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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for November 2011

Posted by Soulskill on from the ugly-things-biting-me dept.

Bethesda took advantage of the Video Game Awards this weekend to announce the fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls series, titled Skyrim. The game is planned for November 2011, and a teaser trailer has been posted on the Elder Scrolls website. Details are sparse, though the game will apparently run on an "all-new" engine.

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  1. Re:Yay Bugs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our buggy overl*falls through floor*

  2. Re:Windows-only game? by gman003 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Uh, gamers don't use Macs. At all. Not because of the hardware (although even the most pimped out Mac pales before a fully-loaded custom rig), but because of the software. The drivers on OS X are terrible - significantly slower, and with many missing features. It's not a good gaming system - for people that will meticulously adjust timings on RAM to improve performance, a 20% performance cut to switch to Mac is just not logical.

    And, unlike you, I will back this up with citations. The current survey (of gaming rigs running Steam) is:
    • 45.50% Windows 7
    • 26.29% Windows XP
    • 23.05% Windows Vista
    • 4.71% Mac OS X
    • 0.31% Windows 2003
    • 0.11% other, including everyone using Wine

    That's a terrible percentage. Every version of Mac OS is being beaten by Vista alone in a landslide. There's honestly no need for them to release a Mac version. And, actually, Sony at least does allow keyboards/mice to be used in games. However, very few games are programmed to actually use them.

  3. Looks like it'll just be Fallout with swords! by Debello · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like it'll just be Fallout 3 with swords!