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  • 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....

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  • 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...

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  • Bethesda sues Notch over the use of the word "Scrolls"

    A few days ago, the legal department of Bethesda Softworks (not to be confused with Bethesda Game Studios) served the creator of Minecraft, Notch, legal papers regarding the title of Notch’s upcoming game, “Scrolls”. The Bethesda legal department expressed concern that people will confuse Notch’s “Scrolls” game with “The Elder Scrolls” series. Notch posted this on his blog. Today, I got a 15 page letter from some Swedish lawyer firm, saying they demand us to stop using the...

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  • Interview with humannature66, winner of July's FOTM Contest.

    Well, July is over and that means File of the Month. KDStudios won July’s FOTM contest with his mod, Falloutcraft – Minecraft in Fallout. However, since we interviewed him last month, we decided to interview the second place winner, humannature66 about his mod, TYPE3 & SKINNY LNC StealthSuits. We hope you enjoy reading, and remember to vote in August’s FOTM contest so you can see your favorite mod author featured here. Q: So, tell us a bit about yourself. What are some of your hobbies...

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  • Skyrim available for pre-purchase on Steam, part of Quakecon 2011 sale

    Skyrim is now available for pre-purchase/pre-order on Steam for $60. Pre-purchasing Skyrim also gives a 20% discount on the newly available "Quakecon Pack 2011" which includes all previously released id and Bethesda games for $70 ($55 with the discount). Bethesda published and id developed RAGE is also now available for pre-purchase and gives a 30% discount on the Quakecon Pack. Pre-purchasing both RAGE and Skyrim gives a 40% discount. The promotion also includes new Team Fortress 2 items;...

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  • July FOTM interview with the creators of EVE.

    EVE (Essential Visual Enhancements) for New Vegas was voted up to file of the month for July. So, with our usual monthly interviews of the winners we find ourselves talking with the whacky weijiesen as well as a few contributions on answers from jonnyeah and Cabal as well. So let’s start the fun. Nexus: So weijiesen, please tell us a bit of your background in modding, and anything else you may want to tell us about yourself. weijiesen: Background in modding... well it all started in M...

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  • Dragon Age II pulled from Steam and new DLC is released.

    For 800 MS Points you can now get the latest Dragon Age II DLC. However it also appears Dragon Age II has been pulled from Steam. There is speculation the game was pulled due to the new Legacy DLC which apparently infringes on Steam's policies. No details on the exact policy that is broken has been mentioned to the public. Word from EA and Bioware on the new DLC is "Targeted by a vicious criminal cartel that are hunting you must put an end to their relentless attacks. Leave Kirkwall, and jou...

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  • Heads up: New Nexus site design soon

    I'm aware that a lot of you probably don't read the sporadic blog posts I add to the site. Over the past few months I've been detailing my plans and examples of a new Nexus site design that is going to be rolled out soon (tm). Rather than throw this at you without any warning I just wanted to post up this little article to give you a heads up, to show you what I'm going to be moving the sites over to, waylay some fears, and take on as much feedback as possible. The new site design can be s...

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  • Witcher 2 patch 1.3 released, incompatible with user mods

    The next patch (1.3) has been released for The Witcher 2. Among the 50 changes are support for 4:3, 5:4, and 16:10 aspect ratios, more free DLC ("A Sackful of Fluff"), item storage in inns, changes to the prologue's difficulty, a Quen debuff, and more. But the patch also comes with an important note. NOTE: Please keep in mind that all of the fan-made modifications are incompatible with the newest update. Make sure to uninstall them to avoid in-game issues. We apologize for the inconvenience. ...

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  • Old World Blues now available on Steam

    http://www.newvegasnexus.com/imageshare/images/thumbnails/48676-1311063024.jpg Old World Blues has been released (surprisingly "early" in the day). The third and latest $10 DLC adds new terrain, new enemies, and new perks and weapons. The level cap will also be increased by 5. Note: Currently Old World Blues is only available in the US. It should be available in other regions later in the day. Jason Bergman has since revealed that the Old World Blues will not be available outside of North Am...

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  • Old World Blues trailer released

    Bethesda has released the trailer for Old World Blues. Watch the trailer on IGN (or below) and check out the new weapons, enemies, and locations. Old World Blues is due to release July 19th. W7p6LRaXfZI...

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  • New Fallout: New Vegas patch released

    A new patch has been released for Fallout: New Vegas. In addition to bug fixes and game changes the patch includes new "Companion Dismissal Terminals" to fix pre-existing companion issues (by force-firing them) and an end-game autosave. Read the full list of changes below. Update: The updated G.E.C.K. can be downloaded directly from Bethesda's site. New feature: system save is automatically created prior to endgame sequence. After credits, user is prompted to load save game. This will a...

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  • FOTM interview with KDStudios

    We are back with another FOTM interview. This one is for the winner of June. So today we bring you a interview with KDStudios from the Restoreout mod. It's a interesting read and we hope you all enjoy it. Q. So tell us who KDStudios is. Is it just you? A friend or two? A. Well it started out a few years ago. I were doing a computer course at college and met my girlfriend (Wiccan0witch) and a few other people there. Long story short, we worked together on projects in my office and we all...

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  • Skyrim fan interview released

    Today Gstaff posted the fan interview, which has Todd Howard, Bruce Nesmith, and Matt Carafano answering questions that were asked, such as what kind of armor there was, if you could play after the main quest, and the differences between races and genders....

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  • June File of the Month Interview with Falloutperson416

    Well, its that time again. Here is the June File of the Month Interview, this time with Falloutperson416, who created New Vegas Restoration with the NVR Team. Working alongside him are GTA44, GeeZee, and CyberNathan. A big thanks to them for accepting the interview request. What was your inspiration for creating this mod? When I first saw the Strip, I really thought that it was going to be nice. A place that you could actually enjoy in the Wasteland. But when I set foot on the Strip that f...

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  • Skyrim pre-order bonus announced

    Today, Bethesda announced that anyone who pre-orders Skyrim will receive a physical copy of the game’s map. Bethesda stated that Making real maps of our fantasy worlds is an Elder Scrolls tradition. and that Todd Howard believes that There’s something about having a physical object in your hands that feels like it’s part of this other world, that you are that person in the game, finding your way among the hills. Bethesda also stated that in order to guarantee your copy of the world ma...

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  • Old World Blues coming 19 July

    The Bethesda Blog has the news that the next downloadable content package Old World Blues will be available for download on 19 July. We’ve received plenty of inquiries asking when we’ll be releasing Fallout: New Vegas’s third DLC, Old World Blues. Today I can confirm the content will release on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on Tuesday, July 19th. Prior to release, we will release a new title update for New Vegas. Along with adding support for Old World Blues, the update will bring...

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  • [COMPLETE] Server move today

    The server move is now complete, but as sod's (or Murphy's) law dictates, we hit a few snags along the way so we had a few hours of down-time. If you find any issues please let me know. ---- Just wanted to let you all know that I am in the process of moving TESNexus over to a new server today. While the server itself is coping perfectly fine right now the hard-drives have been low on space for some time and my hosting provider in the UK, Krystal, offered me a nice deal in which if I bought...

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  • New file feature: change logs

    Some of the site features I have in the pipe-line or on the to-do list right now are focusing on trying to reduce the amount of clutter mod authors put in their file descriptions by providing them separate areas to list important information. One thing that I know many users find annoying is having to try and find a description of a mod underneath all the other information mod authors feel is more important than actually describing what their mod does. Popular things to put at tops of pages are ...

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  • Skyrim developers plan to include romance and friendship in the game

    According to German website giga.de, Skyrim developers plan to include relationships (both romantic and otherwise) in the game. The website was able to interview some of the developers; and while not much new information was given out, the following statement is present in the article they posted. Auch romantische Beziehungen und Freundschaften sollen sich demnach in der Planung befinden. Which translates to: Even romantic relationships and friendships are therefore being planned. This ar...

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