Creation Kit release speculation

Congratulations to all who have the game unlocked and are playing, and good luck to all those still waiting! If you're looking to get straight in to modding Skyrim then you'll be wanting to get your hands on the SDK that Bethesda have dubbed the "Creation Kit". However, Bethesda, as is their way, are not pinning any specific time or date on a release of the Creation Kit so we're going to have to sit-tight and wait patiently. Bethesda have just opened up their mod subforum on the official f...

Skyrim Released and Skyrim Review Roundup #1

Players in Australia will be able to unlock Skyrim on Steam in less than an hour as of the time of posting and other players have already been able to play. The game goes on sale today and will unlock on Steam at 12am local time for players regions. Players may check Steam to see what time the game will unlock for their region. The embargo on gaming reviews which were written by reviewers ahead of the release date but held off until release has been lifted. The first of these reviews...

Skyrim Nexus unlocked

The game might not quite be unlocked yet but if all goes to plan with Bethesda's global launch, where each country gets to unlock Skyrim at midnight their time, then the first people will be playing Skyrim in just under 12 hours time. So I've now officially unlocked all of Skyrim Nexus's features including the file database and image share in preparation for the release of Skyrim! The file database has been fully categorised and tagged, but if you have suggestions for either then let me kn...

Final Skyrim competition winners announced

So here we are, week 4 of our Facebook and Steam group competition. This is the final week of results before the release of Skyrim. As promised upon reaching 2,500 members in the Steam community the number of winners has gone up from 1 to 2, and, literally just this minute, our Facebook page has hit the 10,000 likes mark (I wonder why it took me so long to announce the winners today...) and so there will be 2 Facebook winners as well. Lets do the Steam winners first. TwistedNav and No Name...

Blocking files with specific tags from category view

One thing I hear a lot from people when browsing the file databases is that finding a file that suits what you're looking for can often be quite hard when browsing categories that have hundreds and hundreds of files in. The tagging system was brought in a couple of years ago to help with that problem by allowing you to only see files in categories with specific tags attributed to them that provide a bit more drill-down depth in category browsing. However, what if there's a specific tag that ...

Dungeon Defenders Nexus launched

And now for something completely different..! I'm pleased to announce the launch of Dungeon Defenders Nexus which I hope will be a helpful resource for Dungeon Defenders players and mod authors. It might come as a surprise to be launching this site so close to the launch of Skyrim but I have Dungeon Defenders to thank for helping me retain my sanity while we all wait for Skyrim to come out and I've clocked countless hours already levelling up all my characters. If you haven't heard of Dungeon...

Third Skyrim winner announced

It's Wednesday again and you know what that means? That's right, I'm here to announce another winner in our Facebook competition. Entering is simple; all you need to do is like us on Facebook and/or join our Steam group. The winner receives a free copy of Skyrim via Steam. This week's winner is Annabelle Rivera. Annabelle, you'll need to PM me on the forums here with a link to your Facebook page (you can get the link from the top-right hand corner of Facebook when you're logged in) so I can v...

Nexus Mod Manager in extended closed beta with mod authors

As per my recent news on the Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) we are finally ready to go in to an extended closed beta with the mod authors on the Nexus sites. If you're a mod author with access to our private mod author forums (that's about 7,000 of you) then you'll find a new forum has been setup for discussion about NMM along with the download location to get the client. While NMM currently only supports Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas you'll be able to access the beta whether you've modd...

Ripten previews Skyrim

Gaming website Ripten have posted a preview based on a three hour play session. The preview recounts Dave Oshry's journey from Riverwood to Winterhold. It contains a large number of spoilers. Another thing I noted during my time down in the BFB was the fact that I could use the environment to dispatch my foes. At one point I was being hounded by a group of Draugr (Faendal’s useless Elven arse was already uncounsious on the ground) when I noticed a puddle of oil on the ground. I thought...

First Skyrim team diary

The first Skyrim team diary — “Completely Blue Sky: The Concept of Skyrim” is now released on the official Elder Scrolls website The diary features concept artists Ray Lederer and Adam Adamowicz, with a full article, over 40 pieces of concept art and a slick concept-to-reality montage video. Also catch the first Skyrim podcast, featuring Todd Howard, Ray Lederer and Adam Adamowicz!...

New Skyrim footage at G4TV and Xplay

G4TV and Xplay have 11 and 3 minutes of new Skyrim footage available respectively. The G4TV contains some new footage and is narrarated by Jake Gaskill and Nikole Zivalich about their experience with three hours of Skyrim. The Xplay segment contains a mixture of old and new footage. Thanks Bethblog....

Second Skyrim competition winner announced

We're now in to week two of our Facebook and steam Skyrim competition and we're well on target for getting to the 10,000 likes on Facebook and 2,500 members in our Steam group before the 9th of November (at which point the last draw will be for 2 free copies of Skyrim for each competition!). And on to this week's winner, a Steam gift of Skyrim goes to Marcus A David. Marcus, you'll need to PM me on the forums here with a link to your Facebook page (you can get the link from the top-right hand...

Skyrim minimum and recommended requirements

Pete Hines has just announced the official minimum and recommended PC specifications for Skyrim on his Twitter account. He'll also be updating the Beth Blog with these specs soon, but until then, here they are: Minimum specifications OS: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit) CPU: Dual core 2ghz Memory: 2GB RAM GFX: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM Internet Access for Steam activation Recommended specifications OS: Win XP/7 CPU: Quad-core Intel/AMD CPU Memory: 4GB RAM Hard-drive: 6GB HD space ...

Skyrim live action trailer released

Bethesda has just released a live action trailer for Skyrim. The video is short (1 minute) but impressive. Watch below, then get ready for all the movie speculation, arguing, and "please not Uwe Boll" comments. w1AenlOEXao...

MCA explains backstory of package behind Lonesome Road

Chris Avellone has some information on his his blog about the backstory of the package mentioned by Ulysses and why the Divide is in the state it is. NCR sacks Navarro in the West, recovers a bunch of tech they don't understand, as history has proven. They do, however, recognize the symbols (American flag, silo stencils, etc.) and recognize it might be tied to the same symbols and markings the NCR found at the Divide. NCR hires a Courier to take the item there. They don't for a second t...

First Skyrim competition winner announced

So here we are, the first Wednesday of our Facebook page competition. Over the past 24 hours almost 1,000 more users have liked our Facebook page, and we've had double the number of people join our Steam community, so great stuff! In fact, just for added incentive and to increase your chances of winning, if we get 10,000 likes on Facebook before the 9th of November (the last Wednesday before Skyrim's launch) I'll do a double-draw that day, so two people can win. And not to leave out the Steam gr...

Numerous previews where the person gets to play the game

Normal people have already played Skyrim and relayed actual information about the game so the games media outlets released their Skyrim gameplay previews this week. Eurogamer This may not have been ideal journalistic practice, but it does speak to what Skyrim really is, as opposed to what all those dramatic trailers present it as. Rock Paper Shotgun I was playing a female Khajiit, partially because I find the see in the dark racial ability incredibly useful but mostly because I own ...

5 chances to win a free copy of Skyrim

According to the infallible Skyrim launch countdown on Skyrim Nexus we are close to 3 weeks short of the official launch of Skyrim on 11.11.11. That's 3 weeks to mentally prepare yourself for getting very little sleep, and stockpiling as much hand-food and caffeinated drinks as possible. Because we've got 3 weeks left, and because we've got 2.5 million members and only 5,700 likes on Facebook and 600 members on our Steam Group, I'm going to run a very simple competition (please don't heckle m...

More on scripting in Skyrim

One developer who has been particularly talkative (about what he's actually allowed to talk about) on the official forums is SmkViper. His interview on the Beth Blog states his responsibilities are: ..creating and maintaining Skyrim’s brand new scripting language. This usually involves not only creating new language features and functions, but also writing up a metric ton of wiki documentation, various external tools (which includes a full-blown compiler), editor additions, and on-the-spot ...

Interview with richerhk, September FotM winner (Brisa Almodovar)

Each month, we try to interview the author of the winning File of the Month. Richerhk's Brisa Almodovar won with 55 votes in September, the highest total in a long time on FO3Nexus. Read below for all the answers, and thanks again to Richerhk for participating. What was your inspiration for creating Brisa Almodovar? All the other companion mods on the Nexus inspired me. I'd start naming them, but I wouldn't want to miss anybody! I played with them for quite awhile before I started tinkerin...