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Composer and conductor Andrew Skeet talks through recording a Skyrim track with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as chosen by IGN readers!

#theelderscrolls Props genius Harrison Krix has been making a few helmets based on those found in Skyrim, and they've all been lovely, but just how the hell does he do that exactly? More »

A Sony support team is working closely with Bethesda to bring Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC to PS3, which launched on the Xbox 360 and PS3 earlier this year. Bethesda previously notes that Skyrim is a "massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources" and it's not sure if it will be able to reach a resolution on the DLC with Sony.

Sony's Adam Boyes echoes that sentiment to Kotaku. "We work with all of our partners to try and solve their problems," Boyes says. "We have a big, broad dev support team that works closely with Bethesda - and with all of our partners - to work with them to solve any sort of issues they have along the way.

"Of course, I always want everything to work always for everyone. I can't promise any kind of resolution or timeline but can say that everyone involved is trying their best to get this stuff working."

#skyrim People who bought Skyrim for the PS3 are pissed. And you can't necessarily blame them. More »

#theelderscrolls Hey, maybe you're playing some more Skyrim lately. Maybe you've even downloaded the latest DLC, Hearthfire? Seems like a good enough excuse to share this amazing image by Dead End Thrills. It's part of his "Parting Shots" series, which he's put up to bidSkyrim farewell. More »

#theelderscrolls Just a heads up: I've experienced a significant bug in Skyrim's newest downloadable content that seems to be avoidable. More »

#hearthfire There are four types of video game players, says Richard Bartle: the Explorer, the Socializer, the Killer, and the Achiever. The names are rather self-explanatory: the Explorer loves to wander; the Socializer loves to chat; the Killer loves to compete; and the Achiever loves to rack up points and trophies, even when they might seem arbitrary to everyone else. More »

#theelderscrolls Skyrim's latest downloadable content is all about houses. Big houses, small houses, brown houses, and... well, they're all kind of brown. More »

We give you an introductory look at the newest Skyrim DLC, 'Hearthfire'

Skyrim's "Hearthfire" add-on is ready for Xbox 360's Dovamestics. Buy land, build a home, and then fill it with the respectful youths from around Skyrim you've come to know and love.

Beyond the blessing of parenthood, customize your house with an armory, alchemy lab and trade tools of whatever other crafting arts you're into. Make a hall to show off baubles and your expansive dragon bone collection.

Hearthfire costs 400 Microsoft Points ($5). There was no mention of when the expansion will make its way to PC or PS3.

#theelderscrolls Skyrim: The Sims is now available on Xbox Live for 400 Microsoft Points, according to a press blast sent out by Bethesda this morning. More »

#theelderscrolls A reader sent us in this pic of their "middle-aged boss'" tattoo. His name is Jim, apparently, which I guess is short for Dovahjiim? Note that's Dovahjiim, the Dragon Middle-Aged Man, not Dovahkiin, the Dragonborn. More »

#skyrim When the rumors started circulating about a new DLC called Hearthfire for Skyrim, people started excitedly speculating as to what new powers you'd go on in the expansion. Dawnguard brought vampire abilities to Bethesda's hit RPG so Hearthfire would bring what? Magma-flinging? Dovahkiin sidequests involving arson? More »

While gamers on Xbox 360 and PC are going to be able to experience all of the DLC Bethesda has planned for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, it appears PlayStation 3 gamers may indeed be left out in the cold.

The Skyrim expansion "Dawnguard" has been available on the Xbox 360 since June, and debuted on PC at the beginning of August. The PS3 version, meanwhile, is still a no show. Without delving into specifics, Bethesda has shed a bit more light on the issue in a recent staff post on its own forums. The post notes that "Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources" and that matters get "much more complex" when dealing with content on the level of Dawnguard.

Bethesda has "tried a number of things, but none of them solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone." The post notes further that Bethesda is also working on more content for Skyrim - the "Hearthfire" expansion was revealed earlier this week - which makes the situation "even more complicated," presumably referring to the resources needed to continue working on Dawnguard.

The company continues, offering perhaps the most troubling statement for PS3 owners, "This is not a problem we're positive we can solve, but we are working together with Sony to try to bring you this content." Bethesda notes the "frustration" PS3 users must be facing, and promises an update as soon as possible.

We've contacted Bethesda to see if we can learn any further details on the issues facing the PS3 version.

[Thanks, Anthony]

#mods The Middle Earth Roleplaying Project is a rather glorious Skyrim mod, designed meticulously to recreate Tolkien's world. More »

#skyrim Skyrim is a very different place when there are Goombas running around it. You can see that for yourself in some clips of Super Skyrim Bros., a wacky mod that's been quietly in development by a gamer named "clintmich" for the last few months. More »

#cosplay Once of the most memorable things about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the in-game gear. So when cosplayers Sheila and Sylar feel in love with the game, they decided to replica Skyrim's Nightingale Armor for the above photo shoot. Because, you know, they being cosplayers and all. More »

#theelderscrolls There have been plenty of cool cloth and papercraft Skyrim props over the past several months. Kotaku reader and crafter Shannon Clawson looked at those and said, "P'shaw! Amateur hour!" More »

#watchthis Created by Kotaku reader Geo "Tyrannicon" Paradissis, he who made that crazy re-creation of 300's final battle in Skyrim, this is an excellent way to start off your morning. Pour yourself some coffee and dive in. More »

Oh great, now everyone's going to start hoarding orphans.

Skyrim's "Hearthfire" expansion became official this morning - an add-on allowing adventurers who took one too many arrows to the knee to become domestics (Dovamestic?). Hearthfire enables players to build their own home, create additions to said home, and help raise children. Those rooms can be profession-specific - for instance, a room dedicated to herbalism. The joys of domestic life!

"From a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with armory, alchemy laboratory, and more," Bethesda said of the DLC. "Choose your land, customize your house, guard it from unwanted visitors, and turn your house into a home by adopting children." Apparently, in the fantasy world of Skyrim, houses aren't homes without children.

Hearthfire will be available September 4 on Xbox 360 for 400 Microsoft Points ($5), no other platforms are mentioned at this time. Skyrim's previous DLC, Dawnguard, took around a month to make its way to PC, but the PS3 version experienced some hiccups.

#theelderscrolls Coming September 4 to the Xbox 360, the latest downloadable content for Skyrim has players purchasing land, planning and building their dream house, moving in their spouse and adopting neighborhood children. This is Hearthfire! More »

Here’s official news on the second Skyrim expansion, Hearthfire. The hook here is that you get to build yourself a home from the ground up, which involves finding yourself a patch of land then building and expanding a building appropriate to your tastes/budget upon it. It’s the Sims in dragon-addled Scandinavia, essentially. Apparently you can also adopt children, but hopefully not by abducting them from happy NPC families.Take a look below.(more…)

The second major downloadable content for Bethesda's RPG lets you design your own home.

Skyrim's Dawnguard downloadable content appears as a can't-miss experience based on Tyrannicon's amazing "Great Battle of Dawnguard" video, but the reality is quite different. Even if it isn't based in the actual experience of the DLC, this is great machinima work.

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#screengrab This appeared today in Reddit's Skyrim community. It's the mod "Normandy," which adds a crash site of the Mass Effect ship into the game. It's located outside of Whiterun, so really, you can probably fast travel to this thing no matter where you are in your character's progression. More »

#theelderscrolls Not all the guards in Skyrim are knee-injured former adventurers, and not all of their tasks involve capturing dragons and stopping marauding Dovahkiin. Some of them are just regular old working stiffs whose 9-5 involves cruising around and sorting out the drunk and the disorderly. More »

#theelderscrolls From the people who brought you Blonde Twins Playing A Metallica Cover On Harps While Standing In The Desert comes this brave new experience in weird nature-set harp covers. More »