Tag Archives: Bethesda

Todd Howard: mods make games better; are a huge community avenue for single player games

In an interview with G4TV, Todd Howard revealed what most of us already knew. According to Todd, mods are essential for single player games and are basically the biggest community avenue for them. This is true indeed, as there are a lot of gamers that wanted to try Skyrim due to some specific mods. In other words, mods really helped Skyrim’s sales and that’s one of the reasons that Bethesda decided to release the Creation Kit. Continue reading Todd Howard: mods make games better; are a huge community avenue for single player games

Skyrim – Gionight strikes back with custom characters/armors/clothes

Remember those lovely Skyrim shots that were captured by Gionight? Well, get ready everyone because this modder is back with a punch. Gionight has been creating some custom characters this whole time and used some custom-made armor/clothes to them that were created by the fan-base of Skyrim. As always, Gionight has a talent in capturing sexy and great looking screenshots, so go ahead and enjoy them after the jump. Continue reading Skyrim – Gionight strikes back with custom characters/armors/clothes

Sounds of Skyrim – ‘The Wilds’ Is Out Now

A few weeks ago we informed you about an amazing mod for Skyrim that is about to overhaul the game’s sound. Created by Cliffworms, Sounds of Skyrim is a sound-addition project that will add around 460+ sound effects to the game world once every module will be released. It affects almost every cell and region in the game. Cliffworms had previously released the ‘Dungeons’ part and we are happy to report that the ‘Wilds’ part is now available for download. Continue reading Sounds of Skyrim – ‘The Wilds’ Is Out Now

Skyrim HD – 2K Textures Version 1.5 Is Now Available

Modder NebuLa has released the 1.5 version for his amazing Skyrim mod, 2K Textures HD. The Mod is 2.2GB big (1.64GB in .bsa packed files) and replaces 600 textures and normal maps. The time spend into the Project is currently way over 200 hours. The size of all the created Source Files is at 83.51 GB. Just… wow. The achieved texture resolution is 4-8x (2-4k resolution) bigger than the original ones and still 2x – 8x bigger than the Bethesda HD DLC and its latest version comes with lots of changes. Continue reading Skyrim HD – 2K Textures Version 1.5 Is Now Available

Skyrim – This is how a Modern Dovahkiin would look and act like

YouTube’s member ‘Warialasky’ and his team decided to set out to make a modern day Skyrim video, in which we can see how Dovahkiin would look and act like, and what he’d have to do in order to set people free. This is an amazing music video that will be definitely appreciated by all the metalheads out there, so give it a go. In fact, it’s so great that you should watch it even if you’re not a fan of this genre. And simply ‘LOL’ at the scene in 1:48. Enjoy! Continue reading Skyrim – This is how a Modern Dovahkiin would look and act like

Unofficial Skyrim Patch promises to fix one hell of bugs/issues; beta might come this weekend

You gotta love modders. Skyrim is full of bugs and issues, there is no denying that, and we’re pretty sure that Bethesda won’t be able to fix most of them. And since the company won’t address them, who will? That’s right. The modders. Kivan is currently developing an unofficial patch to fix the vast amount of bugs currently existing in Skyrim. The list is huge and can be easily compared with the ‘Unofficial Overhaul Patch’ that was released for Gothic 3 by its community. Oh, and Lydia can now be married. Hooray! Continue reading Unofficial Skyrim Patch promises to fix one hell of bugs/issues; beta might come this weekend

Fan-made live-action Skyrim video shows how a Skyrim 2012 game would look like – Part 3

GroBroPros have released the third part of their real-life fan-made parody of Skyrim. After the moment at Gregethor’s, and the mysterious note from the courier, John and Justin return to the Breezehome to get some much needed rest. According to the team, this episode is a partial reveal of Riften and a foreshadowing episode of what is to come. Enjoy! Continue reading Fan-made live-action Skyrim video shows how a Skyrim 2012 game would look like – Part 3

Hayssam Keilany will develop iCEnhancer Skyrim after all; new screenshot released

Earlier last week, Hayssam Keilany revealed his intentions to stop the work on his iCEnhancer mod for Skyrim. Keilany believed that there were a lot of ENBSeries mods for Bethesda’s RPG and that there was no reason for him to create one. Fast forward a few days and here we are today, with Keilany announcing that he’ll continue his work till he’s satisfied. In addition, Keilany released a new screenshot from his early iCEnhancer Skyrim mod that can be viewed below. Enjoy! Continue reading Hayssam Keilany will develop iCEnhancer Skyrim after all; new screenshot released

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Realistic Water Textures and Terrain v2.0 is now available

Now that’s a nice surprise. Yesterday, we informed you about the amazing ‘Realistic Water Textures and Terrain v2.0’ mod that Isoku has been preparing for quite some time. Although the modder had stated that the mod would be coming next week, look and behold; the mod is available right now and you can view below some comparison shots between it and the vanilla version of Skyrim. Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Realistic Water Textures and Terrain v2.0 is now available

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 2 Million Mods Downloaded via the Skyrim Workshop

ZeniMax announced today that the Creation Kit, a free tool that allows PC players to create their own custom content for Bethesda’s  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has been enthusiastically received by PC gamers who have been uploading, downloading, and installing custom content through the Skyrim Workshop on Steam. Within 3 days of the release of the Creation Kit, gamers have downloaded more than 2 million mods via the Skryim Workshop. More than 2,500 mods have been published by the gaming community, all of which are available for free. Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 2 Million Mods Downloaded via the Skyrim Workshop