The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - News

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Top Critic Avg: 81 /100 Critics Rec: 83%
Released
November 11, 2011
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol
Developer(s)
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher(s)
Bethesda Softworks
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WHERE TO PLAY

SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim celebrates 10 years of adventuring in stunning detail. The Anniversary Edition includes a decade worth of content: the critically acclaimed core game and add-ons of Skyrim Special Edition, plus Creation Club content released on or prior to November 11, 2021.

EPIC FANTASY REBORN
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.

BATTLE DRAGONS
Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.

Genre(s)
RPG, Action, Adventure
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Skyrim Mod Lets Players Become a Jarl

One Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim fan creates a mod that allows the Dragonborn to be a legitimate Jarl with the responsibility of running a city in-game.

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Skyrim Player Creates Recipe for Incredibly Effective Poison Potion

A player of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim creates an incredibly powerful poison potion that can supposedly kill dragons with ease.

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Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Switch is Experiencing Major Frame Rate Problems

Skyrim Anniversary Edition recently came out on the Switch but it looks like this version of the game suffers from major performance problems.

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Skyrim Fan Finds Dragonborn Statue at Local Brewery

One Skyrim fan discovers a statue featuring the game’s main character, the Dragonborn, in an unusual spot, their local brewery.

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Skyrim Player Fills Forges With Skulls

An Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player shows off their forge that they have filled with various skulls to get ready for the Halloween season.

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Skyrim Mod Gives Lydia Dragonborn Powers

A new Skyrim mod allows Lydia to learn and wield the legendary powers of the Dragonborn as she accompanies players around Skyrim.

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Skyrim Analysis Shows Whiterun Has Bigger Unemployment Rate Than the US And UK

There are many vocations in Skyrim, but even so, it seems apparent that the game's most famous city has a worse unemployment rate than the real world.

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Skyrim Player Points Out Inconsistency With Game's Dungeons and the World Map

A Skyrim player points out a detail about the average dungeon cave that doesn't make a whole lot of sense from a realistic point of view.

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Skyrim Mod Reinstates Creepy Bug That Bethesda Fixed

By now, most people are already aware of how buggy Skyrim can be, but this particular modder decides there's one glitch they want kept in the game.

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Skyrim Player Has Killed Nazeem Every Day for Over a Year Straight

A dedicated player of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim kills unpopular character Nazeem every day in the game for over a year straight.

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Skyrim Fan Plays With More Than 300 Mods Installed

Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has many exciting mods, and one enthusiastic gamer is playing the game with more than 300 installed mods.

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Artist Creates Destiny 2 Armor Sets Inspired by Skyrim

3D artist Papa Freedom comes up with three unique sets of Destiny 2 armor that have all been inspired by The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

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Skyrim Mods Completely Overhaul Key Systems

Skyrim modders are still finding new ways to overhaul the game's key systems, with two new mods refreshing the old UI of the game.

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Entertaining Skyrim Clip Shows Player Landing Trick Shot on Nazeem

One Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player shows off a neat trick shot they executed that targets Nazeem, one of the game’s most popular NPCs.

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Two Nintendo Switch Ports Leak Online Ahead of Rumored Direct Presentation

Two Nintendo Switch ports of highly-rated and beloved games leak online, potentially setting them up for an announcement at the rumored Direct.

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Skyrim Fan Draws Impressive Map With Pen and Colored Pencils

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is such a successful game, it inspires people to create great works of art based off it, such as this map one fan draws.

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Huge Skyrim Mod Adds Six Isles, Two Dungeons, And More

The world that forms The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is already pretty extensive, but there are those in the modding community that feel it needs more.

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Skyrim Players Share Their Most Memorable Lydia Deaths

Players of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim share notable memories of Lydia’s death, one of the Dragonborn’s companions in the game.

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Skyrim Mod Adds Shadow of Mordor-Style Nemesis System to the Game

An impressive Skyrim mod adds the Nemesis System from Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, featuring a fun new way to play the hit RPG.

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Skyrim Mod Gives Player Breath of the Wild-Style Glider

An Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player shows off a mod that gives them a glider similar to the one used in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.