Tag Archives: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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.

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

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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.

38 Studios’ Ken Rolston, who famously served as lead designer on two past Elder Scrolls games, belives Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has one massive advantage over Skyrim.

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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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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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This is, and will be, the best thing in all of existence ever. Someone’s managed to mod one of the characters from My Little Pony into Skyrim, replacing the dragons in the game. There’s videos of it in action below the break. Watch this too if you have a spare 20 minutes.

Thanks, EG.

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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.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the epitome of western RPGs, has proved a hit with Japanese developers.

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Did you buy the PS3 version of Skyrim? Did you get lagged to death as you moved further into the game? OPM has your back, yo.

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For the first time in eight years, a title not published by either EA or Activision has become the Christmas number one, with Bethesda pinching this year’s festive chair with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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In response to demand for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda has shipped 10 million units worldwide.

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Bethesda tweeted earlier today that the 1.3 update for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has gone live on Xbox Live. The patch is not yet available in most territories on PSN (only in Europe.) The patch is also live on PC, and is nearly identical on both PC and Xbox 360.

The patch will fix a number of issues including general stability and animation issues including the dreaded backwards-flying dragon.

Via Joystiq.

What’s your RPG style – role-playing or number-crunching? Brenna Hillier is surprised to find Skyrim permits both to equal satisfaction, but it was a search for a bow that made the whole game click.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has taken the top spot in the UK charts from Modern Warfare 3, ensuring there won’t be a repeat of the 10+ straight weeks at the summit of the list that Modern Warfare 2 ruled over between end of 2009 and end of 2010.

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Besthesda has reiterated it intends DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to be chock full of content, and tailored around player feedback.

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“I think our favorite [user made video] really is putting the buckets on the heads. It was like day two, and we went, what? Do we fix that? Our lead programmer is pissed and wants to fix it, and I said I’m not sure we should. That’s one of those where maybe we leave it in.”

– Bethesda’s Todd Howard admits to Joystiq that he has a fondness for one of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s more amusing emergent techniques.

Somehow we missed this little nugget posted over on OPM the other day, but we’re making up for it by posting it for you today. The site lists nine various things in Skyrim you may or may not have known you could pull off in the game. There’s a couple on there we’ve yet to try ourselves, but then again, we aren’t too far into the game because we just can’t stop exploring. Through the link, you will find videos showing you how to: use your shield as a weapon, get a follower that never dies, and how to find this rather awesome Daedric staff that produces random effects each time it’s used. We won’t give the rest away. You’ll need to head on through the link to see the list for yourself. [pic]

Bethesda has suggested a number of workaround tips and tricks for PlayStation 3 owners suffering memory-related issues in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Suggestions include freeing up 2GB of memory on your consoles’ hard drive; disabling auto-save; and waiting or resting for up to 30 days to help clear the effects of your actions on the game world. A few advanced options using the console’s safe mode are suggested too, but don’t come highly recommended.

The publisher has indicated the PS3 issues are a priority and may be part of the next patch.