Twenty minutes of Skyrim

Earlier today, IGN released footage of the behind-closed-doors demo of Skyrim at E3 this year. The video is split into three parts total, found here, here, and here. It's really worth a watch if you haven't already seen it. We saw a bit of it from the E3 videos, but this has all of the video shown from E3 behind-the-scenes....

August FOTM Interview

Sorry for the delay on this months FOTM winner interview readers. This month our winner is Neil from “NMC’s Texture Pack For New Vegas”, which happens to be a very large and beautiful texture pack for New Vegas that replaces a huge amount of textures with high res versions. So please read on and enjoy! Wolfen: So Neil, why don't you tell us a bit about your self? The games you are into, modding, where you live, what ever you feel comfortable telling us. Neil: Well I am currently a ...

Nexus modding competition nearing closing date

The Nexus 2.5 millionth member competition is coming up on its closing date. Set to mark the 2.5 millionth member to register on the Nexus sites, modders have the chance to win some cash prizes ($350, $100 and $50 respectively) for Oblivion, New Vegas and Dragon Age. All you have to do is create a mod that reflects the modding community: The theme of this modding competition will be "The community we are in". I'm hoping to see some great mods that cover users in the community that might have...

Skyrim demonstration video coming Monday (US time)

Bethesda Softworks spokesman Mr Pete Hines announced via twitter that a demonstration video of Skyrim would be ready for release by Monday (US time). The video will contain footage similar to that aired in previous game conventions such as E3 and Quake. Mr Todd Howard will feature as the narrator. Bethesda Softworks has said that this will be the best chance to see how the game will appear and play before it is released. The game is currently just over two months from release....

Nexus Mod Manager, the Nexus Client, entering closed BETA

In some of my past blog posts I've been alluding to a project in development for the Nexus sites that, at the time, I wasn't prepared to go in to details on. I am now happy to announce that a Mod and Download manager, named the Nexus Client, is going in to Closed Beta with some select mod authors from Fallout 3 Nexus and New Vegas Nexus in the next few days. Plans for the Nexus Client were laid down back in December of last year when I was approached by Kaburke, the current developer working...

August File of the Month Interview feat. Elestat

Sorry about the confusion last month. TESNexus's File of the Month system was messed up, making it hard to decide on who the winner was (the last time was from May!) In any case, this month's File of the Month winner of your choice is Elestat, who won with Trade and Commerce at 97 votes. That's a considerable amount! Hopefully you'll enjoy this interview with Elestat and the insight into the creation of the mod and learn a bit about them. Tell us a little about yourselves. Where you are ...

Lonesome Road details

After being delayed twice, the next (and most likely last) DLC for Fallout New: Vegas, ”Lonesome Road” was confirmed to be coming out on September 20th of this year for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Not too much information has been given out on the DLC pack, but we do know that it will increase the level cap by five and your equipment will not be stripped at the beginning of the DLC’s questline. When asked about “Lonesome Road”, creative director of Obsidian Entertainment, Chris Avellone, ...

EA/Bioware's stance on modding Dragon Age

Use of Dragon Age Assets (all game versions) in Mods In response to communication from the Nexus Staff, the Dragon Age development team provided their perspective on this issue. Their basic position is: BioWare will allow relatively free use of its in-game resources (models and textures) from Dragon Age (all games) by modders who wish to create new content for use in the Dragon Age series. BioWare requires three things: 1. Mod must be totally non-commercial. There can be no payme...

Skyrim to feature same-sex marriage options

Earlier, Pete Hines (the Vice President of Bethesda’s PR department), stated on Twitter that same-sex marriage will be allowed in Skyrim. He responded to someone who called the topic “hush hush” by saying Not hush hush, just not making a huge deal out of it. You can marry anyone. He later clarified his previous tweet by posting Sorry, should clarify. Not any NPC, just mean any male or female. Doesn't matter what you're playing. It appears that Skyrim is taking after games like Dragon ...

Day 2 - Nexus redesign

So here we are, almost at the end of day 2 since the Nexus site redesign launch. I've been spending most of my time on bug fixes and tweaks based on the feedback you've all been giving me. Thank you for, in the most part, remaining calm and constructive during this period. I'm just going to go through a few of the major and minor things that keep coming up in the feedback and run you through of the changes already made, and a few upcoming changes. First of all my apologies to the IE8 users...

Lonesome Road scheduled for 20 September plus 2 more DLC

Bethesda's blog has the news that Lonesome Road will be available for purchase on 20 September 2011. In Lonesome Road you are contacted by the original Courier Six, a man by the name of Ulysses who refused to deliver the Platinum Chip at the start of Fallout: New Vegas. Ulysses promises the answer as to why he didn’t take the job, but only if you make one last journey into the hurricane-swept canyons of the Divide, a landscape torn apart by earthquakes and violent storms. It’s up to you w...

New redesign implemented

If you're reading this then you're looking at the new Nexus site design. If this is a surprise to you then sorry! I've been keeping people informed through the site news and blog posts over the past few months so try and check in every now and again and see what new stuff is getting added to the sites. This new design is the combination of many months of hard work between myself and a professional web designer trying to get things, to start with, how I wanted it and then following some constr...

Nexus redesign finalised, launching next week

A few weeks back I posted a heads-up regarding my plans to launch a redesigned look to the Nexus Sites by the end of August. The feedback to the redesign was mostly good and some of the constructive criticism provided has either already been incorporated in to the final design or has been noted, perhaps for addition later on down the line. Listed below are test examples for each of the Nexus Sites. These are very close to final now and I'm not going to be making any major changes before the c...

Skyrim confirmed to use Steamworks

Bethesda today confirmed that Skyrim will use Steamworks. Given the use of Steamworks for Fallout: New Vegas and Brink its use in Skyrim isn't very surprising. Note that the game is still a "Games for Windows" title, but will not use Games for Windows Live. ...

The Nexus 10 year anniversary

This week in August marks the 10 year anniversary of the Nexus sites. I launched Morrowind Chronicles at the age of 15 back in August of 2001. What started as a general purpose news and information site for Morrowind has now spread in to a multi-site network of mod databases that are some of the largest modding sites in the world. I feel a great sense of achievement and pride for this great community which is a testament to some great games and some great modders. And what's best, I feel like I'...

Bethesda Forums hacked... again

For those of you who haven't been on the official forums for a bit, you may want to do so. While the passwords have all been deleted so that no one can access your account, it'd be best to just reset it and get it over with. If you have an account, that is. On the login page, you'll see this message: Please Read! August 12, 2011 We have identified a potential breach of our forum user database that occurred Friday morning, Aug 12. We have reset your forum password as a precaution, in ...

Slew of Quakecon hands-on previews

The Bethblog has a list of links to a number of websites that have posted previews of Skyrim based on a one hour playthrough. The games were played on the Xbox so commentary about the PC interface or controls will not be included. Some examples of the remarks include: Ausgamers But it’s not just the animals you need to be weary of, and I mentioned earlier I’d encountered a few bandits, but what I wasn’t ready for was the level of sophistication the baddies have apparently been gr...

Lonesome Road delayed

Today, Bethesda announced on their blog that Lonesome Road, the next Fallout: New Vegas DLC, will be delayed at least another month. Senior Producer Jason Bergman posted the following in the Bethesda forums. We just wanted to drop in here and let you know that due to circumstances beyond our control, Lonesome Road won’t be out this month. This isn’t due to any major issue with the code or content, but there are lots of factors involved in releasing these things, and one of those is causing...

Skyrim Dunmer screenshot

Last week, Bethesda ran a poll to see which race/player type their fans would like to see most. Apparently, the Dunmer thief won in a landslide vote, prompting Bethesda to release the following screenshot on their blog. For the Argonian fans out there (such as myself), Bethesda promised that our day will soon come....

Skyrim Collector's Edition details

Details about the Skyrim Collector’s Edition were announced at QuakeCon a few days ago. The Collector’s Edition will set you back $149.99 (US), €149.99 (Europe), £129.99 (UK), or A$199.99 (Australia). It is available for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The Collector’s Edition will contain the game, a cloth map of the world (which anyone who pre-orders the game will get), “The Making of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” DVD, “The Art of Skyrim” book,and a 12 inch statue of Alduin (the Wo...