Elder Scrolls

The sudden reveal of the release date of Fallout 4's current-gen update has caused Team FOLON to indefinitely delay the Fallout London mod from April 23.

A Skyrim player was saved from a ferocious Frost Troll in the game by an unlikely entity—a grizzly bear that could have also killed them. While this encounter seems like just the latest in a long history of bugs and glitches in Skyrim, this is a common occurrence in the game that's been reported by players for years.

A Skyrim player with nearly ten years of experience in the game has discovered that the Throw Voice shout in the game makes the Dragonborn talk. This detail may have been missed by players who rarely use this particular shout during their Skyrim adventures, or those who play certain character types.

A Skyrim fan has crafted a real-life gift box that requires the ability to lockpick as players do in the game. There are many Skyrim skills for gamers to level up as they progress across the open world, but lockpicking has taken on a new form with this gift box.

A hilarious clip shows a Skyrim player trying to open a book while affected by a Slow Time shout, and it doesn't go well. When it comes to Shouts in Skyrim, each has its own unique effects, but this clip serves as a great reminder to not search through anything too important when using Slow Time.

A Skyrim player online has shared their awesome dragon bone cross stitch, which pays tribute to one of the items in the game by poking fun at the carry weight mechanic. Although Skyrim is now almost 13 years old, gamers are still finding ways to show their appreciation for Bethesda’s RPG.

The fan-made remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, Skyblivion, has finally released a new update on development, giving fans another look at how much progress is being made at the moment. Few Skyrim mods have gotten players as hyped as Skyblivion, and any update is much appreciated by the community.

A Skyrim streamer online has developed an awesome mod that allows their Twitch chat to speak in place of NPCs, with hilarious results. While the Skyrim modding scene is among the most active in any game, this particular creation is some of the most unique work to emerge in a long time.

Whether exploring the irradiated monuments of Washington D.C. in Fallout 3 or gambling away your last couple of Caps on The Strip in Fallout: New Vegas, the series' North American setting is an essential piece of the puzzle. And while players have previously been given tantalising glimpses of how the rest of Bethesda's bleak world might be faring, studio head Todd Howard says the plan is to keep the series set in the US.

Bethesda is now hoping to release new video games at a faster rate than it has in the past, especially with Fallout’s increased popularity. Bethesda is known for its massive RPG franchises like Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and last year’s mega-hit Starfield. However, these titles can take an incredibly long time to develop, with Starfield suffering from several delays and being in production for nearly eight years before finally hitting stores in September.

During the lengthy Kinda Funny Gamecast interview mainly focused on Fallout, Bethesda's Todd Howard revealed a big Starfield update coming this week to the Steam beta branch. The first story expansion, Shattered Space, will be released this Fall.

Bethesda's Todd Howard updates fans regarding the Creation Kit, an important feature that will be coming to Starfield soon. Most Bethesda fans are already familiar with the concept of the Creation Kit. When The Elder Scrolls:Skryim launched its Creation Kit, around 2,500 mods were available in just a week's time. Since it allows for easier modification of game files, creators have more flexibility in-game. This is partly the reason why Starfield fans are highly excited about its introduction to the game.

A talented Skyrim player has shared their impressive painting of Winterhold, which imagines what the city might have looked like prior to its collapse. Skyrim's Winterhold leaves a lot to be desired when compared to some of the game's other cities, and this version would certainly make it one of the best areas in the game to explore.

A Skyrim player has stumbled upon an extremely strange glitch in the game, which causes the entire river in Markarth to seemingly disappear. Skyrim has its fair share of bugs, although this is certainly one of the more bizarre visual issues.

Players of The Elder Scrolls Online who were temporarily locked out of their accounts due to server issues will receive compensation in the form of in-game items, developer ZeniMax Online Studios revealed as it outlined how it will deal with the incident. The Bethesda Softworks-published MMORPG recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Microsoft may have shut down Bethesda France as part of the layoffs announced earlier this year. Multiple people have recently appeared online claiming that Bethesda France was closed, but Microsoft did not confirm these rumors at the time of this report.

A talented Skyrim speedrunner has broken a three-year-old world record, by going from the start of the game to defeating the Ebony Warrior in under 12 minutes. The Skyrimspeedrunning scene remains alive and well, and this particular category is among the most unique it has to offer.

In a surprise to no one, Amazon's Fallout TV series has been officially renewed for a second season.

A fan of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim managed to unlock the game's Platinum trophy on PS5 by killing Nazeem. Unlocking all the achievements and trophies in Bethesda's massive RPG Skyrim is no easy task. It will require significant dedication from anyone that dares to do it, with players having to complete all the major quests and complete a huge variety of additional objectives to get 100% completion.

Hot on the heels of the breakout success of The Last of Us and Fallout TV shows, many are wondering which video games would make a great pick for the next great series. Dragon Age is often suggested as a good candidate for the TV show treatment, but according to its co-creator, that would be a “terrible idea.”

A tweet from film critic Darren Lucas, asking what people would like to see adapted after the enormous success of Fallout, has been making the rounds, and former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider himself responded.

A Skyrim player online has encountered an extremely strange glitch in-game, which has resulted in them having their life threatened by a slaughterfish. While Skyrim is known to have its share of bugs, this is one of the most bizarre seen so far.

With the Fallout live-action show now out and honestly far better than I was expecting, are Bethesda also brewing an adaptation of their other big RPG series, The Elder Scrolls? Not at present, according to Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard, and he says he'd "probably say no" if approached. Mind you, that was the stance he had until Fallout finally fell into place.

Bethesda director Todd Howard explained his vision for an Elder Scrolls adaptation during the red-carpet premiere of the Fallout TV series. Longtime fans of The Elder Scrolls have advocated for a live-action adaptation of the high fantasy action RPG series for years, but while many studios have expressed their interest in the chance to bring the land of Tamriel to film or television, the franchise has yet to branch out to either medium to this day.

Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer Todd Howard has addressed the chances of a TV show based on The Elder Scrolls following the success of Amazon‘s Fallout TV series.

Despite Amazon's Fallout adaptation getting a very positive reception so far, it doesn't seem likely that other Bethesda properties will be getting the same treatment. At least, not on Todd Howard's watch.

With the Fallout TV show on Amazon Prime Video getting rave reviews, the question on everyone's mind is whether Bethesda will try to replicate that magic with the Elder Scrolls franchise.

With the Fallout series currently taking the world by storm, many Bethesda fans are wondering if the Amazon Prime Video exclusive could open the door for other adaptations. At the premiere of the new show in Los Angeles, IGN took the time to chat with Todd Howard about the likelihood of this happening, and things aren’t looking good. Sorry, Elder Scrolls fans.

ZeniMax Online has recently started its celebration of the 10th anniversary of Elder Scrolls Online with an event in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A longtime frustration facing Elder Scrolls Online lore enthusiasts may finally be addressed by coming updates to the game. The plot hole was originally introduced early in The Elder Scrolls Online, and developer Zenimax Online Studios' plans for the game include addressing that ten-year-old bugbear.

Earlier this year, The Elder Scrolls Online announced that it had made more than $2 billion in customer spend, and its studio director says that figure got highlighted partly to help shine a light on that game's ongoing success.

Rich Lambert, the creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online, has revealed the reason why a classic version of the game has never been released. As the game approaches its 10th anniversary, The Elder Scrolls Online retains an enormous community of millions of players, keeping the game extremely relevant in the MMO space.

A player has clipped the moment in which they discover a Skyrim Draugr moving erratically in midair. Since Skyrim was released, there have been many strange occurrences captured by the community, but this may be the weirdest one involving a Draugr.

A player clips a bizarre Skyrim moment that highlights Adrianne Avenicci plummeting to her death. Some persistent Skyrim bugs continue to result in strange moments many years after the game's release, but this one may be among the most bizarre.

The Courier takes flight in a Skyrim playthrough via the unlikeliest of methods, as a dragon interrupts the conversation between him and the Dragonborn. Skyrim took the gaming world by storm when it launched 12 years ago, and has since established itself as one of the most successful RPGs of all time. Its thriving modding community saw unprecedented growth and brought Skyrim longevity beyond the timeless charm that the base game already possesses.

While it’s true that the “nature of video gamers” is based partially on their need to wait for the next big video game title to release, that doesn’t mean they like waiting for it to come out. After all, wouldn’t you rather play a game now than have to wait for its actual release date? That’s what we thought. In the case of The Elder Scrolls 6, Bethesda announced the game at E3 2018. That’s right, they announced the game almost six years ago now, and we still have no inkling of what it will be like, when it’ll be released, or how it’ll appear on next-gen systems.

In celebrating 30 years since the beginning of its iconic fantasy RPG franchise The Elder Scrolls, Bethesda has shared a small tidbit for fans eagerly awaiting The Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda Game Studios recently released its space-faring sci-fi RPG, Starfield, just last year. Starfield's Shattered Space DLC is also being worked on and is expected to release sometime this year.

More than a decade after the launch of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, fans are lamenting the lack of spears as an available weapon type within the RPG. The beloved Bethesda game offers a plethora of different ways for players to personalize their character, containing a wide breadth of weapons and spells for players to choose from. Players can specialize in any of Skyrim's five Schools of Magic, as well as optimizing towards using one-handed or two-handed weapons. However, some fans feel the RPG left a perfect weapon type out of the game.

A Skyrim player online has shared their heartwarming story of how they recently held a retirement ceremony for their 12-year-old character. With Skyrim now well over a decade old, it's no surprise that gamers are beginning to feel nostalgic about their old characters.

A Skyrim player has stumbled upon an unusual situation in the massively popular RPG, leaving them with an unusual sense of guilt for killing an in-game NPC. The massive world of the beloved Bethesda RPG features a seemingly endless amount of content for players to explore, both throughout its many towns and across the game's vast wilderness. Skyrim has no shortage of side quests for players to tackle for the many NPCs, often leading to larger overarching stories within the wintry region. One player's in-game actions, however, have left them feeling unusually guilty about killing an NPC.

A Skyrim player online has shared a bizarre bug, which seems to give Hadvar a horse’s head during the game’s introduction. Skyrim players are no strangers to odd visual glitches, but this one is among the most disturbing to look at.

Though Bethesda offers post-launch support on Starfield and works on The Elder Scrolls 6 in the background, it also has Fallout 5. It’s launching sometime after the next Elder Scrolls, but studio director and executive producer Todd Howard already has some ideas.

As sad as it may sound, a big problem in the video game industry is certain developers or publishers having hit titles, sometimes one after the other, and then thinking they can “skate on what they’ve done before” and not attempt to do all they can to make each following game special. We’ve seen that with companies like Xbox, Capcom, and so on, and it’s sometimes not pretty. But the company we’re talking about right now is Bethesda, who has been going through it as of late because of a certain title, and now, the fate of Elder Scrolls 6 is in doubt.

A major mod for Morrowind, known as Morrowind Rebirth, has just been released, and it's bringing loads of fixes and even some new content to gamers. Morrowind is the third entry in Bethesda's classic Elder Scrolls series, and it's still beloved by many fans of the franchise and action RPGs in general. The love and passion many players have for the title, which was originally released back in 2002, is evident in the support it continues to receive from the modding community.

A newly released mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is enhancing the AI used by in-game enemies, improving their ability to avoid dangerous situations against ranged opponents. Since the game first debuted in 2011, the Bethesda RPG has remained one of the most iconic role-playing games in modern gaming for its expansive world and depth of gameplay. The game has seen multiple re-releases throughout the years, making it playable on nearly every modern console and even featuring a version of Skyrim on Amazon Alexa. Now, a new mod is looking to improve Skyrim's combat.

A Skyrim player online has shared a strange experience in which they're able to claim an unexpected dragon soul. Harvesting the souls of dragons is the main way to unlock shouts in Skyrim, so this would prove to be a welcome surprise for many gamers out there.

A Skyrim player took inspiration from the world of Conan the Barbarian and remade the titular character in the game. Making effective use of the game's character creator, the Skyrim player replicated Conan as a digital facsimile and shared the steps they took to recreate the character with other players on social media.

An Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player shared a clip of themselves accidentally killing a rabbit while fighting a dragon in Bethesda's acclaimed open world RPG. One of Skyrim's defining features is its dragon battles. Skyrim players that manage to kill dragons are rewarded with dragon souls, which are used to unlock Shouts, as well as valuable materials like dragon bones that can be used to craft Dragon Armor.

A gamer online has shown off their impressive Skyrim achievement, in which they've managed to defeat the game's Ebony Warrior in just a single hit. While Skyrim has its fair share of bosses, this particular clip makes the Ebony Warrior look far easier to defeat than they actually are.

An Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player has managed to survive a jump from an absurd height. The vast open world of Skyrim is home to many hazards that aim to slow gamers from completing Bethesda’s iconic RPG, with fall damage being one of the more irritating aspects of the game.

A confused Skyrim player online has posted footage of a strange bug that appears to put them in slow-motion while using certain moves in combat. New Skyrim glitches are still being found all the time, but this new discovery is particularly hilarious.

By far, the biggest reveal at the second Xbox Developer Direct was Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The new first-person action/adventure game in development at MachineGames looked great in its first presentation and isn't too far off, either, since it is slated to launch later this year on PC and Xbox Series S|X.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road is taking us back to Cyrodiil again, specifically Skingrad in the West Weald. What's interesting about this return is that it finally addresses a decade-old controversy - the infamous missing jungle.

Bethesda has taken to social media to finally announce The Elder Scrolls: Castles. Its move arrives nearly four months after the latest The Elder Scrolls game first appeared on the Google Play Store.

Bethesda has released a new update for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim — Special Edition, the enhanced version of its beloved open world RPG. The original version of Skyrim released all the way back in 2011 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. It was followed by the Special Edition, which launched in 2016 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One and has since been ported to the Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

The so-called restoration loop exploit in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is still alive and well even as the game is pushing 13. This well-publicized glitch has long allowed players to trivialize Skyrim with ridiculously overpowered items.

An Elder Scrolls fan has created a massive chart that shows how skills have evolved from one game to another. Multiple Elder Scrolls titles have been released over the years, and this image highlights one key difference between each of them.

A Skyrim player has received a hilarious reaction from an NPC after killing Commander Maro. Similar to The Elder Scrolls title before it, Skyrim is full of unpredictable NPCs, with many providing unique dialogue, but this may be among the least expected occurrences.

Skyrim still has a few unusual bugs that add to the experience rather than take away from it, as one player discovered using Destruction magic on a Daedric scroll in the Dawnstar museum will turn it into a bucket. With the sole exception of Fallout 76's disastrous state at launch, Bethesda has always been given the benefit of the doubt when it came to technical issues. The primary reason for this is that the Creation Engine, more often than not, has some truly bizarre yet harmless bugs that occur in normal gameplay.

A Skyrim player has shown off an impressive mod that makes the game look and play like an earlier entry into the Elder Scrolls series, Daggerfall. While most Skyrim graphics mods make the game look better, this particular creation goes in the opposite direction.

Dragon's Dogma, the 2012 hack and slash RPG from Capcom, is getting a sequel after 11 years. And you thought the gap between Grand Theft Autos was large?

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall, released way back in 1996, was the second installment in what went on to become Bethesda’s beloved, genre-defining RPG series, but it sounds like it was a particularly tricky one to get off the launchpad - and that if it hadn’t come together it could have meant the end of the studio itself.

Starfield hit Xbox Series X/S and PC last month, and it became the biggest Bethesda game launch ever, later earning it the top spot on best-selling games in the U.S. last month. Now, thanks to Microsoft's Fiscal Year 2024 Quarter 1 financial results, we know more than 11 million players have played Starfield to date. Starfield's excellent launch resulted in a 13% increase in overall Xbox content and services. However, despite the financial boon on the Xbox services side, overall Xbox hardware was still down 7%. 

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Pete Hines, head of publishing at Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Starfield studio Bethesda, is retiring. One of the most public faces at the developer behind perhaps only Toddy H himself, Hines has played a prominent role in the release of their biggest games for close to the last quarter-of-a-century - but says that the “time is right” to move on to “an exciting new chapter of my life”.

130 hours into Starfield, one player had a revelation that a lot of players seem to concur with: "Starfield is missing the weird, crazy story bosses to kill and weird, crazy named weapons and armor." Fair warning, this article contains spoilers for Starfield (Elder Scrolls and Fallout, too) so don't come at me.

Even gamers need to eat real-life food every once in a while. If you’re looking to spice up your routine in the kitchen or feel even more immersed in the world of your favorite games, why not make some recipes drawn from the virtual worlds you love?

Activision Blizzard has given the first glimpse of their plans for Xbox Game Pass once the Microsoft deal has closed, saying they expect to start bringing their games to the service next year.

First there was Fallout Shelter, and now there’s The Elder Scrolls: Castles. This latest mobile entry by Bethesda takes the formula laid down by Shelter and applies it to The Elder Scrolls universe.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Just about everyone who’s gamed at one point in their lives can recall a catchy tune or a memorable music video that they’ve seen either in-game or on the web. Browsing YouTube will show you how popular and nostalgic many gaming tracks are, dating all the way back to the NES and Master System. It’s always a great way to begin or end your day with a certain song from a game you love playing in your ear.

Starfield hasn’t been out in the wild for very long, but that hasn’t stopped modders already taking the time to change and — in some cases — improve the game for PC players. From a much more detailed inventory UI to adding DLSS and even adding the PlayStation Studios splash screen to the start of the game (yes, seriously!), there are already some great mods worth a look.

In late 2001, the dot-com crash struck ZeniMax, and a team of thirty-some developers in the company’s basement feared for their jobs. They were late delivering their new role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, to Microsoft; their board of directors had begun having doubts about the whole videogame enterprise. People were pulling seven-day workweeks on something none of them were sure would ever see the light of day. Morale was in the toilet.

Bethesda’s new title, Starfield, is currently only available for players who bought the premium edition, but that hasn’t stopped it from being played by over 200,000 concurrent users.

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Starfield is the biggest thing in the world of gaming these days, with its release imminent. If you’re pumped for the game, why not pick up some Starfield apparel? The IGN Store just got a nice selection of tees, plus a hat and a hoodie, all decked out with Starfield logos and imagery. They look pretty great, so check them out below.

You may have noticed a mounting squabble between Starfield fans and detractors concerning the game's planetary maps, triggered by some leaks or fake leaks over the past week. Said skirmish has now escalated to "-gate" status, with "Tilegate" doing the rounds on forums and even creeping into search results, presumably much to the alarm of innocent, unaligned ceramics company Tilegate Trading Llc in Florida. The nub of the dispute seems to be thus: some people claim the procedurally generated tiles that comprise many Starfield environments actually glue together into complete globes, so that you can see and walk from one to the other and, indeed, all around the equator, while others claim they're discrete maps with invisible walls, similar to those of the astonishing "dreamable" space sim Noctis.

Bethesda's Todd Howard is currently taking part in the great big Starfield marketing push of 2023. But, it isn't just the studio's upcoming space game that we have all been waiting for. Another of Howard and Bethesda's flagship series is Elder Scrolls, and ever since it was announced that The Elder Scrolls 6 was indeed in the pipeline, many have been eager to hear more about what's next.

When I wrote up yesterday's big dollop of Starfield info I was expecting readers to focus on the stuff about housing, mechs and giant snake cults, in roughly that order. I wasn't expecting a slight stir about the inability to complete the game without killing anyone. "Disappointing", responded Youtuber Mike BurnFire in the QTs. Opined Mama Bedlam: "A fully pacifist run not existing (without mods) is a genuinely worrying sign to do with the flexibility of what the game can do". Some players took the news as a brazen provocation. As ManyATrueNerd put it: "CHALLENGE. FUCKING. ACCEPTED."

Everyone is waiting for Starfield to go gold. The penultimate step in the journey of the Bethesda RPG game, it’s the one thing we’re waiting to happen now before the Starfield release date. In the five years since the successor to Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Skyrim was first officially announced, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the day that it would finally arrive in our hands. With that time almost upon us, however, one Bethesda executive tells Starfield fans to keep a level head and not worry – we’ve not heard about the Starfield gold status yet, but everything, seemingly, is going to plan.