The Elder Scrolls Archive

  • The Elder Scrolls Online’s First Trailer Shows a Whole Lotta Nothing, But Hey, Here’s a Screenshot!

    The Elder Scrolls Online’s First Trailer Shows a Whole Lotta Nothing, But Hey, Here’s a Screenshot!

    The Elder Scrolls Online‘s first trailer is the very definition of a teaser. Actually, it barely even qualifies as a teaser. A narrator spouts off a meaningless introduction as three dragons wind around eating each others’ tails to form the game’s circular logo. I’m guessing...

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  • The Elder Scrolls MMORPG Goes Online Next Year

    The Elder Scrolls MMORPG Goes Online Next Year

    Rumors of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on The Elder Scrolls universe have been circulating for quite a while now. Today, those rumors become reality. Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios have announced the development of The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMORPG slated...

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  • “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    Microsoft’s “Better With Kinect” marketing tagline will soon apply to fantasy role-playing epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks today announcing plans to bring Kinect Voice Command integration to the Xbox 360 platform via a free title update later this month. The update will...

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  • A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    Modders, the time to create your own adventures in Tamriel is nearly at hand, with Bethesda Softworks readying its official Creation Kit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The mod kit will be available “soon” as a free update via Steam, and BethSoft also partnered...

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  • Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    For over sixteen years, the Elder Scrolls series of games have made their mark in the role playing landscape with expansive worlds and non-linear gameplay.  There were some spin-off games in the series that were more focused in their scope, but the main, numbered titles...

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  • Skyrim Gets an 8-Bit Makeover

    Skyrim Gets an 8-Bit Makeover

    There have been some amazing 8-bit machinima parodies recently, but I don’t think any can top this one for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, coming our way from Flash animator Ross “RubberNinja” O’Donovan. This retro video is an 8-bit remake of Bethesda’s official Skyrim trailer...

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  • BethSoft Unveils World Eating Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition

    BethSoft Unveils World Eating Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition

    Bethesda today outed its luxurious The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition, and at $149.99 (€149.99 in Europe, £129.99 in the UK, and A$199.99 in Australia) you are definitely going to have to break the bank to afford it. But if you have a fat...

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  • BethSoft Has Four ‘AAA’ Blockbusters Ready for 2011

    BethSoft Has Four ‘AAA’ Blockbusters Ready for 2011

    You’ve heard the saying “go big or go home” before, right? Well, it would seem Bethesda Softworks has, because the Maryland-based publisher has scheduled out a four-game 2011 lineup that is the very definition of “going big.” Of course, gamers will want to go home...

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  • Bethesda’s Busy Monday

    Bethesda’s Busy Monday

    Three big announcements from Bethesda Softworks to tell you about today, and none of them have anything to do with Fallout. First up, award-winning actor Mickey Rourke has signed on to voice Richard “Demo Dick” Marcinko’s character in the upcoming military shooter Rogue Warrior, due...

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