Bethesda calls Skyrim "too big"

Skyrim's game director and producer Todd Howard jokingly stated in an interview with the Norwegian magazine Gamer.no that The game is actually too big. Not that the map will be much bigger than Oblivion's. According to the interview the maps are about the same size. Howard said If you put the maps on top of each other it is about as big as its predecessor. But Skyrim is different because of all the mountains that form our routes. The terrain makes it smaller in practice, but you spend more t...

Bethesda begins first Skyrim fan interview

Bethesda has launched the first Skyrim "fan interview" in which fans submit questions for Todd Howard and other Bethesda employees to answer. Questions can be submitted on the BethBlog, the "Elder Council" (Bethesda's Facebook page for the Elder Scrolls), or the official Bethesda forums. Questions will be answered "in a few weeks" but no specific date has been announced yet. As an example for those wondering what type of questions get answered, you can read the fan interview from Oblivion....

Small amount of Skyrim footage leaked

One of the reporters who was invited to the BFG 2011 press event captured several seconds of Skyrim footage. It can be found here. A slowed down version has also been uploaded to Youtube. The footage shows the player approaching an alter in a frozen location. As he approaches the alter the lid of a tomb blows off (what emerges is probably a Draugh priest mentioned in the print previews)....

New demonstration relayed to players via gaming press

Bethesda Softworks held something called a BFG 2011 press event where they showed off a Skyrim demo to the gaming press. This resulted in a heap of previews being released by a number of gaming sites. A recording of the demo has not been released for viewing by the general public to make up their own minds. IGN gives a general overview of new and already known features. You'll still get to pick from one of 10 fantasy races, customize your physical appearance, and select a gender, but after...

Skyrim gameplay preview at G4TV

G4TV has rewritten the rules of what constitutes a gameplay preview. Traditionally gameplay previews contained video footage the game illustrating how features would actually work in game. G4TV has altered this to mean an interview with Todd Howard where he discusses some details of Skyrim spliced with footage from the official trailer. Todd Howard and Adam Sessler discuss the background and storyline of skyrim, changes to the statistics and attributes system, and dragons. Please note that...

OBSE V20 is the stable version now.

If you haven't checked the OBSE page yet, then here's an update. The current stable version of OBSE is now v20. So if you're still using v19 because you didn't want to use the beta versions of v20, then go on over to the page and grab it! ...

Skyrim Game Informer signed magazine up for auction

Are you the sort of person that displays subscriber magazine covers above his fireplace like treasured family heirlooms? Do you have a legitimate (and legal) way to acquire at least $260 in the next two days? Well, it's your lucky day! In support of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund, Bethesda are auctioning a special edition of the Skyrim Game Informer Issue, the first magazine exclusive of the new Elder Scrolls title, signed by the development team. One hundred percent of the proc...

The Elder Scrolls VS Starcraft

Over at G4TV.com, there is currently a contest between Starcraft and the Elder Scrolls franchise to see which is better. You do have to sign up (or sign in, if you already have an account) to vote, however....

Skyrim's Menu System

Everyone knows what Oblivion’s menu looks like: the yellow parchment, the large, ugly text, and the sepia map. Many mods fix this, but for Skyrim, Bethesda is making a new user-friendly menu completely from scratch. Unlike previous menus, Skyrim’s won’t take you back to the page you were on the last time you looked on the menu. Instead, it will bring you to a compass, where you choose which page to go. If you were to press on the right arrow, then it would take you to the inventory, wh...

PC Gamer ESV: Skyrim preview

PC Gamer has posted a online preview of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They cover many aspects of the game including Fallout 3's perk concept being implemented into the game....

Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Dragon Age: Origins to be considered for Smithsonian exhibit

Good day, everyone. I'm Agonofinis, one of your fresh batch of news writers. Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Dragon Age: Origins are all in the running to be displayed at a new exhibition and collection of digital media at the Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington D.C., designed to celebrate "The Art Of Videogames”, which opens on March 16th, 2012. The collection will split eighty games into five eras, perhaps ranging from the ZX Spectrum and 8-bit legends Missile Command and E.T The Extra-Terres...

Skyrim to return some of Morrowind's atmosphere

Todd Howard has admitted to the Official Xbox Magazine that attempts to make Oblivion feel more "welcoming" resulted in the loss of "the wonder of discovery" that characterised Morrowind. "With Skyrim, we're trying to bring some of that back and walk the line between Morrowind and Oblivion. Where it's at first familiar looking, but has its own unique culture and spin on it," said Mr Howard. The province of Cyrodiil was previously described as a "jungle" in the lore but became a European co...

OXM Interview with Todd Howard

The Official Xbox Magazine posted an interview with Todd Howard. The interview contains no new information about Skyrim but does talk about Mr Howard's views about the Elder Scrolls series. Mr Howard said that Bethesda game studios treats each game as a new game series rather than a group of sequels. He said that his favourite game is the most recently released Bethesda game and ranks the other games in order that they were released. Mr Howard also announced that the Unofficial Elder...

Elder Scrolls freebies reminder.

As we all wait patiently for the release of Bethesda's Skyrim I thought it would be a good time to remind everyone that you can still currently download the first two Elder Scrolls games for free. These games will allow you to relive the history of the Elder Scrolls series while we wait for our next great adventure from Bethesda. They require DOSBox which is also linked below. The Elder Scrolls I: Arena The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall DOSBox...

Shor son of Shor

Michael Kirkbride has posted an article on the Elder Scrolls Lore Forum. The article details a break in fighting between the house of Shor and the other houses of Skyrim. Shor is the Nordic version of Lorkhan the god whose heart the player destroyed in Morrowind. A extract is provided below. "And the awful fighting ended again. "Kyne's shout brought our tribe back to the mountaintop of Hrothgar, and even our recent dead rode in on the wind of her breathing, for there had been no time...

The technology of Skyrim

Bethesda has revealed some information about the new technology being used for TESV: Skyrim. In a GameInformer article, "The Technology Behind Skyrim," Bethesda outlines four aspects of Skyrim's technology: the new Creation Engine, improvements to Radiant AI, a new collection of features named Radiant Story, and the implementation of the Havok Behavior system. The Creation Enginehttp://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/thumbnails/48676-1298097534.jpg Bethesda has created a new engine for Sk...

Skyrim screenshots and concept art

http://tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/426677-1297851959.jpg Bethesda Softworks uploaded 10 screenshots and five pieces of concept art to their company blog on 11 February. The screenshots and concept art have appeared in print format and on gaming websites before but this is the first time they have been available for viewing and download online at Bethesda's website. The files can be downloaded by clicking on the pictures to be directed to Bethesda Softworks' Flickr channel. Selecting ...

Some Skyrim information

As most of you should know Bethesda has released information containing the release date of the next Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, which is 11/11/11. Easy enough to remember, right? As with every iteration of the series Bethesa are planning to upgrade pretty much all of the systems from Oblivion for Skyrim. Skyrim will contain a new menu that is supposed to look and feel better than vanilla Oblivion's... well, not so good interface. Other new features include forging your own weapons and some ...

PC Gamer Mod of the Year

PC Gamer US has announced Nehrim: At Fate's Edge as best Mod of the Year! It was also mentioned that it was contender for best RPG as well! Great job for the modders of Nehrim and congratulations! PC Gamer source...

New premium member feature - notifications

It is with great pleasure that I am releasing a new Premium Member only feature for all current and future Premium Members of the Nexus sites. The new feature, labelled "Notifications", is similar to the sort of notifications you might receive on social networking sites such as Facebook. Located on the top bar when logged in the notification icon will tell you if you have any new notifications by turning red and will tell you how many notifications you have. Clicking the notification icon wil...