I enjoyed Morrowind, Oblivion and indeed Skyrim. But there are few games that leave me feeling like it wouldn't have been better if I had a friend along for the ride. I'm not the only one with that thought, but "AwpSoLeet" is the one with the enthusiasm and talent to make it a reality. Skyrim Online, currently in alpha stages of development, adds co-op to the game and supports voice chat! We've embedded a video which may illustrate why you might want to wait for a beta release, but there's rea...

After the blunder that was Skyrim 1.2, Bethesda has quickly struck back with another update for the massively popular fantasy RPG. Of particular note: dragons should not longer fly backwards and player resistances should now be working again. There's a couple performance tweaks in there as well.

• General stability improvements
• Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs
• Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
• Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
• Fixed issue with

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Unfortunately for our PlayStation 3 brethren, they may never see a fix to the biggest issue plaguing their Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim experience. Fallout: New Vegas director, Joshua Sawyer, says the 'PS3 lag' problem is an "an engine-level issue with how the save game data is stored" and would take a "large time commitment" to fix. Elaborating, he said "the longer you play a character, the more bit differences on objects (characters, pencils on tables, containers, etc.) get saved off and carried aro...

Bethesda has announced that the Skyrim development tools used to create the game will be made available to players during January, titled the Creation Kit. In conjunction with its release will be the Creation Kit's release, we will roll out a new Wiki and videos to help you get started." You will also be able to publish your work to the Steam Workshop.

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Yesterday's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch has fixed some issues but created a whole lot of new ones, players are reporting. Character resistances no longer work in post-patch, meaning you'll have no protection from fire, ice, magic and so-forth - leaving you to take full damage. Oh, and dragons can fly backwards now.

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Skyrim is the latest installment in the Elder Scrolls franchise, and after over 40 hours of play, we finally feel we have seen enough of the game to justify a balanced review. While it received almost universal praise from critics in early reviews, Skyrim is not a game without issues. But whatever its flaws, the scale of the world is undeniably impressive, with enough content to rival many MMOs. Almost unbearably slow to start, you are eventually introduced to a world filled with the type of adv...

RAGE is the latest title from the studio that pioneered the first person shooter, six years after their last major release. In it you awake as the lone survivor of an "Ark", a century after 2029's Aphophis asteroid impact turned the planet into a wasteland. The plot is unashamedly unoriginal, but it's not the just the world of RAGE that id Software has been working on for half a decade. "Taking heads off with the boomerang-like Wingstick might have been my most satisfying exploit." RAGE is based on the new id Tech 5, a flexib...

RAGE had a few problems at launch, but it has been patched! Huzzah! Included in the additions and fixes are vsync and texture cache options within the menu, as well as the ability to set your own anisotropic filter level. It's noted that for those of you with AMD/ATI cards who are having a ton of issues, you should paste +jobs_numThreads 0 into RAGE's launch options within Steam for a temporary work-around. For the patch notes in their entirety, with extra information and instruction, make sure y...

In keen anticipation of a hefty play session and the writing of a review I fired up RAGE for the first time last night. It turns out that not even the great id Software is immune to releasing a bad console port, and RAGE certainly appears to be one. Like many others I'll have to wait until some fundamental matters are addressed before playing, as the PC release is currently riddled with problems. When the game wasn't crashing with errors I wasn't able to enable vsync to reduce tearing, or even cha...

For those who love Steam you'll sure to love the news that Skyrim is Steamworks integrated. For those that don't, well, too bad I guess. Bethesda's Pete Hines has confirmed to PC Gamer that Skyrim will use Steam, not GFWL (Games for Windows LIVE) as previously rumoured. This confirmation was then syndicated on the official @ElderScrolls Twitter account.

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Straight out of San Diego's Comic-Con is some Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gameplay footage to sink your teeth into. Notable moments are going toe-to-toe with a dragon, and stealthily putting an arrow through an unsuspecting victim's chest from the shadows. Skyrim arrives on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this November.

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This latest behind the scenes look at RAGE explores The Wasteland, its variety of intense missions, as well as co-op and multiplayer combat rally racing. For those that are excited enough to pre-order id Software's latest shooter, JB HI-FI has a neat deal which bundles the game with all three issues of the RAGE comic book series. "As these comic books are not available anywhere else in Australia or New Zealand, gamers will be extremely excited to get their hands on this highly sought after offer...

Bethesda and id Software have released their next behind the scenes look at RAGE, this time discussing the various weapons, ammo types, and gadgets you'll come across in the wasteland. There is some big weapons, and some big gore. The boomstick is back and there are some interesting new additions such as the boomerang-like "Wing Stick".

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"The Dawn" is the second behind the scenes look into the development of id Software's new first person shooter, Rage. Part two of six, this time id Software venture into a discussion about the creation of the IP's story; the destruction of civilization, as well as the friend and foe you'll encounter along the way.

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A new video from Bethesda has been unveiled, showing off id Software's upcoming first person shooter; Rage. There's not really many Rage specifics detailed, but a whole lot is said about how awesome and amazing id Software is. You'll hear from John Carmack and a bunch of other studio veterans, who talk about their invention and perfection of the genre, with some nice snippets of the forthcoming Rage itself.

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