The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine. The team opted for a unique and more diverse open world than Oblivion's Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered less interesting by comparison. The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel, a continent on the planet Nirn. Its main story focuses on the player character, the Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon prophesied to destroy the world. Throughout the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel to discovered locations in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely. Upon release, the game received critical acclaim, with praise for its character advancement, world design, visuals, and the ability to dual-wield in combat. Criticism targeted the melee combat, dragon battles, and numerous technical issues at launch. The game shipped over seven million units within the first week of its release and had sold over 20 million units by June 2013. It is considered one of the greatest video games ever made and is credited as influencing later fantasy and open world games. Three downloadable content (DLC) add-ons were released: Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn, which were bundled along with the base game into the "Legendary Edition" released in June 2013. A remastered version subtitled Special Edition, containing all three DLC add-ons along with a graphical upgrade, was released in October 2016; a port for the Nintendo Switch was released in November 2017 alongside a separate virtual reality-only version titled Skyrim VR. In addition, the remastered version was bundled with additional Creation Club content and released as the Anniversary Edition in 2021–22. A sequel, The Elder Scrolls VI, is currently in development.
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| 2011 | Original release |
| "Collector's Edition" | |
| 2012 | "Premium Edition" |
| 2013 | "Legendary Edition" |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | Special Edition |
| 2017 | Skyrim VR |
| Switch version | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | "Anniversary Edition" |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2025 | Switch 2 version |
| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | PC: 94/100PS3: 92/100X360: 96/100PC (Special Edition): 74/100PS4: 81/100XONE: 82/100NS: 84/100 |
| Publication | Score |
| 1Up.com | A− |
| Famitsu | 40/40 |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 9/10 |
| GameTrailers | 9.3/10 |
| IGN | 9.5/10 |
| PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | 7/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 94% |
| X-Play | |
| Wired | 10/10 |
| Publication | Award |
| IGN, GameSpotGameSpot Readers' Choice | PC Game of the Year |
| Spike TV, IGN,IGN Readers' Choice, X-Play, GameSpot, GameSpy Interactive Achievement Awards | RPG of the Year |
| Spike TV, X-Play,Machinima.com, GameSpot,GameSpot Readers' Choice,1UP.com Favorite Game, Game Revolution, GameSpyJoystiq, Interactive Achievement Awards | Overall Game of the Year |
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