Big Games of 2011: Bethesda Studios Brings Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to Life
The new live action trailer gives a glimpse of what’s in store for gamers this fall
One of the big games of 2011 that doesn’t involve Batman or any battlefield is Bethesda Studios’ Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The new role playing game (RPG) is set 200 years after Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the game takes place in the land of Skyrim in the midst of a civil war that has erupted after the assassination of the king. The player must defeat a dragon god who is prophesized to destroy the world. The open world gameplay of the Elder Scrolls series has been pushed to new levels of interactivity thanks to a brand new game engine. Bethesda is getting gamers excited about the new adventure with this live action trailer below.
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John Gaudiosi has been covering videogames for the past 20 years for outlets like The Washington Post, CNET, Wired Magazine and CBS.com. He has focused on the convergence of entertainment and videogames for outlets like Video Business, Home Media Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gamerlive.TV and is also a freelance game columnist for Reuters and writes for outlets like Forbes.com, NVISION, Official PlayStation Magazine, EGM Now, Geek Monthly, PrimaGames.com, and Yahoo! Games. John also serves as the video game expert for NBC in Washington D.C. and has produced videogame documentaries for The History Channel and Starz Entertainment. John was named one of the Top 50 Game Journalists in the world by Next-Gen.biz in 2007. He is the co-author of Scholastic Books' How to Get into Videogames, Prima Publishing's Madden: Twenty Years of Videogame Football and Electronic Arts: The Official History.
