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WorstUsernameEver
June 16, 2016

Todd Howard Admits Fallout 4 Dialogue System Wasn’t a Success

While chatting up with GameSpot’s Danny O’Dwyer at this year’s E3, Bethesda Game Studios game director Todd Howard admitted that the dialogue system for Fallout 4 “didn’t work as well” as other features of the title. While I’d personally argue…

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June 14, 2016

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition vs Vanilla Graphics Comparison

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has released a new article that compares the footage and screenshots released so far for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition with the vanilla release for PC. As far as I can tell, the differences…

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June 13, 2016

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition Announced for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Free Upgrade on PC

Another big announcement coming from the Bethesda E3 conference is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition. While the rumors had it all but confirmed, we now have more concrete details on this re-release of Bethesda’s most successful game…

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June 9, 2016

The Elder Scrolls: Skywind Progress Update Video and Interview

The modding team that is currently hard at work on Skywind, a reimagining of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on Skyrim’s engine and with the same mechanics and art style, has released a new video to show off the progress…

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June 8, 2016

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Definitive Edition Listed on Retailer, Rumored to be Announced at E3

Online retailer base.com has listed a Definitive Edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (spotted by NeoGAF user), which would be headed to PlayStation 4 (and presumably Xbox One) this November. This matches a recent rumor that more vaguely stated that…

BuckGB
April 24, 2016

Why is Video Game Lore So Awful?

In a new editorial posted over the weekend, Eurogamer points to the way in which lore is delivered to us in video games, calling out several examples where it falls considerably short of their expectations. Their examples of good and…

BuckGB
April 22, 2016

The Evolution of Stealth Games

Gameranx has put together a 12-minute video covering “the evolution of stealth games”, and while that means that it includes quite a few non-RPG titles, they’ve reserved a few well-deserved spots for the Deus Ex series, the Thief series, and…

BuckGB
March 26, 2016

The Elder Scrolls: A Romance

The editors over at IG Critic recount “the romance” that we’ve had with Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series since it debuted in 1994, from the initial impressions that Arena left us with to the awe-inspiring, dragon-battling moments of Skyrim. The article…

BuckGB
March 22, 2016

The History of The Elder Scrolls Series

The editors at The Armchair Empire Infinite have penned a history of The Elder Scrolls series, taking us through the franchise’s humble beginnings with Arena, its two RPG-lite side projects, and the remainder of its installments until its latest entry,…

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March 20, 2016

Todd Howard on Building Open Worlds that Reward Curiosity

Gamasutra has published a brief article-style interview with Bethesda Game Studios game director Todd Howard that covers the principles Howard and his team use when developing their open-world titles. Most of these principles are pretty obvious to anyone who’s played their…