Category Archives: Bethesda

Bethesda concept artist Adam Adamowicz, who created amazing art for Fallout 3, Skyrim and other Bethesda titles, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. The sad news was quietly announced by Pete Hines after Skyrim won big during the Academy of Arts & Sciences awards at DICE. A lovely tribute to the man who helped create some of the wonderful games we enjoy, and written by a fellow concept artist, can be found over on Awesome Robo. Our thoughts and most sincere condolences go out to each one of his family and friends.

For many PS3 users, the release of patch 1.4 for Skyrim was an absolute blessing, as it contains a fix to some lag issues players have been experiencing on the system since launch. However, a few players have noted they are still experiencing some issues, while others have reported smooth sailing.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won five awards overnight in the Interactive Academy Awards at DICE, with other winners including Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and SWTOR.

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As promised last night, Bethesda has released Skyrim update 1.4 on Xbox 360 with the PS3 version expected sometime today as well. The full list of changes can be found through the Bethblog, which has been running a constant update on additional fixes added to the patch.

In an entertaining keynote presentation at DICE Summit today, Skyrim director Todd Howard said gaming has become the premiere entertainment medium – and showed off some amazing Skyrim brainstorming.

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The Xbox 360 version of patch 1.4 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming tomorrow, according to a tweet from Bethesda’s Pete Hines. Bethesda’s doesn’t have a timeframe for the PlayStation 3 version yet, and is apparently waiting on certification from Sony. Patch 1.4 fixes a massive number of bugs, including many which affect the player’s ability to complete quests.

Thanks, Eurogamer. [image]

Fiddling around with the console in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one user found clues suggesting Valve may have built more than a cool unique object with its first mod for the Bethesda RPG.

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A rather interesting machinima video from YouTube user Tyrannicon has surfaced, and it features 500 Draugr, 500 Dwarven warriors, 200 skeletons and a dragon going at it in Skyrim. According to the
video’s creator, it was developed using a combination of mods and console commands. We approve. Check it out below. Thanks, Gamefront.

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Someone’s made a mod for Skyrim featuring Macho Man Randy Savage. And then made a video of it featuring Disco Inferno from the beginning of the game. That’s all we can say, quite frankly. Words are at a loss.

Watch it after the break. The Creation Kit is out now for Skyrim. Go on, beat that.

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One of the first mods to roll off the assembly line enabled by the recently-released Skyrim Creation Kit is a neat little effort by Valve, celebrating the modding community’s intended close relationship with Steam Workshop. The Fall of the Space Core, Vol. 1 adds the Space-loving Portal 2 core as a companion, and apparently also Nolan North.

Thanks, GameInformer.

Katie bar the door: as promised, the Skyrim Creation Kit is out along with the rumored, free High-Resolution Texture Pack. Nice surprise isn’t it? To celebrate, Bethesda also has the game for 33% off on Steam. Go download it all now and make some awesome mods. If you are not into such matters, and already own Skyrim, Game of the Year Editions for Morrwind and Oblivion are also $9.99 on the store, which is $10.00 off the normal price. Check out a video for the Creation Kit below.

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Bethesda’s Pete Hines has used the magic of Twitter to let folks know the Skyrim Creation Kit is on track to be released Tuesday, February 7. What’s more, the developers have a “special surprise” in store with the release. Here’s the tweet: “For our Skyrim PC fans, the Creation Kit is on track for release on Tuesday. And, we also have a special surprise with it.” Nary a hint was given as to what the surprise entails, but it won’t be much longer now.

Id Software has released a significant patch for RAGE, right on top of its OS-X launch.

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Bethesda has released a developer diary highlighting some of the features in the Skyrim’s Creation Kit, which will be made available soon on Steam.

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Bethesda’s launched update 2.00 for the iOS version of RAGE, bringing with it two new episodes, melee, iOS5 support and HDMI out support.You can pick it up on iTunes for $1.99 here.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Bethesda has posted a quick note informing Skyrim players testing out the patch on Steam that an update is available.

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QuakeCon 2012 has been dated for August 2 – 5, and will once again take place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The event will, as usual, be hosting North America’s largest LAN party, and hands-on time with titles from Bethesda, id Software and other developers under the Zenimax umbrella. Various manufacturers will also be displaying the latest and greatest in hardware and software at the venue. Those planning to attend, can ring up the Hilton, mention QuakeCon and get a special room rate of $154 a night for the conference. More information is available through here.

Brave Dragonborn can set out on the most daring adventure of their lifetimes, by beta testing the latest patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Steam. As the Bethesda blog notes, it’s best to back up your saves before you give it a go, because in a game this size, something is almost certainly going to go horribly, horribly wrong. Assuming you’re not too attached to the last hundred hours you spent on the game, you can opt into the beta in the Account section of your Steam settings. You can check the preliminary patch notes here.

Thanks, GameInformer.

Bethesda has release preliminary patch notes for Skyrim Update 1.4, and said the patch is current undergoing testing on all three platforms.   The patch notes are listed below, and because of this, we must warn you that certain entries may contain *spoliers*. You have been warned.

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Bethesda has released a video for the Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition which releases next month in Europe and the US. It comes complete with Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash, and Gun Runners’ Arsenal which gives players access to the areas of: Sierra Madre Casino, Zion National Park, Big MT research crater and the Divide. Each of the four add-on packs increases the maximum level cap by five levels, ultimately raising the cap to level 50.

The Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition will be available on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 7 in North America and in Europe on February 10.

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