May File of the Month interview with Motseer

Today we bring you an interview with Motseer whose TnT Underarmors mod won file of the month in May. So put on your eyeballs and enjoy the read below. Q:So Motseer, tell us a little about your self. What other games do you like? Where do you live. Anything you feel like mentioning to us. =D A:About myself, in a nutshell - middle aged denizen of the mid-west (USA), former Marine, career electrician, retired early due to broken knees, avid rpg gamer and recent modding enthusiast. I started mod...

Skyrim Facebook screenshots

Though they were added nearly a week ago, I thought I would draw everyone's attention to the E3 screenshot gallery posted on The Elder Council Facebook page. If you haven't joined already, the Facebook page is a great source of up-to-the-minute Skyrim news. I would recommend it wholeheartedly. Below are a couple of screenshots on offer: The now-infamous "chubby pony" of Skyrim. A closer look at the improved NPC facial models....

New, more comprehensive Skyrim gameplay video

If, like me, you could not get enough of the seven minute walkthrough of Skyrim gameplay footage from the first day of E3, G4TV has released a longer, more comprehensive video with Todd Howard walking the (at times rather jockish) presenters through a full thirteen minutes of video, revealing environments, enemies and gameplay not seen before, including: - Standing stones that function like Ayleid wells, but with powers based around star signs. - Horse riding in motion for the first time. ...

Oblivion 5th anniversary edition coming July 12th with (some) DLC, collectibles, and $10 Skyrim coupon

"Hot off the press," Bethesda has announced the upcoming release of the 5th Anniversary Edition of Oblivion on July 12th (in North America). The announcement may not be much of a surprise considering people started to notice the product around two weeks ago. The package will include Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles; it seems the other DLC are, strangely, not included. Update: GStaff confirmed that the other DLC are indeed not included. The anniversary edition comes in a "beautiful c...

7 minutes of Skyrim footage from GameTrailers/E3 2011

GameTrailers has posted the Skyrim "gameplay walkthrough" video Todd Howard showed earlier today. The almost seven minute video shows off various aspects of Skyrim, including... Environments: tundra, nordic ruins/cave, forest, guard tower, etc. Combat, including dragon shouts (knockback, fire breath, lightning storm), dual wielding, archery, sneak attacks, finishing moves, and spellcasting (healing, fire, shock). Dragon combat (unscripted), soul absorption, etc. Bandits, giants, mammoths...

May File of the Month Interview with llamaRCA

As we have in previous months, here is the File of the Month Interview for May. The mod that won this month was Willow - A Better Companion Experience by llamaRCA. We'd like to thank llamaRCA for agreeing to the interview, and we hope you enjoy reading it. Did you have any inspiration for this mod? If so, what was it? It started with my experiences with companions in FO3 on the 360. I've spent hundreds of hours with the vanilla companions there and knew what I thought they needed to make t...

Bethesda releases two new screenshots of Skyrim

http://tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/thumbnails/2383757-1307229298.jpg Yesterday, Bethesda released two new screenshots for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The first picture shows two new creatures introduced into the game: the wooly mammoth and the giant that watches over them. According to this interview with Skyrim’s lead designer Bruce Nesmith, they will be involved in the overall ecosystem present in the land of Skyrim. The interview also has information about loot, game detail, and skills...

Old World Blues Interview

An video has gone up on Youtube featuring interviews with MCA (aka Chris Avellone) and Jason Bergmann. The video contains some footage of areas and characters in Old World Blues as well as information about why the player is there, what the history of the place is, and the voice acting behind some of the characters. Also revealed is that the courier Ulysses who has been mentioned in New Vegas, Dead Money, and hinted at in Honest Hearts will be making an appearance....

Witcher 2 patch 1.2 released with new and old DLC

Patch 1.2 has been released for the Witcher 2, and can be downloaded through Steam, the Witcher 2 launcher, or directly from the official Witcher site. The patch includes all previous DLC (Blue Stripes Combat Jacket, Ultimate Alchemist's Outfit, Ultimate Mage's Outfit, Ultimate Swordsman's Outfit, Finisher Pack, Mysterious Merchant, Troll Trouble), plus one new DLC: Barbers and Coiffeuses. The new DLC adds barber/hairstyling services to each chapter. The patch also includes gameplay tweaks...

Interview with tetrodoxin, winner of May's FOTM Contest

Tetrodoxin won The Elder Scrolls Nexus’ File of the Month contest with his mod The Synx. I interviewed tetrodoxin, which you can read below. Congratulations, tetrodoxin! Q:Tell us a little about yourselves. Where you are from, what are some of your other hobbies outside of games? A:I'm from Bavaria, Germany. My real name is Mario S. and my other hobbies are quite different... motor-biking, festivals and music in general are consuming a lot of time for me. I'm also a hobby photographer. ...

New Skyrim information from PlayStation Magazine

Bethesda has revealed some new information in the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine. A user on the Bethsoft forums, GT409, has a copy of the issue and has summarized some of the information, though it is a mix of new and old. Five Dragon Shouts are described; three have the dragon language names included: Yol Toor (fire breath), Iiz Slen (ice crystals), Strun Bah Qo (lightning storm). The remaining two shouts grant the ability to slow time or move quickly in one direction. Also on the subj...

Witcher 2, patch 1.2 tomorrow plus new DLC

CDProjekt held their live conference stream today. At it's peak there were around 13,500 people watching the stream live so it was quite laggy but I could get most of the details. We were promised a big announcement; sadly for PC players there wasn't much to get excited about. I took down a few bulleted notes. 400,000 TW2 sales in 1 week My notes: whether this is total sales or retail+GoG sales but not Steam+D2D sales is unknown. This figure is very good for a PC only exclusive made in...

Site down-time this evening explained

Hi folks, We've had a bit of down-time this evening (5pm-8pm GMT). Initially it was thought the network was under a much more potent DDoS attack than the last one but the hosts have managed to get their heads around it and it looks like they have gotten to the bottom of it. It was a DDoS attack of sorts but I'll keep the details secret so I don't give anyone any ideas ;) The "good news" is that (unless anyone want to come forward and say to the contrary) this DDoS attack was not directed ...

CDProjekt to announce "big news" soon

The latest Witcher newsletter has word that CDProjekt are due to announce something big before the start of E3, live from Los Angeles. Here's the blurb: CD Projekt RED and its sister company GOG.com, the digital distribution platform for DRM-free PC games, are going to reveal some big news just before E3 at their "CDP Summer Conference" live from Los Angeles. The announcements will be made on June 2 at 12:00 LA time (which is 3:00 p.m. EDT or 7:00 p.m. GMT) via Ustream live stream here. CD...

Andoran trailer (mod)

Andoran is a lore-based mod for Oblivion. While playing this large mod, the player can do whatever they wish. Information and details found as you adventure will be important as you play. Some interesting things you may find are living pieces of cheese and water-walking horses, possibly part of the reason the creators have said that Andoran will show "the dark side of The Elder Scrolls". Every problem in Andoran can be solved in different ways. If you desire an item you can either kill the owner...

File upload size limit increased to 1Gb (1024Mb)

As video games get more advanced and the modding scene continues to mature the quality, quantity and size of mods grows with it. Up until today the file size limit for file uploads has been 300Mb as this size was deemed appropriate for almost all modifications that weren't massive texture replacers. I think that situation has now changed. Bigger and more advanced modifications are released regularly now and in response to requests from various mod authors I've decided to up the file size limi...

The Witcher 1 mod categories added with new mods

After receiving some strong feedback from a few members of the Witcher modding community I have now added categories for the original "The Witcher". I'd like to offer my thanks to MadBonsai and Corylea for their help and feedback on the subject. To help get the ball rolling in the new section Corylea has been kind enough to upload her back catalogue of mods, including her sequel to the widely enjoyed Medical Problems - The Village Mystery, titled Medical Problems 2 - The Witcher Disease. I as...

Witcher 2, patch 1.1 finally released

The eagerly awaited patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2 has finally been released by CDProjekt after their recurring issues with their IT departments plagued them yet again (still no official forums). Here's the blurb from the official site: CD Projekt RED announces the release of Patch 1.1, which brings important improvements to The Witcher 2, the highly acclaimed game released a week ago. The most noticeable change is the removal of the DRM protection world-wide. This gives players the freedom to i...

Witcher 2, patch 1.1 update

More news from CDProjekt on Patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2. The good news is that the patch is ready. The bad news is that we have encountered some problems with the server infrastructure, making downloading DLCs impossible. We want to apologize to our fans for not meeting our target of delivering the patch last night. We will update you when we know more....

The Witcher Nexus launched

In case you haven't noticed there's a new Nexus site on the block, The Witcher Nexus, that has been set up to support the developing Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings modding community. The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings was released last week across the world and has received very favourable reviews from critics. The site is fully functional but quite bare, as you'd expect from a new game without an SDK. However I'll be doing the rounds trying to get in contact with the various Witcher mod auth...