The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim arrived in 2011, and it remains, for better or worse, the last word for a certain kind of sprawling first-person, open-world fantasy game. But that was 14 years ago ...

The official Elder Scrolls Twitter account posted a New Year's message featuring a map of Skyrim, with the words "transcribe the past and map the future." Eagle-eyed fans quickly pointed out that ...

First, the obvious parallels. You pick one of four heroes to play as, with the full game promising eight in May. You and two others are dropped into a procedurally generated world. There, you quickly ...

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