The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Platforms

PC
PS3
Xbox 360

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

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim for Switch Preserves That Dragonborn Feeling on a Small Screen

You don't have to give up much to enjoy Skyrim on the go.

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Look Upon The Heart This year's Oblivion remasters got you desperate for a more modern Morrowind? Then come Nerevar, Skywind's just put out a fresh gameplay showcase

Just in case you don't feel you're already getting enough excuses to replay classic Elder Scrolls games in 2025.

Mark Warren
PASS THE GAMES The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2025

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

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The Final Step-tims “It's modding on steroids” Skyblivion project lead talks progress towards a 2025 release, those official Oblivion remake rumours, and if Fallout: London offers any lessons

The massive Skyrim mod that'll offer a revamped take on The Elder Scrolls 4 being "nearly in a releasable state is a miracle", says its lead dev.

Mark Warren

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A dark elf adventurer looking into the distance in Skyrim mod Skywind, alongside the landscape of the mod's Morrowind.

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Look Upon The Heart | This year's Oblivion remasters got you desperate for a more modern Morrowind? Then come Nerevar, Skywind's just put out a fresh gameplay showcase

Just in case you don't feel you're already getting enough excuses to replay classic Elder Scrolls games in 2025.

May 27, 2025 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2025

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

May 1, 2025 James Billcliffe

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2025

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

May 1, 2025 Connor Makar

Emperor Uriel Septim in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered next to the Imperial City sewers exit.

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Bug Battle Begins | Oblivion Remastered's version of Skyrim's essential Unofficial Patch mod has arrived in uber-quick fashion, but it currently only looks to fix OG Oblivion bugs

The patch also appears to have caused some crashes and, er, Argonian tail issues of its own.

April 30, 2025 Mark Warren

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The Adoring Fan in Oblivion Remastered opposite the player wielding a bow.

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Fan-ish Him | Someone has killed the Adoring Fan 1143 times so far while waiting for Skyblivion to drop, and their first Oblivion Remastered murder is worthy of a Grand boxing Champion

They've also somehow been juggling this hobby with killing Arthur Morgan over 800 times while they wait for GTA 6.

April 23, 2025 Mark Warren

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Niben-hey, new stuff | Massive Oblivion remake mod Skyblivion shows off the final region its devs have just finished laying the foundations of in new gameplay at C3

The Skyrim modding project's level of growing polish as it marches forward towards release later this year really stuck out here.

Feb. 22, 2025 Mark Warren

Several characters looking out on the Imperial City in Skyrim mod Skyblivion.

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The Final Step-tims | “It's modding on steroids” Skyblivion project lead talks progress towards a 2025 release, those official Oblivion remake rumours, and if Fallout: London offers any lessons

The massive Skyrim mod that'll offer a revamped take on The Elder Scrolls 4 being "nearly in a releasable state is a miracle", says its lead dev.

Feb. 21, 2025 Mark Warren

A character riding a horse near The Imperial City in Skyrim mod Skyblivion.

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Getting Closer | Skyblivion devs reveal the final region they had to build in the huge Oblivion remake mod is now complete, but there's still stuff to sort ahead of release

The entire landscape of Cyrodiil has now had "at least a first pass".

Feb. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

A character in Avowed firing a gun, without his bum out because we're big on being PG here.

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Bearing Eoravrything | Avowed isn't technically even out yet, and someone's already nicked its underpants

It's not Skyrim, but it definitely seems to be following in that game's shoeless footsteps when it comes to bare bums.

Feb. 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Geralt in the Witcher 3 opposite Geralt riding a dragon in The Witcher 3.

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Tamrihell Yeah | There's now a Witcher 3 mod that lets you ride around on a full-size dragon Skyrim-style, just in case you don't fancy a piggyback from an alchemist

Because sometimes Tomira just can't run fast enough to get you from Novigrad to Kaer Morhen in less than a year.

Feb. 7, 2025 Mark Warren

Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson in his update video and at the Washington Capitals' championship parade.

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Good News | "There's a lot of love in this world" Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson provides video update following medical emergency

"It's going to be a while as I work my way back, but I'm coming back."

Jan. 31, 2025 Mark Warren

Wes Johnson in his voice recording booth and announcing for the Washington Capitals.

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Best Wishes | UPDATE: Iconic Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson suffers medical emergency, fundraiser to "help his family" raises over $130,000 in a day

"Wes has always been the friend who would give you his last dollar, as well as the shirt off his back."

Jan. 28, 2025 Mark Warren

The undead plague horde in Rorikstead in Skyrim mod Death Consumes All.

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More To Playgue | Massive Skyrim mod inspired by The Witcher 3's Hearts of Stone gets an extra 20 hours added to its questline about the Dragonborn fighting a full-on plague

Version 2.0 of Death Consumes All definitely looks to have made it close to as beefy as CD Projekt's DLC masterworks.

Jan. 14, 2025 Mark Warren

Skyrim's Dragonborn shouting in front of a violin.

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Miner Key | Good news culture lovers, a Minecraft YouTuber is hopping on Classic FM to blast banging choons from Skyrim, Street Fighter, and more

And here's the symphony that plays when an army of creepers blows up your entire town, delivered by the brass section of the New York philharmonic.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

An adventurer walking on a road leading away from the Imperial City in Skyblivion.

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Cyrodiil You Soon | Skyblivion, the huge Oblivion remake mod in Skyrim's engine, is now in its release year and its devs only have one region of Cyrodiil left to complete

By Azura, things currently still look on track to let you hop into the massive mod's Imperial province by the end of 2025.

Jan. 2, 2025 Mark Warren

The Ordinator Armour from Skyrim's Ghosts of the Tribunal creation.

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Modking A Difference | Nexus Mods says folks "should be pressuring" paid mod platforms to "do better" if they're frustrated by its new policy on the ever-controversial topic

Modding site puts some "ire" at its change down to people seeing its features as "far more powerful and convenient than those offered by the paid modding platforms".

Oct. 31, 2024 Mark Warren

Some Skyrim creation club items next to Starfield's Starborn Gravis Suit.

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Free vs Fee | Nexus Mods updates its stance on paid mods for the first time since Bethesda's latest attempt at them, says it believes "modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost"

This policy update's proved a bit polarising - as stuff around this subject always does - and Nexus' team says it has "another update" coming soon.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Azura's Daily Star | Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is gearing up to let you decide who rules the Imperial City long after Oblivion, and it’ll feature something any world definitely needs: unhinged tabloid journalism

Yep, you can't escape dickheads like us writing about things you do in sometimes tonally interesting ways, even in Tamriel.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Open Roads | The best open-world games to play in 2025

It feels good to take the path less travelled, sometimes.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Skyrim's Dragonborn opposite a helldiver in Helldivers 2 wielding a rifle.

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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Settling Down | Skyrim grandma Shirley Curry has announced she's retiring from YouTube let's plays because "it isn't fun anymore"

With the amount of videos she's put out, though, you won't be hard pressed for content.

Sept. 23, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Blurbs as the Dragonborn in Skyrim opposite the Dragonborn walking into Riverwood.

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Castle Vlogihar | Thanks to mods, a Skyrim streamer is now basically vlogging their playthrough live from Tamriel as a Dragonborn influencer

Yes, it's the same dude that previously turned the game's NPCs into one big Twitch chat.

Aug. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Cyrodiil On Track | Skyblivion, the massive mod remaking Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, looks pretty great as devs show off some fresh quest gameplay ahead of 2025 release

Mages bickering over books and goblin killing sprees. Aye, that's Oblivion alright.

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

A horse not behaving in Fallout: London next to the leader of Brickton.

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Horsing Around | "We had ridiculous scenes happening" Fallout: London's devs had to ditch rideable horses and bikes because they wouldn't stop flying up buildings

Look, Skyrim's horse physics were trying their best, ok?

Aug. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

A player character in Skyrim is holding up a shield, preparing to be hit by a breath of fire from a dragon.

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Feeling Immersed | Are Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3 immersive sims? If you're asking one of the guys that created Dishonored, yes

It's a complicated question.

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Alistair Tenpenny in Fallout: London next to some creation club items in Skyrim.

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Mod-ssive Dilemma | "Who lets you into the cool kids club?" Fallout: London's project lead on Bethesda's Creations and the ever-controversial issue of paying for mods

"I think we’re on the cusp of pure monetisation. I don't see that as good or bad, I think it depends on the content."

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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A vault dweller wielding one of the makeshift weapons from Fallout 4's next-gen update.

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Stronger Together | After half a year of layoffs and closures, more than 240 Bethesda workers come together to unionise

"We are so excited to announce our union at Bethesda Game Studio and join the movement sweeping across the video game industry."

July 20, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Awowed | “It lets us really lean into the things that we excel at” - Avowed’s developers on choice, consequence, Game Pass, and those early Skyrim comparisons

We sit down and speak to Obsidian devs about the most pressing topics, as Avowed nears its release.

July 5, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Starfield's Sam Coe standing in front of a Bleak Falls Barrow in Skyrim.

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Tamrielic Twist | Starfield modding project to create a whole Elder Scrolls-themed planet "has been canceled", but the poster behind it says it wasn't just trolling

"I want to emphasise that the project was genuine."

July 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Some of the bounty targets in Starfield's Trackers Alliance missions.

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Price Ain't Right | "I do think we're gonna take a look at that" - Todd Howard addresses Starfield's creation club controversy

"That's not what we want at all, in terms of [people saying] 'Oh no, this looks like a faction we're chopping up and selling for 700 credits at a time'."

June 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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Skyrim's Nazeem against the background of The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer.

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LIVING THE NAZEEM | “I'll do it as long as I have to” – inside a Skyrim player’s 1000 day long (so far) quest to kill Nazeem until The Elder Scrolls 6 drops

“I was determined that no matter what, I would go all the way, even if no one was watching.”

June 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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The art for Fallout 4 mod Shady Motives.

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Rad Cap Raising | The voice of Skyrim's Sheogorath stars in a huge Fallout 4 mod you can play right now - and it was made in one weekend

Plus, it's raised over $16,000 for charity so far.

June 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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FUS-ROH-YOUCH | After spending $15k on their Skyrim VR setup, one streamer has added a haptic suit just to feel pain

Sure, that's one way to play the game.

April 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A dragon in Skyrim and Preston Garvey in Fallout 4.

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JUST A FEW MODS | Amid Fallout TV show fever, Nexus Mods says it's been dishing out as much data as downloading Skyrim "twice per second" would involve

Yep, just a casual couple of full Bethesda RPG's worth of mods per moment over the course of several days.

April 23, 2024 Mark Warren

A Brotherhood of Steel member in the Fallout TV Show and Skyrim's Dragonborn.

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TAMRIEL TV? | Is an Elder Scrolls TV show going to follow Fallout? Bethesda doesn't seem to be in any rush

Todd Howard sounds like he plans to keep on being picky, and that's fine.

April 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Tarnished casually growing some spines in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

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KNOWN ELDEN THINGS | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree's ESRB listing has plenty of new info for you, if you don't know what Elden Ring is

Like that famous ‘You Died’ splash, you might recognise these not quite fresh details.

April 2, 2024 Mark Warren

The landscape from The Elder Scrolls 6's teaser and the Dragonborn in Skyrim.

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WAHEY | Bethesda cheekily confirms early builds of The Elder Scrolls 6 are already being played by devs, and they sound pretty fun

Also, the series has now been around long enough to really make you feel old.

March 25, 2024 Mark Warren

A UC soldier in Starfield looking kind of perturbed.

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PLEASE REMAIN CALM | Don't panic, Starfield definitely isn't coming to Nintendo Switch

It’s just a little Twitter gaffe from Bethesda in regards to - guess what? A Skyrim update!

March 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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ORGASMIC OCCASION | Rocket-fueled by NSFW Skyrim add-ons, Nexus Mods hits the 10 billion downloads milestone

Every five million or so cultured people helps.

Feb. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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HIDDEN HOPES | Yes, Skyrim's sneaky developers hid away cut content in the hopes that it'd be found by modders

Also, TES V's civil war was originally going to be much more deep and dynamic.

Feb. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

A character entering on Oblivion gate in Skyblivion.

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JUST A PRANK BRO | Yes, that Oblivion quest where you totally ruin a dinner party via an underpants spell is in Skyblivion

To be fair, that countess probably deserves it this time too.

Feb. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

Some mods for Skyrim and Fallout 4 by modders taking part in C3.

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MOD ONE OUT | Top Skyrim and Fallout modders are excited about this weekend's C3 showcase – here’s why you should be, too

“I'm hoping we can inspire and invite new people to this wonderful world.”

Feb. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

Characters in Fallout, Skyrim, and Starfield.

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C3-ING THE VISION | “We can make the games we love to play” Inside the showcase dedicated to overhauling Skyrim, Fallout, and more

“There’s a whole community who live and breathe the same language, love these games, but don’t get a chance to work together, share knowledge, and inspire one another.”

Jan. 31, 2024 Mark Warren