Bethesda Softworks just announced the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series, the sequel to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, will be called Skyrim. And it’ll be out next year.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard introduced the game with a brief teaser showing a stone dragon and a dramatic narration that sets up the story of the next big role-playing game in the Elder Scrolls series. That teaser all dated Skyrim for November 11, 2011.
The Cracks
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:06 PMAWESOME! WOO!
Greg
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:10 PMthat tralier give off the whole viking dragon slayer vibe wich is probably the single most awesome concept in the history of concept’s for the love of god this game better have throwing axes
Greg
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:13 PMits looking like its gonna be wicked year for PC gaming with skyrim, deus ex, dragon age 2 and the witcher 2 (i know that all except the witcher are going to be on consoles as well but with that list of your not playing them on PC lets be honest your doing it wrong)
Sergei
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM2009+2010 have largely been a console affair, but I can safely say PC will dominate my time next year!
Greg
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 7:42 PM… damn straight
2011 the year PC gaming was reborn
Jimu Hsien
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:04 AMIf I tried playing these games on my craptop… I’d be doing it wrong.
706-2
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:16 PMHere’s hoping they don’t design the UI’s for the consoles first and forget about the PC ie Oblivion and Fallout 3. They are certainly navigable on a PC but they are clearly made with the limitations of a controller in mind.
Greg
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 1:24 PMthats why i like bethesda games even if the UI sucks its pretty simple to mod out the crappy parts
Linchowlewy
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 8:36 PMThe game will be heavily viking. I just checked my map that came with oblivion (more games need physical maps) and Skyrim is above bruma. and Bruma was already halfway to viking :D
and about throwing axes, this game will have them, but if it doesn’t expect a mod
♣TadMod♣
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:23 PMOMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. YES! FINALLY!
Let us pray it’s as good as Morrowind! :D :D
dawdle
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 3:01 PMThat looks wicked :D
It’s going to be both a PC and XBOX release, right?
Sergei
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 4:10 PMAnd PS3.
Peter Tilbrook
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 3:14 PMThere IS a God!!!
Jakob Smolinski
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 3:35 PMOOOh sounds like Max Von Sydow is narrating! WICKED
Sergei
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 4:11 PMEveryone is recognising this Sydow guy but me :(.
Jakob Smolinski
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:23 PMhttp://tinyurl.com/2w2j9fc
He’s been around for yonks and in too many movies to name. Same caliber as Patrick Stewart, as far as being a sick narrator for an Elder Scrolls game :)
NORDS!!!!
Blackwater
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 5:00 PMThe music, oh god that music. I need this now.
Also, no gamebryo pls
Sergei
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:25 PMThis. No Gamebryo, it’s not about graphics..that engine is just too awkward and restrictive.
Launch
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:34 PMI only started playing Oblivion this year, so the news of a sequel so soon (for me) is amazing!
Chuloopa
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:12 PMPLEASE!!!
NO LEVEL SCALING!!
My god this looks like it could be awesome!
so many awesome previews.. i’m overloading!
thyco
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:17 PMI hope they bring back spears, polearms, trowing weapons and cross bows. And i really hope they overhaul the magicka system. i hate how blizzard in morrowind and oblivion are just a large blue fireball.
Hopefully bethsoft will have taken the hint on how popular middas’s magic mod was and do that with spell effects
Pakka
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 10:04 PMI know half if not all the teasrers/first trailers are touched up so much to look great – but I’ll be the first to say it…
An Elder Scrolls game will not look that good!
TV
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 11:45 PMWho cares. Honestly, I’m sick of the graphics arms race. I’ve got a PS3, an Xbox 360 and a high end gaming PC and they’re all taking a back seat to a DSiWare game that looks like it could be run on an Atari 2600.
Tech Knight
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 9:10 AMPlease fix the faces this time… for the love of god… fix the faces…
popcultured
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:28 AMApparently Skyrim will run on a modified engine from id Software:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/06/bethesda-softworks-parent-zenimax-media-acquires-id-software.ars
Jon Polti
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:33 AMBy the gods, I hope you’re right. I dunno if I can cope with another gamebryo engine game…
Also I’m a viking fanatic and always thought the Nords were a bit under-developed in ES games, so glad that Skyrim is going to be the location for the next game!
That music too… I’m somewhat giddy now!
James Mac
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 1:30 PMHow good is that music.
Is that just for the trailer, or is there somewhere I can find it?
Sergei
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 5:22 PM@James It seems like a remix of Oblivion’s main theme, with added viking choir :) Seems like Skyrim will use it.
Sergei
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:57 AMI wouldn’t get my hopes up cause a more recent interview said Bethesda are using an upgraded Gamebryo for an unannounced title. By Azura I hope they use Tech 5.
Riveon
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 4:44 PMThe engine is new – ‘It’s an all new graphics and gameplay engine internal to BGS, and it looks incredible’