Last Friday, the Polish spotted a Skyrim: Legendary edition. We’ve spent the best part of the week since practicing expressions of surprise and delight so that when Bethesda come through the door with - Oh, Bethesda! What’s that you’ve got there? For me?
Bethesda have released a free update to their free HD texture pack for PC players who like free things. There was much rejoicing in local free houses. The pack now includes high resolution versions of the new textures that were brought to Tamriel in the Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn expansions.
The Golden Joysticks are back, and if we play this right one of our N games can occupy the top slot in every category on the night - a win for justice and good taste, and a boost to the server counts of our very favourite games.
You’ve most likely noticed that Dawnguard, Skyrim’s first DLC release, isn’t yet available on PC. For that you have Microsoft to thank, who persuaded Bethesda to sign a poxy 30-day exclusivity deal for the game’s first two DLC packs, in apparent forgetfulness that Windows is a platform of theirs too. But hush: I hear a PR rumbling in the deep.Our Spotlight units plug content our journalists have made, that our advertisers want to promote. Sometimes the promotion is paid for, but the content they go to is always independent with no client oversight or approval.
Skyrim’s first official piece of DLC, Dawnguard, is out today on Xbox but we'll have to wait until July 26th to play it. But whatever Bethesda do officially, they face stiff competition; from their own players. The Steam Workshop currently hosts nearly 2000 mods; while the Skyrim Nexus carries a staggering 13,000.
Hidden away amongst the anti-PC environs of E3 were the boys and girls from Bethesda, showing off what they're doing with the first expansion for Skyrim, Dawnguard, which sounds like it's chock-full of content. Here's a quick FAQ.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard (Dawnie to her friends) looks like a deliciously evil chunk of DLC, asking the player to choose between the fight between good and evil: be a vampire, or be part of the people that fight those twinkling, bitey jerks. We have a gallery of screen for you, but you must promise to only look at them after dark, or the vampy shots will complain. Article submitted by: Tristan
Nethaera, Blizzard community manager, addresses the ongoing concerns of Diablo's community in an expansive forum post.
