Expansion Like, Some Content Will Be Free

Although Bethesda is not ready to announce specific plans, the developers working on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are working on bigger downloadable content packages, to be mixed with smaller, free content for all players. Todd Howard, who is the leading producer working on Skyrim, told Kotaku that, “For Fallou...

18 February 2012
04:56 GMT

BAFTA Announces Complete List of Video Game Awards Nominees

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the full nominee list for its video game awards, with most nominated title being Batman: Arkham City, which could go home with nine awards, followed by L.A. Noire and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. All the nominees include: GAME Award of 2011 Batman: Arkham...

17 February 2012
07:15 GMT

PlayStation 3 Skyrim Issues Were Not Linked to Save Game Size

Gamers might have blamed the problems that affected the PlayStation 3 version of Skyrim on the large amount of save data the game uses, but the man who lead the creation process for the game says that is just a simplification of a complex game development reality. Speaking to Kotaku, Todd Howard, the executive produ...

16 February 2012
19:31 GMT

Future Skyrim DLC Could Take Players to Morrowind or Cyrodiil

Bethesda has talked about the bare-bone models for territories like Morrowind or Cyrodiil that it has included in its recent The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, saying that it could use them in future downloadable expansions. Skyrim has impressed legions of gamers across the PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 platforms ...

16 February 2012
18:21 GMT

Over 2 Million Skyrim Mods Downloaded from the Steam Workshop in Three Days

To no one’s surprise, it seems that the Steam Workshop feature of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PC is quite popular, as Bethesda has just revealed that over 2 million mods were downloaded in the first three days of the service’s availability. Last week, owners of Skyrim on the PC were greeted with t...

15 February 2012
03:43 GMT

David Jaffe Says Feature Overload Makes Skyrim Attractive

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most successful game launches of 2011 and one of the most engaging experiences for role-playing game lovers to engage with. One developer believes that much of its attraction is not about the open-world structure but about the number of mechanics that players need to deal wit...

14 February 2012
17:41 GMT

Bastion Narrator Tackles Skyrim’s Introduction in New Video

Bastion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim were two of the most impressive games of last year, so a fan of both of them has decided to take the stunning dynamic narration from the former and apply it to the introduction of the latter. Bastion impressed gamers through its great gameplay and the dynamic narration provide...

13 February 2012
03:49 GMT

Death of a Fallout 3 Artist and How Video Game Art Disappears

I am one of the people who was very much obsessed with the world of Fallout 3 and that of the New Vegas spin-off and one of the main reasons was the visual identity of the post-apocalyptic wastelands that the two games explored. Unfortunately for the world of gaming, the man behind much of the concepts art for Fallo...

10 February 2012
19:41 GMT

Skyrim Creative Director Says Gaming Is All About Pride

Todd Howard, who is the creative director working on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, told an audience at the DICE 2012 conference in Las Vegas during his keynote that the main emotion behind the title that his team created was pride. According to the veteran game developer, accomplishment is something unique to the vid...

10 February 2012
15:11 GMT

NPD Software: Modern Warfare 3 Leads Again, Industry Sees Huge Decline

The NPD Group has announced worse than expected sales data for the month of January 2012 on the United States market and blame has been assigned to video game publishers who have failed to deliver any high profile title during the 28-day period that makes up the sales month. New video games sold at retail, including...

10 February 2012
04:31 GMT


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