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  • Bethesda, 2K Team Up To Offer Bundles Of Their Best-Selling Games

    Over the last few years, 2K Games and Bethesda have become two of the biggest publishers in gaming with hits like BioShock Infinite and Borderlands 2. Now the two publishers are combining their power to offer bundles that feature their best selling games for those who never got around to them.

    2K Games and Bethesda announced this morning that it will be releasing two bundles on Xbox 360 and PS3 today. The first includes Borderlands 2 and Dishonored while the second features Skyrim and BioShock Infinite. As an added bonus, the PS3 version of the Skyrim and BioShock Infinite bundle also includes the original BioShock.

    Both publishers are quick to point out that these four games are often cited as being games of a generation. In other words, they feel that these are the games people will look back on as the crowing achievement in game design on the Xbox 360 and PS3. It also probably means that you’ve already played them.

    “When you think of the best games of the modern era, you think of Skyrim, BioShock Infinite, Borderlands 2, and Dishonored,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Combined, these four instant classics have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, and have been recognized by hundreds of critics as the best in the industry, and now 2K and Bethesda Softworks are offering these games at an incredible value.”

    If you’ve not yet had the chance to play these games, 2K and Bethesda really hope you do. It would seem the focus of this joint endeavor is to gain new fans while wringing out the last bit of value found in these titles.

    “Not only have these games been critical successes, but they have also won the hearts of gamers everywhere,” added Vlatko Andonov, President, Bethesda Softworks. “Each of these games has an extraordinarily passionate fan base and we look forward to seeing those grow even larger as more people get to explore these fully-realized worlds.”

    Both bundles are available today on the PS3 and Xbox 360 for $30 each. The bundles include only the base game so you’ll have to buy all the DLC that’s been released for all four titles.

    Image via Business Wire/2K Games/Bethesda Softworks

  • Here’s How Character Progression Works In The Elder Scrolls Online

    The Elder Scrolls franchise has always had a unique take on character progression where player abilities leveled up with use. This system has been in use all the way up through the latest game – Skyrim – but some fans may be concerned that Zenimax Online would take a different approach with the franchise’s first foray into MMOs.

    In the latest trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online, the developers at Zenimax Online discuss just how character progression works in their first MMO. The good news is that they do keep some of the use-based skill progression from the mainline Elder Scrolls games, but now there is a heavy dependence on experience when leveling up. To clarify, all players will gain experience upon defeating enemies, exploring the world and completing quests. Upon leveling up, you will gain points that can be spent on both stats and skills.

    It’s all pretty standard MMO fair so far, but the skills is where The Elder Scrolls Online becomes more like a traditional Elder Scrolls game. Every player starts out with only a basic skill, but will unlock new skills along its skill tree as they use it more. Players will gain access to specific skill trees based upon their race and class, but they will also gain access to new skill trees based upon a player’s progression through the story. For example, you can gain new skill trees by becoming a werewolf or vampire.

    You can see all the above and more in action in the trailer below:

    The Elder Scrolls Online is slated to release in 2014 on PC, Xbox One and PS4.

    [Image: ZenimaxOnlineStudios/YouTube]

  • Skyrim Mash-Up Pack Coming To Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition

    It’s been almost two years since Skyrim came out and devoured what little free time you had. Now you find the game a little boring though, and you don’t go back to it as much anymore. Unfortunately, there won’t be any more DLC released for it, but you can soon experience Skyrim in an entirely new way in Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.

    At Minecon 2013, Mojang and Besthesda jointly announced that Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition would be getting what they The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mash-up pack. As its name implies, it’s a conversion pack for Minecraft that changes the textures and character models to look more like the world of Skyrim.

    That’s not all either as the pack will contain much more. Here’s what the official release has to say:

    Developed by 4J Studios, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” Mash-Up features an exclusive Skyrim-themed texture set, 40 character skins, themed menus and user interface, craftable items, and more than 20 iconic selections from “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” original game soundtrack. The comprehensive pack also includes a stunning pre-made world, recreating the memorable areas of Whiterun, Riverwood, and Bleak Falls Barrow.

    The most appealing part of this pack is that it contains a pre-made world that looks to recreate Skyrim in Minecraft. There have surely been projects that have already aimed to do so, but what could be more fun than deconstructing the world of Skyrim in everybody’s favorite brick laying simulator?

    Unfortunately, there’s no release date for the pack just yet. It will be playable this weekend at Minecon in Orlando, Florida though.

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  • Here’s How Character Creation Works In The Elder Scrolls Online

    Character creation is key to The Elder Scrolls Online experience. That’s at least what Zenimax Online Studios says about the upcoming MMO.

    In the latest trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online, the team shows off the character creation tool that all players will use when they first start up the game. Like most character creation systems, players will be able to customize their character in pretty much every way. For instance, players will be able to meticulously refine just how fat or skinny they want their player character to be. You want an Argonian with a beer belly? You got it. Want to look like an anorexic fashion model? You can do that too.

    The team also makes much ado about the face customization engine. There are near limitless possibilities so let’s hope players actually take the effort to craft a custom face. If not, The Elder Scrolls Online may end up looking like a world full of NPCs from Oblivion.

    The Elder Scrolls Online is on schedule to launch at some point in Q1 2014 for PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One. The game was recently featured as one of three PS4 titles in Sony’s first TV spot for its next-gen console.

    [Image: ZenimaxOnlineStudios]

  • The Elder Scrolls Online Will Cost You $14.99 A Month

    For those of you who are eager to get your MMO on in Tamriel, some recent news may take some of that wind out of your sails. If, however, money is no object, carry on with your anticipation. While those who populate the World of Warcraft are probably asking what the fuss is about, the fact that the upcoming Elder Scrolls Online will feature a monthly subscription rate of $14.99 a month apparently caught some by surprise, at least according to Twitter. Those familiar with the MMORPG traditional business model–before dreaded microtransactions moved in–expected something along these lines, but for others, it appears as if Bethesda and ZeniMax may have just lost some potential customers with their confirmation of the subscription price.

    In an interview with Gamestar.de, Matt Firor, General Manager of ZeniMax Online, did just that:

    Since you’ve been so forthcoming, could you also reveal the available subscriptions? How much will a month of ESO cost?

    We’ll go into details on this later, but the basic monthly charge will be $14.99/€12.99/£8.99 and expect some discounts if you buy multiple months at a time. We’ll also support game time cards as well as a variety of payment methods.

    From the sound of it, players will be able to buy subscription gift cards that will secure blocks of time, much like WoW’s Game Time. Judging by the reaction on Twitter, apparently, some people were hoping for the Free-To-Play/microtransaction model instead of paying a monthly subscription after the base game has been purchased:


    However, at least one lone dissenter prefers the monthly charge to having to buy essential in-game items while they’re playing:


    That, however, seems to represent the minority reaction, but then again, maybe some of the negativity is from people following the current trend. With that in mind, which side of the fence are you on? The “Hell yeah more Skyrim” side that will pay willingly or the side that says the hell with monthly subscriptions?

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  • ‘The Elder Scrolls Anthology’ Bundle Announced

    Since 1994, the Elder Scrolls series has been enthralling gamers with a sprawling world filled with classic fantasy tropes. In 2011, Skyrim brought the series to a prominence it had not yet seen with fantastic visuals, dragons, and shouting.

    This week, Bethesda announced a collection for gamers who may not have played Elder Scrolls games other than Skyrim. The Elder Scrolls Anthology is a collection of every Elder Scrolls game yet released. The collection will be released for PC on September 10 (September 13 in Europe) and will cost $80/€60 / £50 / $90AUD.

    The package includes The Elder Scrolls: Arena, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. As older PC games, Arena and Daggerfall will both launch in DOS emulators. The version of Morrowind packaged in the anthology includes the Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansions, and Oblivion comes with that game’s Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansions. Skyrim comes with all three of its DLC packs – Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn.

    In addition to the on-disc content, the anthology will come with a physical (glossy paper, it appears) map of each game’s world map. The detailed maps will show off Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodill, Skyrim, and the whole of Tamriel.

  • Game Mod Brings Dishonored Abilities To Skyrim

    The alter, change, or build upon PC game code to add features, content, and/or, desired improvements is, of course, known as modding. Thanks to the largely unpaid efforts of these “amateur” programmers, many a game has been given new life, courtesy of the fan-created content that pops up. While those who limit their gaming to the console environment miss out video game modding, the PC gaming community embraces it quite vigorously. So much so that Steam features a Workshop area for games that allow modding that feature the necessary files to alter your game experience.

    One game that has an incredibly active community is Bethesda’s Skyrim. To put it mildly, there are mods for just about everything in open-world RPG. If you want to add a realism mod that requires your character to relieve their bladder, among other things, you can do that. If you want to add lightsabers to the vast armory that’s already available to players, you can do that too. Do you want your games to have a more, um, adult theme, complete with character nudity? Skyrim Nexus has just what you need; although, apparently the site is undergoing some DoS trouble.

    There is a new mod, however, that is making news because it brings the powers of Dishonored, another Bethesda title, to the world of Skyrim. If you haven’t had a chance to play Dishonored, needless to say the main character’s powers are certainly a highlight, especially the “Blink” function. The idea of making this particular skill set to available to Skyrim characters at least looks like a brilliant idea:


    If you’re interested in learning another skill to vanquish your enemies throughout Tamriel, Skyrim Nexus again has the goods. Just be patient with the site as it deals with DoS griefers.

    (H/t to The Escapist)

  • Travel To Coldharbour In Latest Elder Scrolls Online Trailer

    With Skyrim officially wrapped up, players might find themselves yearning for more adventures in Tamriel sooner rather than later. The Elder Scrolls Online might just scratch that particular itch when it launches later this year.

    in the latest trailer for the MMO, the game’s producers reveal that the Daedric Lord Molag Bal is the key antagonist throughout the game’s main storyline. In fact, he steals the player’s character’s soul at the beginning, and players must fight to get it back. The quest will see players traveling to Coldharbour – the oblivion plane belonging to Molag Bal.

    All of this certainly looks nice, but the real challenge will be convincing fans of Bethesda’s sprawling first-person RPGs to give The Elder Scrolls Online a shot. MMOs, especially those that are subscription based, are not exactly in vogue anymore. Still, Besthesda and Zenimax Online could knock it out of the park by creating an MMO that can last more than a few months before going free-to-play.

    We’ll probably get a firm release date at E3, but The Elder Scrolls Online is still set for launch later this year.

  • Skyrim: Legendary Edition Announced, Dated

    Skyrim: Legendary Edition Announced, Dated

    Both in and out of video games, it seems that patient gamers are always rewarded. While early adopters can often end up shelling out $60 for a new game and $30 to $60 more for a title’s DLC, those who are willing to wait for the experience can often grab award-winning games at lower prices with all DLC already included.

    That’s the case this year for gamer’s who haven’t trekked across the plains of Skyrim. Almost two years after the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda has announced that a “Legendary Edition” of the game will launch on June 4 (June 7 in Europe) for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The game will cost $60.

    Skyrim: Legendary Edition will include a version of Skyrim updated to the 1.9 title update and all three of the game’s DLC’s: Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn.

    Bethesda announced earlier this month that it has officially stopped development on Skyrim. The team that was still working on the game has been shifted to a new project, which could be The Evil Within, Fallout 4, or some other unannounced Bethesda title.

  • Bethesda Teases Mystery Game Again, It’s Still Not Fallout 4

    Earlier this week, Bethesda teased its next game via Vine. Fans speculated it was Fallout 4 as work on Skyrim has now been completed. Bethesda says that’s not the case, and its latest Vine teaser seems to suggest they’re telling the truth on this one.

    Over the past two days, Bethesda has posted two more Vine teasers on its Twitter feed:

    As you can see, both of the above teasers look nothing like Fallout. If anything, it’s looking more and more like Bethesda is finally ready to reveal Zwei, a game from horror mastermind Shinji Mikami.

    As the latest teaser reveals, we’ll find out more about the publisher’s next game tomorrow on IGN. It would be kind of hilarious if Zwei was Fallout 4 in disguise. That’s not to say Fallout fans should expect anything though. We’re probably still at least a year off from an announcement.

  • Bethesda Teases New Game Via Vine, It’s Not Fallout 4

    Just yesterday, Bethesda Game Studios announced that it’s officially done with Skyrim. The studio is moving all of its team to full time development on its next title, and a recent teaser may point to what that game is.

    Bethesda posted the following Vine teaser on its Twitter account today:

    As you can see, there’s no explanation. Many are assuming it’s a teaser for Bethesda’s next game which many first assumed was an impending announcement for Fallout 4 or whatever Bethesda Game Studios is working on next. For Fallout fans, that’s unfortunately not the case as Bethesda’s Pete Hines put that assumption to rest:

    Of course, it’s easy to forget that Bethesda is also a publisher, and the publisher has two games on the horizon. One is codenamed Zwei, a new survival horror game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. The other is an unnamed project from MachineGames, a developer made up of ex-Starbreeze staff. Some are saying that their title is a new entry in id’s celebrated Wolfenstein series.

    The funny thing is that the Vine teaser could fit both scenarios. The record is playing Bach’s music, and Bach was German. Zwei is a German term and the creepy mood of the Vine teaser fits a horror-themed game quite well. On the other hand, Wolfenstein traditionally takes place during World War II and has the player fighting nazis in Germany.

    Bestheda hasn’t said anything else since the Vine teaser, but we’ll probably learn what the mystery game is soon enough. Besthesda generally doesn’t keep fans guessing for long so we should be seeing a proper announcement before the end of the month.

  • Skyrim Is Officially Finished, Bethesda Moves Team To New Project

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came out in late 2011 to multiple game of the year awards, and one too many arrow in the knee memes. Since then, Bethesda has released three DLC expansions with Dragonborn being the latest. Now Bethesda is ready to move on to its next project.

    On the official Bethesda blog, the studio announced that Skyrim is now pretty much complete. The studio says that it will release minor updates here and there, but it’s safe to assume that we won’t be seeing anymore expansions released for the title.

    Bethesda says that it’s had a small team working on pre-production for its latest title, but the game has now reached the point where it requires the attention of the entire team. There’s no hint as to what this new title is, but we should be getting an announcement pretty soon if it’s already far enough in development to warrant the entire team’s attention.

    While some, including yours truly, would love to see Bethesda apply itself to a new IP; some early signs are pointing to Fallout 4. The biggest hint is that Erik Todd Dellums, the voice actor of Fallout 3’s Three Dog, said that he was back in the studio recording lines for the role. This set off plenty of speculation that Bethesda was either working on Fallout 4 or a Fallout TV show. We won’t know for sure until an official announcement, but Bethesda’s new project may very well be a new entry in the Fallout franchise for next-gen consoles.

    If the thought of Fallout 4 isn’t enough console you over the lack of new Skyrim content going forward, you can always get into the modding scene. The amount of mods available for Skyrim on the PC is astounding, and the tools available for modding, from the Nexus Mod Manager to Steam Workshop, make modding easier than ever before.

  • Do Want: Bioshock, Portal, and Skyrim as Little Golden Books

    If there are two things that my future children will be acquainted with at an early age, its Little Golden Books and Bioshock.

    One artist has put the two together (along with Portal and Skyrim) to create some killer mashups.

    “As the sun sets on this current generation of video games, I’ve been thinking about some of the classic games that people will still (hopefully) point to years from now and hold them up as games that made a difference, and possibly, for some child out there, Portal or Skyrim will be a memory from their early childhood,” says the artist, Joey Spiotto.

    Right on. Hopefully, my kids will sleep with a Mr. Bubbles. Maybe even a Dovahkiin doll. Maybe, if I have a daughter, she can don the orange pants and white tank-top of our Portal heroine for Halloween. Those are the kinds of thoughts that occur to me while looking at these wonderful little prints. Bravo.

    You can purchase the 3-print set for $50 over on Etsy.

    [Joebot via Kotaku]

  • Skyrim PlayStation 3 DLC Finally Dated

    Between the new live-action God of War: Ascension Super Bowl commercial and the fact that the reveal of the PlayStation 4 is less than one month away, Sony fans are feeling pretty good right now. They’re probably thinking their day can’t get any better, but they are wrong.

    Bethesda has jumped on the Sony hype train today by finally announcing the U.S. release dates for Skyrim DLC on the PlayStation 3. “Dawnguard,” “Hearthfire,” and “Dragonborn” have all been available on the Xbox 360 and PC for months, but PlayStation 3 gamers had been left out. Whatever the problem was, Bethesda has overcome it, and PlayStation 3 gamers can finally dust off their copies of Skyrim and distract themselves until they can get their hands on next-gen PlayStation 4 titles.

    As announced back in the middle of January, the Skyrim DLC will be released in reverse order of how they were released on other platforms. Luckily, the release dates are only a week apart for each. “Dragonborn” will come first on February 12, followed by “Hearthfire” on February 19. “Dawnguard” will be released on February 26.

    Bethesda stated that all of the Skyrim DLC add-ons will be marked down during their individual release weeks. Also, the release dates for Europe will be coming “soon.”

    To jog everyone’s memory of what Skyrim DLC has to offer, here are all the trailers for the add-ons, in the order of their PlayStation 3 release schedule:

  • All Skyrim DLC is (Finally) Coming to PS3 in February

    Gamers who bought Skyrim for the PlayStation 3 might finally have a reason to blow the dust off their copy of Skyrim and brush up on their dragon shouts. Bethesda today announced that all of the downloadable content (DLC) for Skyrim will finally be coming to the PlayStation 3.

    Bethesda and Microsoft obviously have had an exclusivity deal for Skyrim DLC, as the three add-ons – “Dawnguard,” “Hearthfire,” and “Dragonborn” – were all released on the Xbox 360 for weeks before they appeared on the PC. PlayStation 3 gamers got the shaft, though, as no bit of Skyrim DLC has yet appeared in the PlayStation Network Store. There were rumors of technical problems, but whatever the trouble Bethesda seems to have managed it.

    The add-ons will be released in an odd, backwards style for Sony’s console. The latest Skyrim DLC, “Dragonborn” will be the first to appear on the PS3, followed by “Hearthfire” and then “Dawnguard,” the first DLC that was release for Xbox 360 back in June 2012. The 1.8 update for Skyrim will also be coming to the PS3 just before the launch of “Dragonborn.” Bethesda stated that all of the content will be released in February, though no specific dates have been given.

    A specific date has been given, however, for the PC version of “Dragonborn.” The latest Skyrim DLC will be coming to Steam on February 5.

  • Skyrim’s “Dragonborn” DLC Will Take Players to Solstheim

    Bethesda today updated its Elder Scrolls website, revealing new details about the upcoming Dragonborn DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Players who purchase the content will be able to travel outside the province of Skyrim, to the island of Solstheim.

    Solstheim is located to the northwest of Vvardenfell, where The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The island and the city of Raven Rock are inhabited by Dark Elves, and the island is somewhat famous for being a large source for ebony. Solstheim is also home to the native Skaal Nords, as well as Ash Spawn and Rieklings, which Dovahkiin will be battling. From the Elder Scrolls website:

    Encounter new towns, dungeons, and quests, as you traverse the ash wastes and glacial valleys of this new land. Become more powerful with shouts that bend the will of your enemies and even tame dragons. Your fate, and the fate of Solstheim, hangs in the balance as you face off against your deadliest adversary – the first Dragonborn.

    Some teasers about the story behind the Dragonborn DLC were revealed earlier this month in the trailer for the new content. Players will be battling the “First Dragonborn,” who has mysteriously returned to Tamriel.

    The DLC includes new spells and shouts, including a shout Bethesda states will allow players to “summon the inner power of a dragon to deliver colossal blows and strengthen other shouts.” In addition, players will gain access to Bonemold and Chitin armors, as well as Stalhrim weapons. The best part, though? Dragon mounts:

    Skyrim dragon riding

  • The Elder Scrolls Online Gets Its First Real Gameplay Trailer

    I’ve mostly gotten over the existence of The Elder Scrolls Online. We’ll still get the excellent single-player romps through Tamriel, and the MMO junkies can explore one of the more interesting fantasy worlds in gaming history. It’s a win-win for everybody. Now that the shock has worn off, Zenimax Online is ready to take the wraps off its newest MMO.

    Zenimax Online shared the very first gamplay trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online today. In it, the team talks about bringing together two very different games – the single-player epics and MMOs. The team also discusses some really ambitious MMO design elements such as the Megaserver that contains all the players on a single server.

    The initial response to The Elder Scrolls Online was skepticism at best and outright hatred at worst. The early previews did little to allay those fears. The latest preview is actually exciting, and it looks pretty good. The emphasis on the traditional Elder Scrolls single-player may help bring in the traditional players into the fold.

    If Zenimax Online can deliver what they showed today, I think that The Elder Scrolls Online may very well be a hit. It looks like the core Elder Scrolls experience has been preserved, and the MMO players will be content with the new innovations in the space.

  • Skyrim ‘Dragonborn’ DLC Trailer Released

    Skyrim ‘Dragonborn’ DLC Trailer Released

    It’s been nearly a year since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released to universal acclaim, and Bethesda has kept the game alive through the Dawnguard and Hearthfire downloadable content (DLC) packs. This is in addition to the PC modding community’s tweaks and overhauls. It seems that Skyrim, like Oblivion before it, will almost certainly be played for years to come.

    Today, Bethesda released the first preview trailer for the third Skyrim DLC, Dragonborn. Rumors in the past few weeks had held that the new content would be taking players back to the province of Morrowind, the setting of The Elder Scrolls III, and include dragon mounts. It turns out that the rumors might very well be true true, as images of giant mushrooms can be seen during the video, and Dovahkiin can clearly be seen mounting a dragon at around the 50-second mark.

    Dragonborn will be released for Xbox 360 first, on December 4 for 1600 Microsoft Points. The PC version will undoubtedly follow soon after. Sadly, the PlayStation 3 version of Dragonborn may never appear, as neither of the previous two Skyrim DLCs has yet been released for that console.

  • Skyrim Premium Edition Spotted on Amazon

    Skyrim Premium Edition Spotted on Amazon

    Aside from Dishonored, Bethesda doesn’t have a huge title hitting store shelves this holiday season. Instead, it appears the company is preparing to offer last year’s hit Skyrim in a special “Premium Edition” bundle. At least in Germany, that is.

    Over on amazon.de the listing for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim now includes photos of a premium edition version box art for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It also includes the photo seen above, showing off what will come with the premium edition of the game. The price for the premium edition is listed as 60 Euros and the release date is listed as December 7. The North American Amazon website still only lists the standard and collector’s editions of Skyrim, but it shouldn’t be long before Bethesda officially announces this new re-release.

    It appears, based on the photo and the translated Amazon page, that the new offer will include a Skyrim t-shirt, bonus disc, art cards, map of Tamriel, and a copy of Infernal City: An Elder Scrolls Novel by Greg Keyes. The events in the novel take place between those in Oblivion and Skyrim, involving a floating city called Umbriel. The bonus disc includes developer documentaries, trailers, and walkthroughs, as well as a few songs from the Skyrim soundtrack.

    If you’ve put off playing Skyrim, this package might be the motivation you need to pick up the title. Skyrim recently swept the U.K.’s Golden Joystick Awards, winning the categories Ultimite Game of the Year, Best RPG, and Best Moment for meeting Paarthurnax at the Throat of the World.

  • Next Skyrim DLC Takes Players Back To Morrowind [Rumor]

    The last bit of Skyrim DLC to be released was a little disappointing. Hearthfire was a cool concept, but building your own home can’t compare to new adventures in foreign lands. The new DLC for Skyrim looks to be a return to the kind of DLC that players yearn for.

    The Skyrim PC community found some hidden secrets in the latest update to Skyrim that came out this week. The 1.8 update features files that hint at a new DLC called “Dragonborn” that will take the player back to Morrowind. In even more exciting news, it will also feature dragon mounts.

    So what parts of Morrowind will the next DLC pack be visiting? The files contain quest markers for Solstheim, Telvanni, Castle Karstaag, Raven Rock and Miraak Temple. It’s unknown if players will be able to freely explore the bits of Morrowind in this update, or if they will just go to certain closed off locations as part of the quest.

    The DLC also references four new types of armor varieties – Bonemold, Chitin, Nordic and Stalhrim. Alongside the new armor, there are files for dragon riding animations including spell casting. Will the dragons be able to attack as well? There was a pretty amazing dragon mount mod for Oblivion that featured various elemental dragons with different attacks. Here’s hoping Bethesda took inspiration from that mod for their current dragon mounts.

    We’ll probably hear more about the new DLC pack in the coming weeks. Bethesda usually throws these reference files into updates just before the official announcement. Whatever the next DLC is, it’s free to come out on all three platforms at once as Microsoft only got the first two packs as exclusives. PS3 players may still be waiting even longer though.

    [h/t: OXM UK]

  • Gangnam Style Visits Skyrim, Mashes with Bill Nye

    What is the internet if not a perfectly oiled remix and mashup machine. The denizens of YouTube have always been able to take two concepts and throw them together in amazing ways previously unimaginable. They can also take a viral smash and run it into the ground. You be the judge on where these fall on that spectrum.

    It’s been awhile since anything has taken the internet by storm quite like PSY and his megahit “Gangnam Style.” The original video is officially the most-liked video in YouTube history, and I’m assuming that has something to do with the ridiculous amount of Gangnam Style-inspired videos that have graced our ears in recent weeks. We’ve seen Gangnam Style Hitler, Kim Jong Style, and now we have a couple of new additions to the canon

    First, it’s Skyrim Gangnam Style:

    Also, Bill Nye – Science Style: