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Skyrim DLC has been absent of late on PS3 of late due to some technical issues, and Sony has said it’s doing everything it can to help Bethesda get the content working on the console.

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ZeniMax Online’s Matt Firor has said the reason we don’t see many MMOs on consoles, is due to PCs being so “wide open.”

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Nick Konkle, lead gameplay and combat designer for The Elder Scrolls Online, has said the MMO’s being designed in order to be “accessible to anyone”.

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Paul Sage, creative director for The Elder Scrolls Online, has combat in the MMO will be both active and reactive, which is similar to the combat found in single-player Elder Scrolls titles.

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Bethesda has announced mounted combat for Skyrim via a free title update. Those who have the game on Steam should make sure the beta version is up to date and try it out. No date just yet, but it will land on consoles as well. Patch notes can be found on the Bethesda Blog. There’s also a video of it in action below, courtesy of RipTen.

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

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Bethesda has taken to Twitter to assure PS3 users experiencing stuttering and lag in Skyrim that the issues will be addressed with the release of Update 1.4. The issues occur with the PS3 version as save files age. Users were hoping framerate issues would be fixed with Update 1.3 in December, but Bethesda said at the time the issues would be fixed in the next release. The latest patch is expected sometime this month.

It looks as though some players are still experiencing some lag issues in Skyrim on PS3, even after applying the patch released on Monday. Furthermore, both PS3 and Xbox 360 users are reporting the patch came with a new bug, which causes players to take full damage from hits despite any applied resistances.

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Bethesda’s Pete Hines has stated over Twitter that folks can expect patches for Skyrim to hit the week after Thanksgiving. According to his tweet on the matter, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions have been submitted for certification, and one for PC is “coming too.” No word just yet on what all be included in the patch notes, if past experience is any indication, expect the firm to post a list a few days before the patch goes live. Thanks, Gamefront.

Bethesda has said to hold off on installing Skyrim on Xbox 360 due to the way dynamic streaming of the game’s textures is handled by the console.

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Bethesda has released a new video for Skyrim, showing the various magic spells and combat animations with the game. It also gives you a glimpse into the game’s skill tree. Before you watch it though, if you pre-purchased the game via Direct2Drive or Steam, you can now pre-load the game. Just an FYI, ya know. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is out Friday, a measly two days from now. Still feels like ages, though.

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Bethesda has apparently offered a reward to any parents willing to give birth on Skyrim’s release day who subsequently name their child Dovahkiin – “Dragonborn”.

We’re almost certain they’re joking. They’re not joking.

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The Skyrim exclusives are running their course, and you know what that means: infosplosion. Come on through and devour the details of locations, dragon shouts, and delightful miscellany.

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In a Game Informer podcast, Bethesda’s Todd Howard discussed Skyrim’s reduced weapon skill set, explaining that individual weapon types have their own skill trees within broader categories.

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Art director Matt Carafano has called Bethesda’s approach to Skyrim’s landscape as “epic reality”, highlighting the new title’s visual departure from previous Elder Scrolls titles.

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A Dutch magazine has provided another info dump on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, touching on graphical upgrades, the size of the game world, and the ever-fascinating dragons.

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Game Informer‘s ongoing series of chats with director Todd Howard continues with a look at the game’s new two-handed combat system, which replaces the “chopsticks”-like efforts of previous titles.

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Although there was little doubt that the mod-friendly developer would do otherwise, Bethesda has confirmed the planned release of a toolkit for Skyrim’s engine, Creation.

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Individual modders whose work is featured in the Morrowind 2011 compendium have threatened legal action against its compiler, resulting in the removal of the 4Gb pack’s torrent.

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