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Amazon.co.uk has named the winner of it’s The Generation’s Greatest Game competition – and it’s Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The epic RPG had to fend off Sony’s latecomer The Last of Us in the semi-final, despite the PS3 title only being released two weeks into the competition’s initial …
Read More »Job-hunting 19 year-old spends 2,000 hours creating epic Skyrim mod
It’s certainly true that in today’s competitive jobs market you need to make yourself stand out if you wish to succeed. So taking a year out of your life and devoting in the region of 2,000 hours to create a hugely ambitious and well-received mod for the popular The Elder …
Read More »Next Skyrim DLC allows you to design and build your own home
The second DLC release for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will allow players to construct their very own in-game home. Called Hearthfire, the download allows for gamers to purchase plot and plans and then construct a fully customisable dwelling that can be decorated and extended as its owners see fit. …
Read More »VIDEO – First Skyrim: Dawnguard trailer
Bethesda has released the long awaited first trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s first DLC release. Called Dawnguard, the expansion will be released this summer on Xbox Live for 1,600 (13.70) Microsoft Points. In the video we see a darker take on the Skyrim world, with players invited to …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim win 2011 critics award
Warner Interactive’s action sequel Batman: Arkham City and Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim were the two highest rated console titles of 2011 according to reviews aggregation site Metacritic. Both won an average review score of 96. Also scoring 96 was indie hit World of Goo. This makes the trio …
Read More »UK retail sells 3m games last week
UK games retailers took a whopping 73.9m last week from game sales alone. In total 2,978,493 titles were sold last week. It’s up over the week before, although slightly down on the comparable week in 2010. But this year there’s still a full sales week to come, including a Saturday …
Read More »Bethesda promises another Skyrim patch next week
Publisher Bethesda has said it will release another patch for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim next week. Yesterday MCV reported that the latest update for the game had introduced two major bugs – the loss of resistance character benefits and dragons that fly backwards. This week we released update 1.2 …
Read More »Unofficial Skyrim map app heading to iOS
Providing it can elude the somewhat over-active reach of Bethesda’s lawyers, a Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim app is heading to iOS. Called Dragon Shout, the download contains a fully interactive Skyrim map that allows gamers to set their own markers, complete with annotations. This can be used for marking down …
Read More »What’s out today? w/e November 11th, 2011
The Elder Scrolls returns to the High Street today with the critically acclaimed Skyrim. Bethesda’s latest open world RPG puts players in the role of Dragonborn, a hero destined to save the land from dragons. It has already garnered several impressive review scores. Meanwhile, online kids megafranchise Moshi Monsters makes …
Read More »Skyrim cast features Captain Von Trapp and Wonder Woman
Bethesda has unveiled the vocal talent for the latest Elder Scrolls title, including Christopher Plummer, Max Von Sydow, Lynda Carter and Joan Allen. Von Sydow, known for his roles in The Exorcist and Minority Report, can already be heard as the narrator in the official trailers for The Elder Scrolls …
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