The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition News

This Skyrim mod adds giant rat companions, with stripes

As we've established, we're big fans of rats in videogames around these parts, and it's no secret that we're also fascinated by Skyrim mods. That's why we're pretty excited about this new Skyrim mod that adds giant rat companions to the RPG game. These aren't just any rats, mind you - they come in a wide variety of exotic patterns.

The Scrolls for Rats Companions mod by gg77 adds a whole rainbow of potential giant rat companions to Skyrim. These designer rats come in a surprisingly diverse range of colourations and patterns: in addition to your standard white and black rats, there are tiger-striped rats, zebra rats, and ocelot rats. However, they only come in one size: large.

Once you've installed the mod, you can acquire your rat companion by visiting Whiterun and buying a special rat scroll from Hulda at the Bannered Mare or Belethor at the General Goods store. Find the scroll in your inventory, toss it at the ground, and poof! Your rat will have appeared, ready to follow you into the deepest tombs and highest mountain peaks in Skyrim.

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Skyrim mod lets you virtually handle the pain of rejection

If you've ever struggled with the pain of rejection, a new Skyrim mod allows you to tackle the fear of being turned down head-on in a virtual safe space. The 'Immersive Rejections' mod from jayserpa adds 'around 100 new voice lines' to Bethesda's open-world RPG game that NPCs will use if you pop the question to someone who doesn't feel quite the same way about you.

Mod creator jayserpa explains that they have not changed the standard conditions to ask someone for their hand in marriage, which requires wearing the amulet of Mara from a Priest in Riften and performing a task to win their favour. Instead, the mod adds the ability to ask NPCs if they are interested in the player at any time while wearing the amulet - regardless of if they will currently (or ever) be interested in accepting.

By default, Skyrim doesn't allow you to express your marital desires to someone unless they're already in a position to accept, so this mod should introduce a little more suspense into the process. As jayserpa notes, "The mod does not modify which NPCs say yes or when the NPCs say yes, it only adds content for all the times where they wouldn't be able to say anything."

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Bethesda выпустит на Nintendo Switch переиздание переиздания Skyrim

В ноябре прошлого года Bethesda объявила о доступности Skyrim: Anniversary Edition "на всех платформах", позабыв про существование Switch, мимо которой юбилейное переиздание игры прошло стороной.

Finally, keyhole-peeping comes to Skyrim

There was a time, back in the early 2000s, where it felt like I spent a good chunk of my gaming time sticking my face onto oversized keyholes and snooping on whatever was on the other side. In stealth-focused games like Hitman and Splinter Cell, there was something wonderfully clandestine about monitoring enemy patrols or eavesdropping on conversations on the other side of a door. Outside of the occasional moment where an enemy would open the door right as I bent down to look through, keyhole-peeping was a slick if small booster of stealth immersion...
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"Внимание всем ПК-игрокам!" Запущена программа миграции из лаунчера Bethesda в Steam

Bethesda объявила о запуске по программы миграции из Bethesda.net в Steam. В феврале компания оповещала игроков о решении отказаться от своего собственного лаунчера.