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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 | History Defined

'A big document of stealth' requested by Todd Howard from a designer of one of the best stealth games of all time was the blueprint for Skyrim's most beloved playstyle

Garrett from Thief crouch walked so Dark Brotherhood assassins could run.

PC Gamer · Nov 22, 2025

Skyrim's hardest quest is raising my Fat Idiot Son

That's not a judgment. That's literally his essence.

PC Gamer · Nov 22, 2025

Former Bethesda designer says Starfield fell flat because of its reliance on procgen planets: 'I don't think it's in the same calibre as the other two, Fallout or Skyrim'

Not all great tastes go great together.

PC Gamer · Oct 21, 2025

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Skyrim's lead designer reckons open world games are 'almost a cliché statement' these days, and that Skyrim owes its continued popularity to a focus on player agency: 'We didn't put anything off limits'

Skyrim's 14th anniversary might be sneaking up on it, but players still can't get enough of Tamriel's tundras.

PC Gamer · Oct 13, 2025

Skyrim player 3D scans himself into the game, executes himself immediately, and invades Dark Souls for good measure: “Wanted to get a video of me decapitating myself”

"I knew just the NPC for the job"

GamesRadar · Oct 7, 2025

After 15 years with Bethesda's most important RPG, Skyrim Grandma retires for real: "I'm not having any fun with it anymore," and comments from "all the little kids" in her 1.3 million YouTube subs aren't helping

Shirley Curry hangs up her helmet after 15 years in Bethesda's iconic RPG

GamesRadar · Sep 29, 2025

Bethesda was told "Skyrim can't survive going up against Call of Duty," but Pete Hines knew the RPG could launch against Modern Warfare 3: "They're a big brand, but they're not a better game"

"Nobody's gonna buy your game"

GamesRadar · Sep 5, 2025

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Finally, The RPG is on Steam – "Minimalistic Skyrim" where you shove bread into open wounds to heal, and the dragon villain "constantly glitches"

At long last, The RPG is here

GamesRadar · Aug 11, 2025

Skyrim NPCs are only as complex as they are thanks to a literal "napkin drawing" that Todd Howard doodled, reveals ex-Bethesda dev: "It's actually a napkin story"

The Elder Scrolls' Radiant AI technology evolved from a sketch

GamesRadar · Jul 16, 2025

89-year-old Skyrim Grandma starts streaming Oblivion Remastered, has to deal with its mystifying lockpicking minigame and 'absolutely ugly movement' just like we did in 2006

It's not an age thing, grandma. It doesn't make sense to most of us either.

PC Gamer · Jun 2, 2025

Someone found Skyrim's most relatable NPC: A dude with no possessions who just sleeps all day, every day

Life goals.

PC Gamer · May 28, 2025

Every mainline Elder Scrolls game and DLC, ranked

The Elder Scrolls VI is coming, slowly, but it is. What better time than now or the four years that follow to learn about the series?

Destructoid · May 19, 2025

Cozy sandbox RPG mash-up from former Dragon Age, Skyrim, and Witcher talent raises over $100k on Kickstarter in just 1 day

Hawthorn looks like it was plucked straight from a fairy tale

GamesRadar · May 8, 2025

Fallout and Skyrim show us that talented developers make great games when you leave them alone

Attention is the creativity-killer.

PC Gamer · Apr 13, 2025

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GamesRadar · Mar 27, 2025

"There is an expectation we're gonna make a little Skyrim": Ubisoft and Bethesda veterans form new studio headed by Skyrim and Fallout designer, debuting with first-person sci-fi and "crunchy mechanics"

Soft Rains studio head Joel Burgess says "it would be unfun and foolish not to use our strengths to challenge our weaknesses"

GamesRadar · Mar 27, 2025

Former Skyrim dev says "a lot of the great stuff" in the RPG came from the devs having "quite a bit of freedom" to create what they wanted, even if it wasn't "on schedule"

Nate Purkeypile thinks this approach to development might not go down well at Bethesda now, though

PC Gamer · Mar 22, 2025

A bizarre mod that adds human poop to Skyrim led me on an enlightening journey into Viking sanitation: 'Your world will certainly be more immersive, but it will also certainly smell worse'

Everyone Poops—Mihail's Shards of Immersion adds droppings for humans, falmer, and giants.

Windows Central · Mar 8, 2025

The best Skyrim modpack is kicking my butt right now, but I'm having a helluva good time, too

LoreRim is one of the biggest modlists for Skyrim, and after playing it for a week, I think it might be the best one, too.

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GamesRadar · Mar 7, 2025

Avowed has a Skyrim Easter egg that pokes fun at the RPG's most memed about companion NPC

Poor Lydia can't catch a break

Inverse · Feb 25, 2025

This Year’s Best RPG Yet Proves Bigger Isn’t Always Better

'Avowed' proves that open-world RPGs don't have to be behemoths to succeed, and sometimes smaller is actually better.

GamesRadar · Feb 20, 2025

The Elder Scrolls 6 sleuths use Starfield math to narrow down the Skyrim sequel's potential release window, and sorry folks, it's still looking like it's ages away

According to these calculations, we still shouldn't expect the next RPG anytime soon

PC Gamer · Feb 18, 2025

The Elder Scrolls 6 is offering one lucky player the chance to be made into an NPC for charity, but you'll have to beat the current winning bid of $11,050 first

A small price to pay to see yourself in The Elder Scrolls 6.

Windows Central · Feb 13, 2025

Avowed isn't quite Obsidian's take on Skyrim, but it still captures the same magic

Avowed is the latest fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, and it's a gorgeous adventure through Eora that makes exploration, combat, and more just plain fun.

Laptop · Feb 13, 2025

Avowed gave me these 3 things that Skyrim never could

I want to talk about all the notes Avowed hits that I didn’t experience in Skyrim and its siblings. (And all the performance testing I did.)

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 7, 2025

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Makes You Hate Yourself, But People Can’t Stop Playing It

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was released this week, and it's been dominating the gaming charts. Here's everything you need to know.

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