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Thursday7th Dec 2023
News Bethesda Rolls the Dice on Paid Mods in Skyrim Again
Get back up on the horse
If you play video games, chances are you've dabbled in Skyrim, Bethesda's benchmark-setting open world RPG that's now over a decade old. It's been released and re-released ad infinitum, so much so that it has become an established meme. Now, the company wants to have another crack at hawking paid, player-created mods,...
Tuesday23rd Nov 2021
News New Skyrim Patch Fixes Black Screen Bug and Other Tech Issues on PS5, PS4
Out now
Update: The new Skyrim patch is available to download now on PS5 and PS4, weighing in at around 700MB. Hopefully it corrects the various technical problems that have popped up following the release of Anniversary Edition, and the free update for Special Edition. Original Story: Bethesda has confirmed that it's working on a new update for...
Thursday11th Nov 2021
News Skyrim Special Edition Free PS5 Upgrade Out Now
Four Creation Club DLCs also free
If you own The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition on PlayStation 4, you can now take advantage of the free PlayStation 5 upgrade. Head to the game's product page and you should see the option over on the right of the screen. The PS5 version of the open world adventure is around 16GB in size. It runs at 60...
Friday5th Nov 2021
News Skyrim Anniversary Edition Upgrade Prices Revealed
Save your coin
It’s been ten years since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim launched, and it’s been re-released several times in the decade or so since. Next week, yet another version of the seminal Bethesda role-playing game will deploy, this time with the moniker The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition. This will be available as an upgrade...
Friday29th Oct 2021
Shout, let it all out
Bethesda has shared more details on what we can expect from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition. Due out next month on the tenth anniversary of Skyrim (it's been ten years?!), the Anniversary Edition is not a free upgrade if you already own Skyrim or Skyrim - Special Edition. So why should you buy it? Well, it...
Wednesday18th Aug 2021
Random Skyrim's Famous Intro Was Once Ravaged by a Bee During Development
There was no plan bee
"Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? You walked right into that Imperial ambush; same as us and that thief over there." How many times are you willing to admit to hearing those introductory sentences of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? We're sure some of you are well into the double figures,...
Monday18th Jan 2021
News Skyrim Can Run at 60FPS on PS5 with One Simple Mod, Doesn't Disable Trophies
Also works on PS4
And just like that, someone's created a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition that makes the game run at 60 frames-per-second on PS5 (and PS4, kind of). The mod's author, MrWright, has posted a brief rundown of how it works over on YouTube, and it's safe to say that Skyrim has never ran bett
Wednesday27th Sep 2017
News Skyrim's Getting a Full Survival Mode, But It's Part of the Crappy Creation Club
BETHESDAAAAA
Skyrim's getting a survival mode? Cool! Or so we thought. Bethesda has revealed that it's bringing an all-new survival mode to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition. It adds all the things that you'd expect, like having to eat, drink, and sleep in order to survive. Temperature also plays a part, meaning that you'll have to...
Monday12th Jun 2017
E3 2017 Bethesda's Creation Club Brings More Paid Content to Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PS4
It never ends
Revealed during Bethesda's E3 2017 press conference, the company's Creation Club seems like a pretty cool idea at a glance, but there's a catch. Essentially, Creation Club will bring high quality content to Fallout 4 and Skyrim - Special Edition - bits and pieces made by both Bethesda and "the best community creators"...
Sunday30th Apr 2017
News In Case You Missed It, Skyrim's Glorious Soundtrack Is Now on Spotify
Shout it louder
Apparently this happened back in March, but it totally passed us by - and as such, it seems like the perfect news story for an especially slow Sunday. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's soundtrack is now available on Spotify - the streaming music service that you can download on PlayStation 4. If you're not sure how to steam Spotify on...
Monday9th Jan 2017
News Skyrim Special Edition Patch 1.05 Out Now on PS4
Time marches on
Bethesda actually revealed this patch before the holidays, but it's only just now made its way to the PlayStation 4 version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition. Most notably, update 1.05 supposedly fixes the broken slow motion effects that come with certain perks and the Slow Time shout. Normally, you'd move at around...
Monday28th Nov 2016
News Incoming Skyrim Special Edition PS4 Patch Should Fix Slow Motion Glitches
Slow mo d'oh
So, you know that last The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition update? The one that was supposed to fix some crashing issues? Well, we found out over the weekend that it actually introduced a rather nasty bug that impacts the game's slow motion mechanic. Perks like quick reflexes - which slows time when you block with a shield...
Monday14th Nov 2016
News Skyrim Special Edition Patch 1.2 Supposedly Fixes Crashes on PS4
Dragon it on
The supposed crash-fixing Skyrim - Special Edition update that Bethesda released on PC last week made its way to PlayStation 4 earlier today, promising "general stability and performance improvements". Patch 1.2 should clean up the mess that the developer made with the previous update, which, for some players, introduced regular...
Thursday10th Nov 2016
News Skyrim Special Edition Runs in Native 4K on PS4 Pro, But Has More Frame Rate Drops
It's never easy, is it?
Got your nice, shiny new PS4 Pro, have you? Looking to play a cheeky bit of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition in native 4K resolution, are you? Well good for you, but our tech-headed friends over at Digital Foundry report that the remastered role-playing release actually suffers from more frame rate dips on Sony's...
News Incoming Skyrim Special Edition PS4 Patch Should Fix Crashing Issues
Thank the Nine
Good news if you're suffering from the crashing issue that was introduced through The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition's latest PlayStation 4 patch, as Bethesda has a fix in the works. Currently available on PC, an entirely new update reportedly fixes whatever it was that was causing the crashing. It's only a matter of time...
Wednesday9th Nov 2016
News Great, Skyrim Special Edition's New PS4 Patch Makes the Game Crash
BETHESDAAAAA
Bloody typical. Just days after you publish a review saying that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition actually runs pretty well on PlayStation 4, Bethesda goes and releases a relatively small update that causes the game to crash on a regular basis. There are currently complaints all over the web stating that the title's latest...
Monday31st Oct 2016
News Skyrim Scores Second-Best UK Debut in Series History on PS4
Behind only, well, Skyrim
While it's not been a great day for Titanfall 2, Bethesda must be delighted with the sales of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. The remaster – which entered in second position on the UK sales charts – secured the second-best British debut in The Elder Scrolls series' storied history, only losing out to the,...
Tuesday25th Oct 2016
News Don't Expect Reviews of Skyrim and Dishonored 2 Before Launch on PS4
Bethesda issues statement
Bethesda's released a statement regarding its policy on review copies, and we imagine that quite a few games media writers - including ourselves - are currently sitting shaking their heads. The publisher says it won't be sending out pre-release code for any of its upcoming titles until the day before launch. "With the...
Saturday22nd Oct 2016
News How Much Better Does Skyrim Look on PS4?
Let's find out
PlayStation Access has put together a rather good comparison video to show off the visual differences between The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition on PlayStation 4, and the original PlayStation 3 release. At over ten minutes long, it's a pretty comprehensive analysis as the team visit various locales in the game and place...
Friday21st Oct 2016
News Here's 30 Minutes of Skyrim - Special Edition Gameplay on PS4
By the rays of God
PlayStation Access is at it again, pumping out another lengthy gameplay vid in which the team trek from one side of a game's map to another. This time around, they're taking at look at The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition running on PlayStation 4, so if you've been eager to see some uncut footage of the upcoming remaster,...
News This Is How Not to Demo Skyrim - Special Edition on PS4
Kill it with fire
Dear oh dear, what a sh*tshow this is. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition got its first ever live gameplay demo on Geoff Keighley's YouTube Gaming show last night, and it's just about the crappiest thing that you'll see today. The game itself is, well, looking very much like the Skyrim that we all know and (maybe) love,...
Monday10th Oct 2016
News The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition Goes Gold on PS4
Enhanced re-release is out later this month
October is well and truly packed with new PlayStation 4 releases, but we reckon that there's still just enough room for notable remasters - especially when one of the most successful role-playing games of all time is being brought forward to the current generation. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special...
Thursday6th Oct 2016
News Bethesda Gives 'Big Thanks' to Sony for Allowing Fallout 4, Skyrim Mods on PS4
"Doesn't happen without them"
As many of you will no doubt already know, Bethesda and Sony have recently come to some sort of an agreement regarding user created mods for Fallout 4 and yet-to-be-released The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition. Indeed, mod support is now officially confirmed for both titles on PlayStation 4, which is good news...
Friday30th Sep 2016
News Skyrim's Superb Soundtrack Will Bellow in Concert This November
Music from the frozen North
Coinciding with the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition on the 28th October, Bethesda has revealed that the game's superb soundtrack will be adapted into a one-off live concert in London. Titled Skyrim in Concert, Jeremy Soule's score will be performed by the Winterhold Philharmonic Orchestra and...
Friday9th Sep 2016
News Bethesda Speaks Out: Sony Will Not Allow Fallout 4 or Skyrim Mods on PS4
Dropped like a bomb
After months of waiting for mod support for Fallout 4 on PlayStation 4, Bethesda has finally issued a statement that provides some clarity on the matter. We've know for a while that Bethesda has been trying to get mods up and running on the current-gen console, but for whatever reason, discussions with Sony have never quite...
Monday5th Sep 2016
News No, Skyrim Special Edition Doesn't Include Extra Story Content
Don't believe the lies
Where did this story even come from? Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen numerous sites - sites which won't be named - reporting on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition's "expanded story content", even though developer Bethesda has never mentioned, nor even hinted that such content will feature within the...
Monday13th Jun 2016
E3 2016 This Is How The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Looks on PS4
Dovah-sheen
The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim is being remastered for the PlayStation 4, with the best-selling role-playing release launching on 28th October for Sony's new-gen system. But how good does the game look on more modern hardware? Bethesda's released some screenshots which show off the upgrade's denser foliage and improved lighting. Is it an...
E3 2016 Skyrim: Special Edition Brings Way Better Graphics to PS4 This Year
Fus Ro Dayum
As the leaks foretold, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is bringing its brand of open world fantasy to PlayStation 4 later this year. The remastered edition was confirmed by Bethesda during its E3 2016 press conference. Dubbed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition, it'll boast enhanced graphics thanks to a number of visual tweaks,...
