PC

The First Screenshot Of The Elder Scrolls Online Sure Looks Like World Of Warcraft

Game Informer has posted the first screenshot from The Elder Scrolls Online. Sure looks like a fantasy MMO to me!


PC

The Elder Scrolls Online Now Has A Trailer

There’s no gameplay in this new teaser for Bethesda’s upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game, but at least it sounds cool.


May 4, 2012
PC

5 Things I Want To See In The Elder Scrolls Online

The announcement I’ve been waiting for ever since ZeniMax Online Studios was founded has finally arrived: there’s a massively multiplayer online Elder Scrolls game on the way. Now I can deliver my list of demands suggestions for making The Elder Scrolls Online the best MMO it can possibly be.


PC

The Elder Scrolls Online Coming Next Year

Bethesda will release a massively multiplayer online version of its popular The Elder Scrolls series next year for PC and Mac, Game Informer reports today.


May 3, 2012
PC

13.6 Million Skyrim Mods Have Been Downloaded

“Skyrim Steam Workshop downloads are over 13.6 million,” Bethesda said on Twitter today. “PC mods FTW.” [Bethesda]


April 27, 2012
PC

18 Things About Dishonored That You Should Know

Earlier this week, I received a wood-framed clock in the mail. It was a promotional tchotchke from the people making Dishonored, the kind of thing a big video game company sends a gaming reporter to make sure they remember their game exists — and perhaps to cultivate some favourable emotions about the game.


April 25, 2012
In Real Life

Examine And Take Apart This Steampunk Mask From Dishonored

I’m pretty excited to play publisher Bethesda’s first-person stealth game, Dishonored. It encompasses a dark theme that appeals to me, as well as a very neat steampunk style that I’ve always enjoyed in games.


In Real Life

Why Is Skyrim’s World Better Than Amalur’s? (And Other Burning RPG Questions)

Welcome to Burning Questions, a new Kotaku feature where Jason Schreier and Kirk Hamilton chat about the games they’re playing, the news they’re hearing, and the comings and goings of the world of video games.


April 20, 2012
Xbox

I Shouted ‘Fus Ro Dah’ At Skyrim, And I Kinda Liked It

Here’s a confession: I have absolutely no interest in Microsoft’s Kinect.


PC

How To Get Skyrim Looking As Awesome As Computationally Possible

I’ve been playing Skyrim again recently, and thanks to the wonders of modding, it is lookin’ damned fine. That’s not to say it ever didn’t look fine — when the game was released last November, it was a perfectly OK-looking game. A little rough around the edges in places, not the hottest textures in the world, but still. Considering its sheer scope and scale, it was amazing that it looked as good as it did.