Tag Archives: TESV

Tue, Jun 26, 2012 | 17:39 BST

Hunting vampires in the first 20 minutes of Dawnguard

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With the release of Dawnguard, the first, large expansion for Skyrim, Sam Clay decided to give it a go. Watch him play below.

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Fri, Jun 08, 2012 | 13:27 BST

Skyrim patch 1.6 live, adds mounted combat to Xbox 360

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Bethesda has announced the availability of Skyrim patch 1.6 on Xbox 360, which brings mounted combat to the game. Now you can shoot your bow and put an ax to a frost troll’s head all while astride your horse. A host of fixes have been applied as well. Patch notes are below, as outlined in the Steam version.

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Wed, Jun 06, 2012 | 23:49 BST

Bethesda – developers walk a “weird line,” when it comes to DLC

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Bethesda’s Todd Howard feels developers walk a find line when it comes to releasing DLC: do it too soon, you alienate your customer base. Do it too late, you alienate your customer base.

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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 | 19:30 BST

Date for Skyrim DLC may be announced “next week”

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Bethesda’s Pete Hines has said he is working on acquiring more information regarding a release date for the first round of Skyrimn DLC. He’s hoping to provide more information “maybe next week. We’ll see.” He said he is also trying to confirm a Kinect release date, so be on the look out for that as well. Via Twitter.

Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 15:37 BST

Skyrim 1.5 now available on 360, hits later today on PS3

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Saints be praised: the Skyrim patch PS3 players have been hoping for will arrive on PSN later today, according to Bethesda. Upgraded killcams and other goodies included in update 1.5 will also be inlcuded. Get the patch notes here.

Sat, Feb 18, 2012 | 15:35 GMT

Howard: Skyrim DLC will feel like expansion packs, smaller bits to release in between

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Todd Howard has said Bethesda will “take more time” on creating DLC for Skyrim as the extra “meat” it’s adding to the content will make it feel more like an expansion pack.

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Wed, Feb 15, 2012 | 18:46 GMT

Howard: It’s a “common misconception” Skyrim’s PS3 issues are tied to save data

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Bethesda’s Todd Howard has said the team working on Skyrim knew it would experience a “bad memory situation” when developing the game for PS3, and worked extra hard on the code to prevent issues from occurring; however, problems did arise with “a small percentage” users.

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Sat, Feb 11, 2012 | 15:19 GMT

Bethesda list two steps PS3 users should follow when applying patch 1.4 to Skyrim

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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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Wed, Feb 01, 2012 | 21:35 GMT

Skyrim Creation Kit and Skyrim Workshop previewed in video

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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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Thu, Jan 19, 2012 | 21:14 GMT

Bethesda releases preliminary patch notes for Skyrim Update 1.4

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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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Thu, Jan 19, 2012 | 21:04 GMT

Bethesda still planning to release Skyrim’s Creation Kit “this month”

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Bethesda has taken to the Bethblog to reassure modders the Creation Kit for Skyrim is still on it’s way, and according to the firm it’s “looking to have it near the end of the month.”

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Tue, Jan 10, 2012 | 14:34 GMT

Bethesda reconfirms PS3 issues in Skyrim will be addressed with Update 1.4

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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.