She Sings the Songs of Skyrim: Check out this cool Daily Dot feature on Malukah, the now-viral singer/songwriter behind a number of beautiful video-game songs.Read more...
Have you read our recent mega-blowouts of Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity? Then congratulations: you know everything about Pillars of Eternity except what the pillars of eternity actually are. But Obsidian’s not planning to dip a furtive pinky toe into classic CRPG waters and then leave its legacy behind again. This time, it’s in control of its own destiny, and no one knows that better than CEO Feargus Urquhart. He wants to push the classic Black Isle mold further than it’s ever gone before, into worlds so immense that the classic Infinity Engine never would’ve been able to handle them. But that was then, and this is now. His company has new-old tech and new-old ideas. Hear all about Urquhart’s grandest plans below.
[The sound of an engine chugging, whirring as though fueled by the souls of a thousand blood-puking damned]
No. No, no, no, no, no, no. This can’t be happening. This cannot be happening. Quick, stay behind me, and whatever you do, DON’T LOOK DIRECTLY INTO ITS–
No, as you'll see in this mod, there is a far darker force at play, one that our younger readers (or those tortured by their children's TV habits) will know only too well.Read more...
Gaming Heads will next year be releasing a replica of the Shrine of Talos, giant statues found in the Elder Scrolls games. These aren't tiny little desktop ornaments; they stand around a foot tall, or 14 inches.Read more...
Last time we looked at 'Skywind,' the elaborate mod that puts Morrowind into Skyrim, it was mostly eye candy. While the team behind the project still has a ways to go, it seems like they're making progress on the mod judging from this new trailer.Read more...
Skywind is a mod that brings Morrowind into the Skyrim engine. It’s like someone at Bethesda took the Morrowind and Skyrim design documents and riffle shuffled them as a party trick, and then forgot to unshuffle them. Somehow–probably through a montage–those files ended up with modders. A less tired Craig would probably recount that montage, but that show-off wasn’t up late playing Starbound and eating takeaway, so you just get facts and trailers. The last time I reported on Skywind, it was just an empty world. You could run around, but you could not do anything, but more recent updates have begun the task of integrating people, monsters, and quests. Which means it might be worth installing. There’s a wee video to demonstrate some of that work.(more…)
According to international law, I am not allowed to post the video I made playing of myself playing this Skyrim Mod, which changes the fighting music into Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Now, I’ll admit there hundreds of reasons and at least three court orders that should prevent me from going anywhere near recording equipment, but I am sad that one of them is “A man in his pants enjoying a game and wants you to share it with the world.” It seems like my happiness, and the happiness others would get from it, should override petty rules and regulations, particularly when it involves Skyrim and the Top Gun soundtrack.(more…)
Nineteen-year-old Alexander Velicky's Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim mod, Falskaar, was originally meant to be part video game, part Bethesda job application. Earlier this week, Velicky posted to the Bethesda forums that while Falskaar failed to land him a position at the company of Dovahkiin and friends, he has instead found gainful employment as an Associate Designer at Bungie. You could say his acceptance at Bungie instead of Bethesda means he just had a different ... destiny.
Velicky wrote that the experience gave him a "corny life lesson" he wanted to pass on: never be afraid to try. "I applied to many companies, and Bungie was in my, 'Huge company that will completely ignore me' category. Well, they didn't and look what it got me. Bungie is an awesome company with an amazing team, and I'm very lucky that they've decided to give me a chance! Never be afraid to try."
Velicky thanked the modding community for their support and encouragement, saying that he wouldn't be where he is without their support and encouragement. He also noted that he's "unsure" if he'll keep modding. Velicky's top priority will be his professional work, but he specifically called out the oft-rumored - but not yet formally announced - Fallout 4 as something that he may not be able to resist.
Want to get a job at Bungie, one of the world's most respected video game studios? Easy. Spend thousands of hours writing a Skyrim mod so detailed and intricate, it feels like an expansion pack.Read more...
Hey, it's Harrison Krix. He's built a Nightingale bow from Skyrim. It's the real deal, yo. Well...OK, maybe it's not magical, but the wood and string parts are real enough.Read more...
When I think of awesome video game voice actors who play multiple characters—sometimes in the same game—I first think of Mark Cripps, whose fatally smug Throthgar in Skyrim at the Movies has entertained generations of fans. What, you thought I was gonna say Nolan North?Read more...
Like so many diamonds and angry Creepers, the people behind the Xbox 360 iteration of Minecraft have once again unearthed something unexpected: an upcoming DLC pack full of content drawn from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Included in this addition are "an exclusive Skyrim-themed texture set, 40 character skins, themed menus and user interface, craftable items," and 20 songs from the Skyrim soundtrack. Most intriguingly, the DLC also adds a new pre-generated world to Minecraft. While this will obviously be a blocky adaptation, the map is said to directly mimic that seen in Skyrim, and will cover an area that includes Bleak Falls Barrow, Whiterun and Riverwood.
There's no word on when we can expect a public release for this DLC, but those attending this year's Minecon in Orlando, Florida this weekend will be the first to see the new content.
You could take the time to rebuild all of Skyrim in Minecraft, or you could play Minecraft: Skyrim Edition, announced today by Microsoft and Bethesda for the Xbox 360. Read more...
These days, guns and action games go together like spoons and Nutella. And yet when it comes right down to it, there is a video game weapon that outclasses the gun in most every respect: The bow and arrow.Read more...
Hot on the heels of their recreation of Superman in Tamriel, Skyrim at the Movies outfit Tyrannicon have recreated the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Predator using Skyrim. Huaghhhh get down!
Just because the High King of Skyrim mod lets you order people and do whatever you want doesn't mean you have to be an absolute jerk to your subjects. You can use your limitless power to do good, too! Read more...
There are plebs, and then there's you, the High King of Skyrim. And as the High King of Skyrim, you'd best believe you can do damn well nearly anything you please, no matter how silly or ridiculous.Read more...
Come for the admirable attempt to recreate Predator using Skyrim. Stay for maybe the best Schwarzenegger impersonation I have ever heard. Especially since it's not like there's practice reference for the man saying "THROTHGARD!".Read more...
H… h… h… hey there, Lichdom. Gee, you sure are pretty. Why, you’re basically what Skyrim would’ve been if Bethesda wasn’t still using a 1000-year-old engine. You maybe want to get coffee some– [trips over an inconveniently placed chair, falls out the door, stumbles into a patch of cacti, trips over a hillside, rolls into an errant band of wild boars, loses terribly on an episode of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, crawls broken and defeated back to Lichdom's location] time?
So many unanswered questions in this screenshot from Skyrim... The random, yet unmistakable cuddling. The positioning. The imperial guard's moustache... Let's just leave these two here in peace.Read more...
It's funny that most people dress up as the dude on the cover of Skyrim, because that armour is terrible. Let's get a little more creative, people. Like these folks, who dressed up as a couple of the Draugr Deathlords.Read more...
You can add just a few mods to Skyrim, or you can do this. At first it's a bit hard to count all the things that don't necessarily fit the setting. And no, you can't open the TARDIS with a Keyblade.Read more...
This week, ZeniMax Online revealed that their upcoming Elder Scrolls MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online, would cost players $15 a month to subscribe after purchasing the base game. This has, predictably, set off no small amount of debate.Read more...
If someone is keeping a Big List Of Inevitable Things somewhere, they can cross out ‘modders remaking Morrowind in the Skyrim engine’. For it is no longer inevitable, but is in fact, er, evitable? No, that’s not right. Though I guess you could avoid it, but that would make the modders of Skywind very sad indeed, because all their hard work in rebuilding Morrowind is worth looking at. Even if you just coo over the videos below, because cooing over the scenery is pretty much all that’s possible right now.(more…)
