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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Release date
2011-11-11
Platforms
PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series S/X · PlayStation 3 · PC · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

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Skyrim's IKEA crossover mod is a surprisingly well-crafted piece of in-game advertising
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Skyrim's IKEA crossover mod is a surprisingly well-crafted piece of in-game advertising

IKEA commissioned modding studio Kinggath Creations — the team behind Fallout 4's acclaimed Sim Settlements — to build an official Bethesda-approved Creation for Skyrim. The result is Kallax Storagebo...

Bethesda is patching Fallout 4 and Skyrim, so check your mod load orders now
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Bethesda is patching Fallout 4 and Skyrim, so check your mod load orders now

Bethesda announced on August 14th that patches are coming to both Fallout 4 and Skyrim. The Fallout 4 update lands first on August 18th, focused on general Creations improvements, while the Skyrim pat...

How generative AI is changing game modding — and the headache it's giving mod hosting sites
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How generative AI is changing game modding — and the headache it's giving mod hosting sites

AI-generated content has quietly crept into the modding scene, and sites like Nexus Mods are still figuring out how to handle it. The shift became noticeable a few years ago when AI-generated voice a...

No, Bethesda isn't making a secret Elder Scrolls spin-off — the rumour was a LinkedIn misread
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No, Bethesda isn't making a secret Elder Scrolls spin-off — the rumour was a LinkedIn misread

A rumour claiming Bethesda had an unannounced Elder Scrolls game in development turned out to be nothing — a misreading of a laid-off developer's LinkedIn bio sparked the speculation, and the develope...

Seed's AI avatars talk a lot and say almost nothing worth hearing
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Seed's AI avatars talk a lot and say almost nothing worth hearing

Seed, the MMO colony sim from Klang Games, just hit early access after roughly a decade in development. It lets player-made seedlings — Sims-style avatars — chat with each other and with you using bui...

AI slop is flooding Skyrim's mod scene — even the sexy ones
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AI slop is flooding Skyrim's mod scene — even the sexy ones

Skyrim's modding community is drowning in AI-generated content, and it's getting harder to avoid. Since LLM-powered "vibe coding" tools lowered the barrier to entry, Nexus Mods has seen a surge of sli...

Skyrim hits 65 million units sold, matching The Witcher 3 in all-time sales
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Skyrim hits 65 million units sold, matching The Witcher 3 in all-time sales

Todd Howard confirmed today that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has crossed 65 million units sold, officially placing it among the top 10 best-selling games of all time — a milestone it now shares with C...

Skyrim mod drapes union banners across Tamriel in solidarity with laid-off Bethesda workers
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Skyrim mod drapes union banners across Tamriel in solidarity with laid-off Bethesda workers

Veteran Skyrim modder Emmi Elianora Junkkari has released a mod called United Front, placing union logos on shields and hanging banners across Skyrim's major cities in solidarity with Bethesda workers...

Skyrim modder Kettlewitch has died, leaving Thras: The Coral Kingdom's future uncertain
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Skyrim modder Kettlewitch has died, leaving Thras: The Coral Kingdom's future uncertain

David Purcell, known in the modding community as Kettlewitch, died on June 15th after a six-month battle with lung cancer. He was a veteran contributor to some of the most ambitious Skyrim total conve...