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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Patch 1.4 Final Now Out on Steam for PC

The final version of update 1.4 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been released on the PC platform via the Steam digital distribution service, bringing a variety of changes and, most importantly, support for the upcoming Workshop system. Skyrim was Softpedia’s Game of the Year in 2011. Despite its great game...

2 February 2012
03:10 GMT

Kingdoms of Amalur Offers Better Combat than Skyrim

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the action and role playing mix currently being created by Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, is set to be launched soon and comparisons with Skyrim, one of the best games of 2011, were inevitable. Speaking to Gamefront, Ken Rolston, one of the leading developers on Kingdoms of Amalur: Rec...

25 January 2012
02:59 GMT

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Patch 1.4 Out This Month, Fixes PS3 Lag Issues

Bethesda has just revealed that its extremely popular The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim title will be getting a new patch this month, in the form of update 1.4, hopefully fixing the array of lag issues encountered by PlayStation 3 owners.Skyrim delivered a stunning experience and that’s why we crowned it Softpedia&rs...

11 January 2012
05:21 GMT

Bethesda Prepares Skyrim Expansions, Might Keep Some Exploits

Video game developer Bethesda has reiterated its position that all downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be story focused and massive, although the team is not ready to talk yet about exact content and about a possible launch date.Todd Howard, who is the game director for the latest The Elder Scro...

12 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Kingdoms of Amalur Developer Still Believes in Single Player

More and more video games are now trying to add multiplayer modes even if they are not a clear fit for the game universe, for example in Mass Effect 3, but one role playing game developers believes that the focus on single player can still create big hits.Ken Rolston, who is the one of the developers working on Kingd...

5 December 2011
20:01 GMT

Skyrim Diary - It's a True 'Watercooler' Gaming Experience

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been out for 10 days or so and, since then, we've published quite a lot of content regarding the complex role playing game from Bethesda.While I'm the first to admit that I wasn't that interested in Skyrim, even if I loved both Fallout 3 and New Vegas, I'm definitel...

21 November 2011
06:00 GMT

Bethesda Does Not Fear Piracy, Still Loves the PC

Pete Hines, who is the vice president in charge of marketing at Bethesda, talked to Joystiq and said, “From a technical standpoint, yes, the PC is a headache. It just is. A million different possibilities of hardware, drivers, etc. As you saw with Rage, all it takes is some bad video card drivers and years of h...

10 November 2011
15:01 GMT

New World of Skyrim Trailer Shows Off the Game's Environments

Bethesda is getting ready to deploy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim later this week, but, until then, the company has released a brand new trailer for the fantasy role playing game, which once again highlights its environments, characters and the unique world created by the development team.We got to see quite a few new ...

9 November 2011
06:04 GMT

Skyrim Gets Day-One Patch 1.1, Substantial DLC Already Planned

Bethesda has released a few more details about its upcoming The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim title, once again highlighting that the downloadable content that will appear for it is going to be more substantial, and confirming that a day-one patch will be released alongside the game. Skyrim has been awaited by legions o...

8 November 2011
17:31 GMT

New Skyrim Trailer Shows Off Its Unique Environments

As we approach the release date of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda is presenting quite a lot of details about the new role playing game, including videos or screenshots, and the most recent one, Blue Sky, is definitely a contender for the live action trailer from last week for the most impressing glimpse at the...

31 October 2011
06:28 GMT

Minecraft Creator Wanted to Drop Scrolls Trademark But Bethesda Still Sued Him

The creator of popular indie game Minecraft and of the upcoming Scrolls title, Markus 'Notch' Persson, has cleared a few things up in regards to the pending lawsuit Bethesda is filing against him and his studio, Mojang, over the use of the Scrolls trademark, which is too similar, according to Bethesda, to i...

5 October 2011
15:51 GMT

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Director Not a Fan of 3D Gaming

Bethesda's Todd Howard, the director of the upcoming The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, isn't a fan of the recent 3D gaming fashion, as the developer doesn't like the idea of wearing clunky glasses just to make players feel a bit more immersed into the action displayed on the screen. 3D gaming has swept t...

26 July 2011
03:55 GMT

Skyrim Won't Have a Demo Because It's Too Big

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won't see a demo released before its launch later this year, as Bethesda, its developer and publisher says that the game is too big and complicated, so releasing a short demo wouldn't allow gamers to really make an impression of how the title will actually play. Skyrim is one ...

15 July 2011
13:21 GMT

Real Life Cloth Map Available with Skyrim Pre-Orders

Bethesda has announced that those who pre-order its upcoming The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will get a special real life cloth map of the game's virtual world for free. Pre-order incentives aren't something new, with many companies offering some sort of bonus if you put money down for their games before bei...

27 June 2011
02:45 GMT

E3 2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gets New Gameplay Video and Screenshots

Bethesda didn't arrive empty-handed at this year's E3 2011 conference, as the developer and publisher decided to hype up its next big release, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, by releasing brand new details, a gameplay video as well as a few new screenshots. Skyrim is set to be one of the many big games that...

10 June 2011
03:45 GMT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition Out Next Month

Bethesda has officially announced that it will be releasing a special edition of its classic Oblivion title next month, called The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5h Anniversary Edition.Bethesda is getting ready to deploy the extremely impressive The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at the end of the year, so the company wants to ...

10 June 2011
03:15 GMT

Oblivion Fifth Anniversary Edition Coming in June

Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks has announced that it will be launching a new version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion this June in order to celebrate the fact that the game is now five years old. The 5th Anniversary Edition of the action and role-playing game mix will include the initial launch of Oblivion...

24 May 2011
04:39 GMT

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Will Use Fallout 3 Like Enemy Leveling

Bethesda has announced that it was working on a new The Elder Scrolls video games, to be released later this year, and one of the main fears that veterans of the series had about the game was that the developers would keep the same enemy leveling system which was widely denounced for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion an...

11 January 2011
18:21 GMT

EndWeekGame: January 7

Andrei Dumitrescu: It's now 2011, but there's still some time to go before we begin to see significant new releases, starting with the PlayStation 3 exclusive Little Big Planet 2 and with the multiplatform Dead Space 2, which drop at the end of January. Until then I plan to keep up with my old obsessions...

7 January 2011
16:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: The Elder Scrolls V Worked on at Bethesda

A source within Bethesda has stated that the development team is working on a new Elder Scrolls video game although nothing has been officially announced yet, with the narrative of the new title taking place immediately after the end of the events seen in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.A news piece appearing on the D...

24 November 2010
05:26 GMT

Electronic Arts Picks Up R.A. Salvatore, McFarlane, Rolston Project

EA Partners has announced that it will handle publishing duties for one of the most interesting role playing game projects in development, a collaboration between Ken Rolston, one of the men behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, R.A. Salvatore, the creator of the Drizzt Do'Urden character, and Todd McFarlane, t...

10 March 2010
04:21 GMT

Bethesda Says It Will Continue to Develop The Elder Scrolls Franchise

Bethesda is slowly becoming one of the most important video game developers and publishers in the industry, making a name for itself by releasing some pretty important games, although a bit on the buggy side. One of the most important franchises for the developer is The Elder Scrolls, which has seen its award-winnin...

18 August 2009
16:41 GMT

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Available for Download, Free of Charge

Bethesda, the company in charge of The Elder Scrolls franchise, is announcing that all those interested in playing or re-playing The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall can now go to the official website and download the title for free. On most modern computers, the game will need DOSBox to run and Bethesda has put together...

10 July 2009
16:21 GMT

BioShock and Elder Scrolls IV Bundles Are Coming

Two of the most interesting publishers of the final few years, Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games, are partnering up so that they can deliver a special bundle of their hits, The Older Scrolls IV: Oblivion and BioShock. The package is set to arrive on the Xbox 360 and on the PC.The retail BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV:...

19 June 2009
02:30 GMT

Bethesda to Announce Major Project for the Wii

Bethesda has managed to get quite a bit of attention lately. Fallout 3, the first game in the long running franchise that the company has developed, has been praised by critics and has been commercially successful. The three downloadable content packs that it has released for the game have been solid, even if plagued...

19 May 2009
16:31 GMT

Bethesda Talks About New Elder Scrolls Title and the Wii

Bethesda Softworks is definitely on a roll nowadays – after a long and exhausting development cycle for the very anticipated Fallout 3 post-apocalyptic RPG, the company, which also holds the rights to the medieval RPG franchise The Elder Scrolls, has finally gained critical acclaim for the great work it has bee...

31 October 2008
04:30 GMT

Bethesda Is Always Nervous About Reviews

Fallout 3 is a truly massive game, reviving the post apocalyptic RPG (Role Playing Game) series after almost 10 years since the second title in the franchise. It puts the player in the shoes of an ordinary man who sets out into the barren wasteland, which is the United States after a nuclear war, in search of his fat...

30 October 2008
04:06 GMT

New Fallout 3 Details Emerge - Gameplay

Fallout 3 is a Bethesda Softworks RPG title using a real-time combat system with optional pauses, similar to the Infinity Engine games developed by the same company. The apocalyptic title isn't sure yet to hit many platforms (the PC is the best option for the developers known best for The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion...

18 June 2007
04:50 GMT

Take-Two Discloses Financial Results - The Rumors Make Sense Now

Rumors of Take-Two selling out weren't far from the truth as the video game publisher today announced financial results for its second quarter and six months ended April 30, 2007, which were in line with the company's previously issued guidance, says an official report.Net revenue for the second quarter was...

12 June 2007
07:20 GMT


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