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So you've read the previews, looked over the list of cool things we found, and looked at every screenshot you could find of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There couldn't possibly be anything else to experience before Skyrim comes out in just a few weeks, right? Wrong. Today, Bethesda released a live-action trailer for the game with shockingly high production value. It's like they snuck onto the set HBO's Game of Thrones and shot the trailer in secret.

And there's a dragon, too, so you know it's good...

Today, Bethesda has launched the first installment of the Skyrim team diaries. In addition to over 40 pieces of gorgeous art, you’ll also find the team’s first podcast, Completely Blue Sky: The Concept of Skyrim, featuring concept artists Ray Lederer and Adam Adamowicz. Check it out for a behind-the-scenes perspective of how an epic project like Skyrim begins - and see the transition from concept art to in-game visuals in the brief video montage above...

Bethesda is celebrating the imminent release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (and the knowledge it can make loads of cash from the sale of virtual goods) with the release of its Skyrim Avatar Launch Collection on Xbox Live. The collection features a mix of costumes and props inspired by the upcoming open-world RPG and includes a premium Skyrim Theme for the more decorative fans...

Bethesda has confirmed there will be a day one patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when the game is released on Friday. However, while the exact content of the patch will be revealed later, the two areas specified so far are interesting. There are only two points - general stability (fine) and 'quest progression'. This leads us to assume one of three things, which are...

If you're planning on rushing home and installing your new copy of Skyrim on the Xbox 360 you might want to wait a bit. Bethesda has announced it's working on a patch to fix texture issues reported by Xbox 360 owners. While the game's day 1 patch fixed a number of minor bugs detected between pressing and launch, one issue that made it through undetected is the texture scaling caused by the game's dynamic streaming when not running from the system cache. Or, in simpler terms, the game sometimes looks kind of weird if you install it, but that's getting fixed...

Above: Arrow stuck in your head, chest, or leg? Find out how to fix the arrow glitch in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim looks incredible. But if you like storming across Skyrim in the third-person, you may have noticed a small graphical glitch plaguing both PC and console players. When you get hit by an enemy archer, the arrow sometimes gets stuck in your head, chest, back, leg, or bottom. Even after killing the enemy, healing, or sleeping, the arrow remains, making your serious Dragonborn look like a clown...

The champagne is flowing at Bethesda following the (predictably) successful launch of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. According to its enthusiastic press release today, the open world fantasy epic has shipped over seven million copies, and is expected to garner over $450 million in retail sales...

A fix is on its way for the now-infamous PS3 Skyrim bug that has made it virtually impossible for a majority of PlayStation Dragonborn to play the open world RPG for an extended period of time. This weekend, Bethesda confirmed to it has submitted its 1.2 patch to Sony and expects the problem to be fixed within a matter of weeks.

“[Bethesda] Wanted to let everyone know that the next PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates have been submitted for certification, and that the PC patch is coming too. The current estimate is that they will be live the week after Thanksgiving,” wrote Bethesda community manager Nick Breckon in a recent post...

Skyrim isn’t a month old yet, but the modding community is already coming out in force for it. We’ve already seen the very helpful 3D map viewer, but this new one seems even more charitable. There’s a certain PC mod that promises to lower the system requirements for the PC game...