Skyrim's lead designer says he played the RPG for 1,000 hours - "and for 950 of those hours, it was broken"
News “In every studio, those 950 hours, you're playing a broken game”
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls series returns in Skyrim. Dragons have returned to the land and as the Dragonborn, you are the only one who can face this terrible threat. Can you unravel the mystery behind their return, or will you just wander around the country side picking flowers? It's up to you!
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Even more than GTA 3, Skyrim "proved to the world that open-world games were the place to be," says ex-Bethesda dev
news "They're not going for the same RPG kind of environment"
Starfield is bigger and more ambitious than Skyrim, but will it stand the test of time in the same way?
Opinion Opinion | It's got the ingredients to match The Elder Scrolls 5's legacy, but does Starfield know what to do with them?
Starfield isn't "Skyrim in space", and I'm torn on whether that's a good thing or a bad thing
Opinion Opinion | Starfield's slow burn sets apart from what's come before, for better and worse
Four hours of Skyblivion gameplay show some notable changes to the Oblivion remake in Skyrim
News The fans remaking Oblivion are giving it more than a fresh coat of paint
11 years later, Skyrim treasure hunting is finally fun with this Red Dead Redemption-style journal
OPINION Treasure hunting now has a new layer of sophistication and depth
The opening of Skyrim is still the best thing Bethesda has ever made
Feature 10 years on from the debut of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, waking up in those chains remains a powerful experience
Think Skyrim's getting old? The first two Elder Scrolls games are coming to Steam
News Bethesda adds The Elder Scrolls Arena and Daggerfall following PC launcher closure
Song of the Sea is a fan-made Skyrim mini-DLC that lets you become a deadly mermaid
Feature Set in the Sea of Ghosts, Song of the Sea adds mermaids, underwater lairs and new hydro magic
Skyrim survived the decade and Bethesda believes "people will still be playing it" in the next one
Feature Bethesda's Mark Lampert: "Hats off to the designers, Skyrim just has that hook"
Skyrim dev explains that "an arrow to the knee" was never supposed to be a meme
News It turns out one of videogames' most famous memes was completely down to chance
How a key part of Skyrim was inspired by making pizza and screaming kids on a rollercoaster
Feature What's in a dragon's roar?
Skyrim: Anniversary Edition lets you collect fish in your very own aquarium
news The new aquariums will fit right in with the other 500 mods in the new version
Skyrim player channels Indiana Jones with item swap trick
News This player recreates one of the most famous scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Skyrim’s famous opening sequence was almost ruined by a single, unstoppable bee
News "The cart goes up into the sky like a rocket ship"
Skyrim player finds that Netch Jelly can prevent any and all fall damage
News The only problem is finding some
Meet the Skyrim fan who finally reached High Hrothgar after role-playing a guard for years
news Share in the wisdom of Nordique Arrow-knee
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