Picture the scene. You’re playing Skyrim. You’re crossing the plains west of Whiterun at dusk, just as the sun slips beneath the Jerall Mountains. The mood is tense, felt by you and Irileth – a Dunmer nightblade and Dragonsreach resident who’s joined you on this particular excursion. The construct before …
Read More »Skyrim player channels Indiana Jones with item swap trick
A Skyrim player has taken a page out of Indiana Jones’ book in order to obtain the Shards of Mehrunes’ Razor. Posted in the Skyrim subreddit (opens in new tab), one player shared that it has taken them 10 years of playing the game before they noticed that this Indiana …
Read More »Skyrim’s famous opening sequence was almost ruined by a single, unstoppable bee
The famous Skyrim intro – once the bane of anyone planning to replay Bethesda’s epic RPG – was, at one point in development, held hostage by a single super-powered bee. Former Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile, who worked on the World Art team for Skyrim and as an artist on Starfield, …
Read More »Video games for Game of Thrones fans
It’s a good time to be a Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) viewer. The seventh season is underway, and episodes 1 (opens in new tab) and 2 (opens in new tab) have been excellent thus far. But how is a true fan of the Lannisters, Starks, and Targaryens …
Read More »AIAS 2011 nominees revealed, Uncharted 3 and Portal 2 lead the pack
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has revealed its list of contenders for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, naming the Nolan North, Cole Phelps, and GLaDOS vehicles as this year’s biggest nominees. Leading the pack is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog), which earned a total of 12 …
Read More »GamesRadar editors (personal) Games of the Year 2011
Every December, we close out our year of coverage with our officially annual Platinum Chalice awards, choosing our Game of the Year and doling out accolades to the best games of the past 12 months. We won’t actually hand those out until next Friday, though; in the meantime, we’ve decided …
Read More »Bethesda forums and users hacked (again)
Remember June? Great month. Alice: Madness Returns, Wii U, the PlayStation Vita, Ocarina 3D… and everybody who’s ever released a videogame got hacked in one way or another. But apart from that, great month! Anyway, what with the notoriously short attention spans of the videogaming community, the disparate and anarchic …
Read More »The US Official Xbox Magazines top games of E3s first two days
After the OXM team washed the taste of Kinect failure out of their collective mouths, the editors focused on what tasted great – the system’s stellar E3 reveals. OXM Features Editor Kevin Smith was able to get an extended look at Lara Croft’s new look. Call it a revamp, snuff …
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