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Liz Joestar Cosplays as Aela the Huntress from Skyrim
Russian cosplayer Elizaveta "Liz Joestar" has shared a series of photos on social media showcasing her impressive cosplay of Aela the Huntress from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
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August 7, 2025
Russian Cosplayer Mercurygin Stuns with Impressive Serana Cosplay from TES 5: Skyrim
Russian cosplayer Alisa "Mercurygin" Arkhangelskaya has unveiled a striking new photoshoot portraying Serana, the iconic vampire companion from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The detailed cosplay captures the essence of the beloved character with remarkable accuracy.
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July 5, 2025
CD Projekt RED Reveals the Connection Between Skyrim and The Witcher 3's Success
While The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim are often compared without much reason, the two games do share some common ground. As Wild Hunt's narrative director Philipp Weber recently revealed, Bethesda's project actually played a role in The Witcher 3's success.
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June 16, 2025
New Gameplay for Morrowind Remake in Skyrim Engine Released, Devs Share Progress Update
Skyblivion isn’t the only fan remake being developed on the Skyrim engine. A new 20-minute gameplay video has surfaced for Skywind, the ambitious fan-made reimagining of Morrowind. The footage showcases the quest "Rescue Joncis Dalomax," giving players a look at the updated combat system, visual effects, weather system, and lighting.
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May 26, 2025
A Fan Shows What a Skyrim Remaster Could Look Like If Made With AI
With the recent release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, some gamers have started wondering what a high-quality remaster of Skyrim might look like. YouTuber Illustrated decided to find out, using AI to reimagine the game’s visuals.
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May 15, 2025
TES 4: Oblivion Remaster Release Causes Skyrim Criticism — Fans Ask to End Debate
Fans of the Elder Scrolls series not only wait for the release of the sixth game every year, but also actively compare the numbered parts with each other. Although the release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered introduced newcomers to the classics, disputes on the network have resumed with renewed vigor.
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May 5, 2025
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Compared to Unofficial Skyrim Engine Remake
A new video has surfaced online comparing The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered with Skyblivion, the ambitious fan-made remake running on Skyrim's engine. Notably, the official remaster is built on Unreal Engine 5.
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May 1, 2025
Oblivion Remastered Includes Iconic Skyrim Landmark
Turns out Oblivion Remastered isn’t just about Cyrodiil — it also sneaks in a little piece of Skyrim. Yesterday, players discovered that the updated version of the classic RPG features the Throat of the World, the iconic mountain where the Greybeards reside at the peak.
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April 24, 2025
Artist Shows Photorealistic Sovngarde from Skyrim on Unreal Engine 5
Digital artist Leo Torres has shared another work on The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. This time, he shared his vision of Sovngarde, the afterlife of the Nords, recreating the location on Unreal Engine 5.
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April 10, 2025
Kalinka Fox cosplays as a semi-nude Aela the Huntress from Skyrim
Cosplayer Kalinka Fox has released a new photoshoot showcasing her take on Aela the Huntress from the role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The images were shared on her social media accounts.
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April 3, 2025
Helgen from Skyrim Reimagined with Unreal Engine 5 Graphics
YouTuber Leo Torres has released another video showcasing The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim in Unreal Engine 5. The content creator has already recreated all the major cities of Tamriel’s northern province but had completely overlooked Helgen—the starting village from the game’s prologue.
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March 18, 2025
Skyrim's Riverwood Reimagined in Unreal Engine 5
YouTuber L.Torres continues to reimagine the settlements of TES 5: Skyrim in stunning detail using Unreal Engine 5. He previously showcased Winterhold, Falkreath, Morthal, and Solitude, and now he's given Riverwood the UE5 treatment.
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March 2, 2025
Former Bethesda Producer Reveals How Developers' Unusual Ideas Nearly Broke Skyrim
Former Bethesda producer Jeff Gardiner recently shared a story about how, during the development of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, the creators nearly broke the game but then identified the problem and quickly fixed it.
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February 24, 2025
Skyrim Producer Revealed How He Single-Handedly Fixed Combat Balance Just Before Release
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim fans have never been satisfied with the combat system. But as it turned out 13 years later, the balance in the game could have become even worse if not for the intervention of the producer literally two weeks before the release.
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February 23, 2025
New Gameplay of TES 4: Oblivion Fan Remake Revealed
Developers from the TESRenewal team held another stream with gameplay of Skyblivion, a fan remake of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion on the Skyrim engine. The stream showed recreated Cheydinhal environs, the city itself, and several quests.
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February 23, 2025
YouTuber Shows How Ultra Modified Skyrim Runs on PC with RTX 5090 at 8K
The author of the YouTube channel Digital Dreams conducted his own performance test for the NVIDIA RTX 5090 video card. He checked how the new product will cope with the ultra-modified The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim in 8K resolution.
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February 16, 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Contains a Hilarious Reference to a Skyrim Meme
The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 have delighted fans of another game with Easter eggs. This time, players have discovered an obvious reference to a meme phrase from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
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February 7, 2025
Designer Shows Photorealistic High Hrothgar From Skyrim On Unreal Engine 5
Digital sculptor Leo Torres, who transferred Riften, Markarth, Dawnstar and other locations of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim to Unreal Engine 5, pleased us with a new work. This time he showed High Hrothgar with modern graphics.
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February 6, 2025
Skyrim Gets Free Mod Adding DLSS 3 Frame Generation Support
A free NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation mod has been released for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim by an enthusiast nicknamed PureDark. Previously, he managed to increase the frame rate in Red Dead Redemption 2 by adding DLSS 3 support to the game.
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February 2, 2025
«By the love of Mara, this is amazing!»: Fan Showcases New Versions of Whiterun, Riften, and Other Skyrim Cities on UE5
Winter tours of Skyrim are open once again! YouTuber Leo Torres, who has spent the past two years recreating Skyrim's settlements in Unreal Engine 5, has released his second video featuring a breathtaking walk through Tamriel's northern province.
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January 15, 2025
Skyrim Artist Secretly Redesigned Werewolves to Save Them from Deletion
Werewolves almost didn’t make it into Skyrim—they were on the chopping block due to a disastrous initial design. However, senior character artist Dennis Mejillones found a way to save the mythical creatures behind Todd Howard's back.
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January 15, 2025
Skyrim World Shown with Modern Graphics
YouTuber L.Torres has posted a video showcasing a walk through Skyrim from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, rendered with Unreal Engine 5 graphics.
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January 7, 2025
Skyrim's Dawnstar Realistically Recreated in Unreal Engine 5
Another city from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has been ported to the new version of the Unreal Engine 5 engine. YouTuber Leo Torres has recreated Dawnstar in a scaled form, recreating all the recognizable landmarks.
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December 20, 2024
Independent Developer Imports Skyrim to Unreal Engine 5 and Releases Project Trailer
Independent developer Greg Coulthard has announced the completion of his project to port The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim to Unreal Engine 5. To celebrate this milestone, he released a trailer showcasing his work.
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December 4, 2024
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Turns 13!
Today marks another birthday for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as the legendary RPG turns 13! On November 11, 2011, players first encountered the Dovahkiin, faced a dragon attack, and met the guard with an arrow in his knee.
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November 11, 2024
New footage of the Morrowind remake on the Skyrim engine has been published
The developers of the fan remake of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind on the Skyrim engine have shared new screenshots and a video demonstrating their project. The post has also become thematic — it was dedicated to Halloween.
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October 31, 2024
A new mod has been released for Skyrim, with which every battle will be unique
Modder Zzyxzz decided to radically change the combat system in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, adding dozens of dynamic combat styles for NPCs to the game. Moreover, each fight will become unpredictable thanks to the randomness system.
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October 19, 2024
Skyrim Lead Designer Explains Why Bethesda Still Uses Outdated Engine
Over the years of its existence, Bethesda has been criticized by many for using the outdated Creation Engine. However, despite its bugs and inability to work with open worlds, the creators of TES 5: Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Starfield are in no hurry to switch to the same Unreal Engine — and here's why.
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October 12, 2024
NPCs in Skyrim received an interesting mechanic for romantic relationships
A modder with the nickname murrayj decided to diversify the romances in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim with an unusual mechanic. He took it from Dragon's Dogma 2, known for its variability of NPC behavior.
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October 11, 2024
A new mod has been released for Skyrim that literally «breaks» your brain
Modder MontyBellroy has come up with another reason why everyone should replay The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. His mod allows you to look at the game from a completely different angle, turning it into something unfamiliar.
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October 4, 2024
Bethesda veteran: «TES 6 is unlikely to live up to gamers' expectations»
Former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith, who previously worked on the Fallout and Starfield games, expressed his opinion on the upcoming The Elder Scrolls 6. He is not sure that gamers will be thrilled with the new part.
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September 19, 2024
Prey and Dishonored creator calls Skyrim an immersive sim
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has unexpectedly received high praise from Raphael Colantonio, the creator of Prey, Dishonored, and Dark Messiah. The renowned developer of immersive sim games also included Bethesda's projects in this group.
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August 11, 2024
Rumor: video showing ground transport in Starfield leaked
A video showing a ride on ground transport in Starfield, which will be added soon, was published on the 4chan forum. Although the source is questionable, it is possible that this is the first look at the buggy in action.
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August 11, 2024
A gamer compiled a TOP-1000 list of the best games based on popular ratings. The Witcher 3 took 6th place
Redditor IlmeniAVG created his own TOP-1000 list of the best games in history. The list is based on more than 700 similar ratings compiled by professional publications and prestigious ceremonies.
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July 15, 2024
DLC-Sized Expansion Mod Skyrim: Lordbound to Release in March 2025
Fans of Skyrim have been working on Lordbound for 10 years — an incredibly large-scale addition with a new storyline and hours of content. The last trailer was released back in 2018, but recently the developers suddenly got in touch and released a fresh video — with a release window!
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July 4, 2024