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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is Bethesda's open-world fantasy role-playing game set in the Nordic province of Skyrim. It puts players in the role of the Dragonborn, with sprawling exploration, faction storylines, and mod support that have kept it a staple of PC and console gaming.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim News

NewsAvowed was originally a 'multiplayer Skyrim' before Microsoft entered the game

February 22, 2025 | Avowed was rebooted twice before it officially hit the market just a few days ago, and one of the original concepts was a 'multiplayer Skyrim...

NewsFeeling guilty about using WinRAR for free for decades? Buy the official WinRAR bag

February 11, 2025 | WinRAR is using the fact that many out there that have been using its software for free for decades as a marketing tool for its official merch...

NewsAll signs point to an Oblivion remake as the Xbox's Developer Direct 'Mystery Title'

January 16, 2025 | The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remake is real and is currently under development by Virtuos, and it includes significant changes compared to the...

NewsOmni One Core is a VR treadmill for PC gamers and is compatible with all headsets

December 5, 2024 | The Omni One Core is a full VR treadmill system for PC gamers that already have a headset, and it looks pretty impressive when paired with Half...

NewsSteam Autumn Sale - The best PC Game deals for Under $10 and $5

November 27, 2024 | The Steam Autumn Sale is here! We go through the best gaming deals to be had for under $10 and $5, plus Valve's Steam Deck gets a tasty 25%...

NewsNew mod fixes one of the most disliked features in Starfield and other Bethesda RPGs

November 6, 2024 | Seamless City Interiors is a new mod for Starfield that does the seemingly impossible, it removes those annoying loading screens so you can...

NewsHitman in Skyrim and God of War in Grand Theft Auto 5, two more reasons to be a PC gamer

October 28, 2024 | The PC modding community is untouchable when it comes to creativity and fun - and these two mod mashups for Skyrim and GTA V are exactly that...

NewsIntel Core Ultra 9 285K's in-built Arc Graphics can run DOOM Eternal at 1080p 60 FPS

October 27, 2024 | The new flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K's built-in Arc GPU is surprisingly capable, with many PC games playable at 1080p at 60 FPS.

NewsNVIDIA DLSS support comes to several major PC game releases this week

October 23, 2024 | Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, No More Room In Hell 2, Dragon: Age: The Veilguard, The Axis Unseen, and more.

NewsCreation Engine is 'perfectly tuned' for Elder Scrolls 6, former Bethesda dev says

October 14, 2024 | Bethesda's new Creation Engine 2 iteration is apparently 'perfectly tuned' for the immersive RPGs that the company makes, including Elder Scrolls...

NewsBethesda may be too big for its own good

October 9, 2024 | 14-year Fallout and Skyrim veteran developer Nate Purkeypile describes why he left Bethesda Game Studios while it was in mid-development of...

NewsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim town Riften looks incredible in Unreal Engine 5

October 7, 2024 | It's just a tech demo, and a fantastic one at that, but maybe Bethesda should consider switching to Unreal Engine for The Elder Scrolls 6.

News88-year-old Skyrim Grandma aka Shirley Curry announces retirement, played Skyrim from launch

September 23, 2024 | 88-year-old Shirley Curry aka 'Skyrim Grandma' announces her retirement: she started playing The Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim back when it launched...

NewsGeForce NOW is adding three of the biggest PC games of 2024 to its cloud gaming library

August 20, 2024 | With a library that is now 2,000 strong, GeForce NOW cloud gaming is getting AAA hits like Black Myth: Wukong, Final Fantasy 16, and Star Wars...

NewsSkyrim running in 8K with over 3100 mods and ray tracing is an impressive feat

August 16, 2024 | Skyrim is one of most modded PC games of all time, and this new 8K video with ray tracing and over 3100 mods might be the most modded version...

NewsSkyblivion devs showcase full quests in the impressive Oblivion in Skyrim remake

August 16, 2024 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Obliviosn rebuilt from the ground-up in the Skyrim engine. Yes, Skyblivion is one of the most impressive mods in development...

NewsPlayStation 5 is rumored to be getting one of these two massive Xbox games next week

August 15, 2024 | Microsoft and Xbox will apparently be announcing that at least one more 'big' title is coming to PlayStation 5 at Gamescom next week.

Newsid Software's new mod tools for DOOM Eternal offer fans Skyrim levels of customization

August 12, 2024 | idStudio is a new app that gives modders the same tools id Software used to develop DOOM Eternal, and is available now in Beta form on Steam...

NewsBethesda's Skyrim is now available on GeForce NOW, making sure you can play it on anything

July 25, 2024 | Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most popular games of all time, and now it's playable over the cloud via GeForce NOW.

NewsTT Show Episode 43 - Intel CPU troubles and AMD's exciting new game tech

July 19, 2024 | This week on the TT Show... Intel's CPU troubles, new RTX 50 Series info, AMD's new tech, AI models trained on downloaded YouTube data, and...

NewsSkyrim with over 3100 mods, ray tracing, and a GeForce RTX 4090 looks like a different game

July 11, 2024 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with over 3100 mods and ray tracing looks incredible running on a GeForce RTX 4090, like a brand-new game.

NewsObsidian reveals why Avowed's co-op mode was cancelled

July 5, 2024 | Obsidian cancelled the co-op mode for Avowed very early in development, and now the studio reveals some of the rationale that went into that...

NewsStarfield player pitches one of the most ambitious mod ideas of all time

July 2, 2024 | One Starfield player has an ambitious idea for a mod for the space sim: Incorporating the entirety of Elder Scrolls' Tamriel landmass into the...

NewsSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is powerful enough to play PC games like Fallout 4 and BioShock

June 20, 2024 | This is an excellent look at PC gaming on the Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra and shows that native ports of PC titles could be an untapped market.

NewsTodd Howard: Staggered Fallout, Elder Scrolls releases avoid game cannibalization

June 20, 2024 | How does Bethesda handle running Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online in parallel with main AAA games? Todd Howard discusses how release cadence...

NewsStarfield's Shattered Space expansion addresses one of the game's biggest criticisms

June 17, 2024 | According to Starfield game director Todd Howard, the Shattered Space expansion is similar to Skyrim and Fallout - a single hand-crafted world...

NewsTodd Howard says Bethesda in no rush to create a Fallout 5, watch the TV show if you want story

June 17, 2024 | Fallout 5 is still several years away, so Fallout 76 updates are going to be it for a while. If you want more Fallout story, Todd says watch...

NewsBethesda faces backlash after releasing controversial Starfield mission

June 13, 2024 | Bethesda is facing some backlash from Starfield players after the publisher unveiled a new quest that will soon be added to the game.

NewsThe next Skyrim? Witcher 3 gets official REDkit modding tools and Steam Workshop integration

May 23, 2024 | The new REDkit gives PC modders 'the same set of tools that RED developers used to create The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt almost a decade ago.'

NewsSkyblivion is an impressive fan remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion coming in 2025

May 9, 2024 | The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is also getting the fan remake treatment with Skyblivion on track for a 2025 release - built in the Skyrim engine...

NewsSkywind, the Elder Scrolls Morrowind fan remake in Skyrim's engine, shares a massive update

May 6, 2024 | Skywind is one of the most ambitious mods currently in development. New update shows how far this fan remake of Elder Scrolls classic 'Morrowind...

NewsBethesda's Todd Howard is looking into ways to make Elder Scrolls and Fallout games quicker

May 2, 2024 | Elder Scrolls and Fallout games take a logn time to develop, but Bethesda's Todd Howard is looking into how to get them out sooner.

NewsFallout: London's release has been delayed due to the upcoming Fallout 4 'next-gen' update

April 14, 2024 | The developers behind the ambitious Fallout: London mod have delayed the launch because the upcoming Fallout 4 next-gen update could break mods...

NewsFallout 4 will hit 60FPS on PS5, Series X/S later this month

April 11, 2024 | Nearly 10 years after release, Fallout 4 is getting a big refresher with optimizations on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, a new PC update, and an Epic...

NewsBethesda sneakily drops update on The Elder Scrolls 6 in new message

March 26, 2024 | Bethesda has dropped a subtle teaser about the next installment in The Elder Scrolls series in a 30th-anniversary celebration post.

NewsThis Skyrim mod is pretty much a DLC that adds 60+ hours of content

February 5, 2024 | A developer team is currently working on a mod for Skyrim that is so large it could easily be considered a new DLC as it offers 60+ hours of...

NewsXbox Developer Direct wont have shadow drops, all games will come later in 2024

January 17, 2024 | Microsoft has officially confirmed it will not shadow drop or surprise release a new game as part of tomorrow's big Xbox Developer Direct showcase...

NewsSteam's Game of the Year is exactly what you'd expect, while Starfield wins Innovation award

January 3, 2024 | Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at the 2023 Steam Awards. But, Starfield and Red Dead Redemption II winning for innovation and content...

NewsSteam's Best of 2023 covers the best sellers, most played, and more

December 28, 2023 | For this year's PC games Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Hogwarts Legacy lead the pack in revenue, playtime, and even games fired up on Steam...

NewsBethesda turned down multiple Elder Scrolls game pitches from the Fallout: New Vegas team

December 19, 2023 | Fallout: New Vegas is a stone-cold classic, and one of Obsidian Entertainment's best RPGs. It turns out the team also wanted to make an Elder...

NewsBethesda is still working on that next-gen 4K Fallout 4 update, and it will arrive in 2024

December 13, 2023 | Announced well over a year ago, Bethesda provides an update on the mysterious Fallout 4 'next-gen' 4K update - it's coming sometime in 2024.

NewsCreator of Skyrim multiplayer mod won't be bringing it to Starfield because the game is 'trash'

December 10, 2023 | 'I'm not going to put my heart and soul into a mod for a game as mediocre as this,' Skyrim Together modder is no longer working on Starfield...

NewsStarfield hits milestone number of players on its way to a Skyrim-level release

December 4, 2023 | Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed Starfield has reached a monumental player milestone as the title aims to become a Skyrim-level...

NewsGamer commits genocide on Skyrim, saying they've 'killed everything that was killable'

November 27, 2023 | A gamer has decided to do what most other gamers wouldn't even consider - kill every single NPC within the game for a total of 5,400 murders...

NewsBlack Friday Deals 2023 - The Best PC Game Deals for Gamers

November 21, 2023 | Save big on Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 2042, Resident Evil 4, God of War, and more! Plus, pick up PC gaming gem like Deus Ex...

NewsTT Show Episode 10 - Apple's M3 comes home, NVIDIA to make CPUs, Star Citizen update, and more!

November 3, 2023 | The TT Show is back! This week the duo discuss Apple's new MacBooks and iMacs, Star Citizen, NVIDIA CPUs, Google Airship, Amouranth's Strange...

NewsXbox owns at least 17 video game franchises with $1 billion lifetime revenue

October 25, 2023 | After integration with ATVI, Xbox actually owns the rights to at least 17 separate video game franchises that have made $1 billion in lifetime...

NewsSkyrim fan recreates the entire game inside Age of Empires 2 after 400 hours of work

October 25, 2023 | A super-fan of Skyrim has finally recreated the game inside the classic RTS title Age of Empires 2 after spending more than 400 hours on the...

NewsStarfield mods confirmed for Xbox, will work similar to Fallout 4 and Skyrim console mods

September 13, 2023 | Bethesda plans to add in major community requested features into Starfield including FOV sliders, DLSS, ultrawide support, and an eat button...

NewsTodd Howard confirms official Starfield mod tools will be released sometime next year

September 10, 2023 | Official mod tools for Starfield and Creation Engine 2 are coming in 2024, but you can a huge variety of mods right now - like adding Stormtroopers...

NewsHere's a look at Starfield's performance on the new AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT GPUs

September 7, 2023 | The Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT comes with a free copy of Starfield, so here's a look at how the game performance on the new RDNA 3 GPUs.

NewsStarfield Script Extender mod is here, paving the way for a complete UI overhaul, ala Skyrim

September 5, 2023 | Starfield Script Extender or SFSE will lead to more ambitious mods and game overhauls just like what we saw with the Skyrim Script Extender.

NewsStarfield's most downloaded PC mod so far is the one that replaces AMD FSR with NVIDIA DLSS

September 4, 2023 | The number one mod for Starfield at launch is the one that adds DLSS support, and it's not hard to see why - image quality noticeably improves...

NewsStarfield - We visit Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth in cinematic 4K Ultrawide

August 31, 2023 | Starfield is finally here ... so here's some early impressions with some scenic GeForce RTX 4090 powered footage from our solar system.

NewsHere's Seagate's stylish new limited edition Starfield Game Drives and Game Hub for Xbox

August 21, 2023 | Although you probably can't install the Xbox Series X version of the game on one, these limited edition Starfield drives from Seagate still...

NewsIntel Arc driver update brings a massive 20% performance improvement to DirectX 11 gaming

August 18, 2023 | Intel delivers another milestone driver update for the Intel Arc A750, this time focusing on DirectX 11 performance in games like Overwatch...

NewsStarfield Q&A: alien warfare, housing, pacifist runs, and much more

August 16, 2023 | Bethesda Game Studios developers Emil Pagliarulo and Will Shen answer a bunch of Starfield questions from the community and give new clues about...

NewsOblivion remake possibly in development, but Bethesda isn't making it

July 31, 2023 | Reports indicate that a The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake is in development on Unreal Engine 5, but Bethesda Game Studios apparently isn...

NewsTroika's original Baldur's Gate 3 pitch sounds like a mix of Skyrim and Jedi Outcast

July 18, 2023 | Before Larian, Fallout creator Tim Cain's studio Troika Games made a Baldur's Gate 3 pitch that would have taken D&D into the real-time action...

NewsRemember treasure foxes in Skyrim? Now we have legendary loot rats to follow in Diablo 4

July 5, 2023 | Want to find legendary loot in Diablo 4? A crazy new theory suggests all you need to do is follow the rats and you'll find it. (No cows are...