Oblivion texts turned into a single tome

Gamerfront brings news about a Reddit user called notadoctoreither who has formatted, printed, and bound every text that appears in Oblivion. We’re not talking about standard printer paper with a cardboard binding. No, he went all-out with some high-quality paper, and leather binding. The total cost of the project was roughly $130, and roughly a month’s worth of work. Half of that time was spent getting the text formatted for printing. While he isn't making any more copies you can down...

Complete Skyrim Collectors Edition photo released

Bethesda Softworks received the final version of the art book which will be included in the collectors edition of Skyrim. This has allowed them to post a photo on the Bethblog and handily provided in this news post. The Collectors Edition contains a cloth map of Skyrim, 200 page art book, 30cm (12 inch for our American friends) statue of Alduin the dragon, a large novelty box - shown here with the Xbox360 label - and fortunately a copy of the game and manual. This week we received a final ...

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....

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....

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...