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Bethesda has released a content editor for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, along with a bonus texture pack that gives the Nord homeland even more detail. The high-res texture pack revamps the look of characters, buildings and the environment, making everything sharper. It requires Windows 7 or Vista, 4GB of …
Read More »Skyrim update replaces dragons with… My Little Pony
Love Skyrim but think it could do with an injection of cuteness? By gosh, you’re in luck. An update for the latest Elder Scrolls title, as spotted by Eurogamer, is currently available on SkyrimNexus. Once installed players will find that the fearsome dragons that once tormented the land of Skyrim …
Read More »Skyrim 1.4 update to address PS3 stuttering bug
This month’s 1.4 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will finally address the PS3 stutter bug, Bethesda has claimed. It made the assurance on Twitter. A fix for the game, which was released worldwide on November 11th last year, was released in early December, but failed to address the …
Read More »Bethesda takes UK Christmas video games No.1
Some Christmas traditions don’t last forever – and Skyrim has smashed the eight-year grip Electronic Arts and Activision has had on the Xmas No.1. Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls game held the top spot after rocketing to the top of the charts last week, just 15,000 units ahead of Just Dance 3. …
Read More »Skyrim passes 10m shipped mark, beats Steam records
Bethesda has now shipped in excess of 10m units of its fantastic RPG title The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worldwide. No firm sales figures have been released, though the publisher adds that the number represents some $650m in sales. Valve has added that Skyrim is now officially the fastest selling …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Retail discounts see Skyrim fly to No.1
Fierce retail price cutting has put Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V at the top of the UK charts this week. Data from GfK/Chart-Track for the week ending Saturday, September 10th shows that the game on average dropped 13 across the High Street last week. A hugely popular deal at Gamestation saw …
Read More »UPDATED: Elder Scrolls V Skyrim cut to £22.49
Retailer Gamestation has this morning begun advertising an incredible discount on Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The chain will slash the price of the popular RPG to just 22.49 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The PC version will be cut to 19.99. It’s unusual for such an aggressive discount to be …
Read More »Skyrim patch introduces new problems
A patch for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that was supposed to fix an error with the PS3 version has introduced two fresh bugs to the game. The PS3 version of the game has been plagued since launch with frame-rate problems. Many users had reported that once their save game file …
Read More »Bethesda ships 7m copies of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Over 7m copies of console and PC adventure game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been shipped by Bethesda. The publisher estimates an approximate return of $450m on the numbers. More than 50 per cent of the game’s launch units were sold in its first 48 hours on sale following …
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 …
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