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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2
PC
PS3
PS4
PS5
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Nov. 10, 2011

Developers

Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Softworks

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG

Publishers

Bethesda Softworks

Franchise The Elder Scrolls

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Spotlight

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Flip and tear

Adam Smith

9 years ago

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"When I'm on tour, it's hard to set up my VR setup every day"

Mark Warren

1 week ago

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How To Get Old Skyrim Saves Working In The Skyrim Special Edition

How to fix Skyrim SE save crashes

Alec Meer

9 years ago

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Skyrim’s official IKEA crossover mod might be the most deftly-assembled Elder Scrolls gag ever, if not an ad blueprint other corps should follow

A bizarre promo packed with top shelf jokes

Mark Warren

2 weeks ago

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Feed

The Sole Survivor chatting to Codsworth in Fallout 4.

News

"It wasn't a planned thing": Breaking Benjamin singer on his mid-gig Fallout 4 mod promo being down to a broken drum and his love of VR

"When I'm on tour, it's hard to set up my VR setup every day"

Sept. 21, 2026 Mark Warren

A character walking along a road in Skyrim Oblivion remake mod Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion's release is "getting closer" as the massive Skyrim mod's makers start recruiting for a big final marketing push

Still no date, but a slip beyond 2026 is looking less and less likely

Sept. 15, 2026 Mark Warren

Skyrim's Dragonborn standing next to the Kallax follower from the official IKEA creation.

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Skyrim’s official IKEA crossover mod might be the most deftly-assembled Elder Scrolls gag ever, if not an ad blueprint other corps should follow

A bizarre promo packed with top shelf jokes

Sept. 10, 2026 Mark Warren

A hist tree in the rainforest of Skyrim mod King of the Murkmire.

News

It's still very much possible to make good Skyrim mods "without any use of AI" in 2026, declares the maker of a new DLC-sized Black Marsh expansion

King of the Murkmire offers a trip to the land of the Argonians

Sept. 8, 2026 Mark Warren

Skyrim's dragonborn character in a helmet

News

"You can’t just throw new people at that problem": Bethesda devs doubt future Elder Scrolls and Fallout games will have the same "quality level", after losing seasoned staff to Xbox cuts

"The company has said that they can do it. I disagree.”

Sept. 2, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

An Oblivion gate in front of the Imperial City in Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion "will not be shadow dropping after over a decade of hard work", say modders still planning a regular release date reveal despite delays

The unofficial Oblivion remake project was originally scheduled to debut last year

Sept. 1, 2026 Mark Warren

Fishing near Riverwood in Skyrim.

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Supporters only | Modding up Skyrim for the first time in years has convinced me I might have been too quick to scoff at Bethesda themselves adding fishing to it

Hooked

Aug. 25, 2026 Mark Warren

A female Nord in leather armour fishes in Skyrim.

News

I'm not saying Bethesda are trolling me specifically, but Fallout 4 and Skyrim updates are imminent just as I've modded up the latter for the first time in ages

How have I wronged you Todd?

Aug. 17, 2026 Mark Warren

Blacksmith Adrianne Avenicci making a sword in Skyrim.

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"Ideas like this usually just die": Inside generative AI’s effect on modding, and how host sites struggle to maintain transparency

AI-duin, the world eater

Aug. 7, 2026 Mark Warren

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"We are the best allies to game devs": Skyrim modder shows solidarity with laid off Bethesda workers by draping union logos across Tamriel

As unionised staff prepare to protest Xbox layoffs

July 10, 2026 Mark Warren

Some netches float at sunset in Skyrim mod Skywind.

News

"A mentor and an inspiration to many": Skywind devs pay tribute to modder Kettlewitch, whose death has left another Skyrim mod's future up in the air

"I hope you will remember him for his genuine desire to help people"

July 9, 2026 Mark Warren

An Oblivion gate in Skyrim mod Skyblivion.

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"The world is built": Skyblivion devs call for extra quest-making hands to help overcome the massive mod's "final roadblocks" to release

All hands on the sigil stones

June 17, 2026 Mark Warren

Nazeem looking sarky in Skyrim.

News

Pumping out new Fallout and Elder Scrolls games faster is reportedly the plan at Xbox, as the spectre of potential corporate rejigging looms

Following reports major job cuts could be incoming, CEO Asha Sharma's allegedly planning to push the accelerator pedal on Xbox's big hitters

June 15, 2026 Mark Warren

An ayleid ruin in Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion's gorgeously revamped Ayleid ruins are all done and dusted, the folks behind the Oblivion Remake mod have announced

Welke-ome news

May 26, 2026 Mark Warren

Ralof talks to the player in Skyrim's opening, being played via Pip-Boy in Fallout 4.

News

Skyrim now runs on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy and computer terminals, as modder delivers the one port Bethesda haven't thought of yet

Elder Scroll Survivor

May 18, 2026 Mark Warren

The player walking through Gnisis in Skyrim Morrowind remake mod Skywind.

News

"A handful of bottlenecks" remain for Morrowind remake mod Skywind, but it's still progressing steadily towards release

"The most difficult groundwork is already in place"

May 8, 2026 Mark Warren

Arthur Morgan rides a horse through a town in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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April 27, 2026 Ed Thorn

An adventurer in Dwarven armour in Skyrim mod Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion isn't "dead in the water", the Oblivion remake mod's lead says, a recent call for extra hands is about maintaining "good momentum"

Also, work on the Imperial City has seen "the breakthrough we needed to push that through"

April 2, 2026 Mark Warren

A warrior and a wolf in The Elder Scrolls Online's snowy Skyrim.

News

Is a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might

I'm Nord really in the mood for snow, but I may hail the sail

April 1, 2026 Mark Warren

An imperial soldier in Oblivion remake mod Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion devs are "on the hunt" for some "final, vital" veteran hands to get the Oblivion remake mod over the line this year

According to a post on Nexus Mods, "just a little extra firepower" is needed

March 31, 2026 Mark Warren

The city of Vivec in Skyrim mod Skywind.

News

Morrowind remake mod Skywind still looks like it could help my Skyrim-addled brain properly fall in love with the weirdest Elder Scrolls in latest showcase

Cantering around the cantons

March 16, 2026 Mark Warren

A character walking along a road in Skyrim Oblivion remake mod Skyblivion.

News

Skyblivion project lead says the massive Oblivion remake mod is "in a great place" during its first proper showcase of 2026

The modders have "a lot of bugfixing" on their plates at the moment, and are still aiming to release their creation "as soon as possible"

March 15, 2026 Mark Warren

Disco Elysium developers ZA/UM have advertised for artists to work on their next game, using a quote from Hamlet.

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March 11, 2026 Alice Bell

A masked character in Skyrim creation Legacy of Orsinium.

News

Massive Skyrim mod Lordbound is now semi-canon, thanks to a new Bethesda-approved expansion from its devs

"It only took 10 years"

March 6, 2026 Mark Warren

A shrine of Talos in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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Skyrim co-lead claims The Elder Scrolls 6's helm was once promised to him, and he envisioned a plot mirroring the best Star Wars film

Though, he doesn't seem sure Bethesda'd have okayed his plans for the ending

Jan. 16, 2026 Mark Warren

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