

The team opted for a unique and more diverse game world than Oblivion ‘s Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered less interesting by comparison. The game was developed using the Creation Engine, rebuilt specifically for the game. Skyrimcontinues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim. Skyrim ‘s main story revolves around the player character and their effort to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world.

It came with all three DLC expansions and a complete graphical upgrade for both consoles, with mod support. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition, a remastered version of the game, was released for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in October 2016.


Three downloadable content (DLC) add-ons were released- Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn-which were repackaged into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition, which was released in June 2013. Skyrim was released worldwide in November 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
