Whilst accepting a Game of the Year award at the Spike VGAs at the weekend, Skyrim game director Todd Howard revealed there will be multiple DLC releases for the RPG.
"We're going through ideas right now, and processing everything people are doing in the game, and trying to think of ways that we can improve it," said Howard.
No details about the DLC were shared, but Howard did say the content will be focused on "ways to make the game better, not just have more, because the game is so big". Like Bethesda's previous games, there will be multiple DLC packs with "a lot of meat on them".
Howard was also questioned about the possibility of a multiplayer component ever appearing in the franchise.
"You can never say never to anything like that," he said, "but it's not what our focus is. This type of game is where our hearts are, what we get excited about, and that's what we want to focus on. We don't want to lose that focus and we never want to sacrifice anything in the singleplayer game just to have it be multiplayer."
Microsoft said in August it had secured Xbox 360 timed exclusive releases for the first two DLC add-ons for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
While the exact nature of the add-on content isn't clear, Howard said in June that Bethesda wants to launch fewer but "more substantial" pieces of DLC than it has with previous titles, with an "expansion pack feel", so we're not expecting piddly in-game items.
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33 comments so far...
dannyhulse on 12 Dec '11 said:
Please fix all of my glitched quests before adding more, please? Also:
This:
"we added some new realm for you to explore, it has 4 new towns, multiple new quest lines and a new Guild quest line, tons of more caves and things to find and explore"
Not This:
"we added a couple of dudes to some towns that you will interact with in this new quest about the discovery of some lost artefact in some new cave"
monty_79 on 12 Dec '11 said:
I would be p**sed if I was a PS3 owner of Skyrim. The game is still barely playable after 60 hours and they are talking about DLC rather than apologising and working to sort out the existing issues.
Coulson1990 on 12 Dec '11 said:
I just traded mine in. After grinding the thieves guild i couldn't finish it and somehow when i level up a skill, my bar goes backward. 182 hours down the drain...
gearyboy on 12 Dec '11 said:
Can someone hunt down the person who keeps asking about the possibility of multiplayer in future Bethesda / Elder Scroll titles and eliminate them.
Either that or force them to change their questioning to ask Activision and EA whether they might add single player (of any worth) to their multiplayer titles...
Rawanz on 12 Dec '11 said:
So they are going to release dlc and not give a f*** about the Ps3 version? Think im done with Skyrim. Might aswell trade it in while i can still get some money for it.
RichPerry on 12 Dec '11 said:
As long as we steer clear of horse armour.
spunwicked on 12 Dec '11 said:
No fixey, no buy-ey, Beth.
Moribundman on 12 Dec '11 said:
What he said.
Moribundman on 12 Dec '11 said:
Also what he said, with capitals and multiple exclaimation marks.
Bethesda are hopefully developing a solid single player expansion and keeping an eye on how Bioware's "experiment" in multiplayer ME3 goes before rushing into co-op at the behest of a few fanboys who don't get that not every game is CoD multiplayer.
nb_nmare2 on 12 Dec '11 said:
Yeah, because the members of staff who design and create game content are the same ones who are responsible for writing and modifying engine code
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Do all the people who make comments like this not have a job at a company where different people work in different departments?
richardr on 12 Dec '11 said:
I own the xbox 360 version of the game, have logged 90 hours and have had a great time playing Skyrim. It is all I wanted it to be and more. It is awesome.
However, DLC from Bethesda has always been very disappointing and I probably won't bother, and also this is ridiculous! I have friends who own (and owned) this game for the PS3 and it is completely unplayable. Not buggy. Unplayable. A company should not be releasing a game that is brilliant on one platform but a huge mess on another. But even worse they should not be worrying about making it bigger and better without first fixing it.
It's a genuinely sad affair as I've had a great time playing this game. I love it. It's just a shame too many people now have a lot of ill will towards it. And justifiably too.
richardr on 12 Dec '11 said:
And that's a fair point. But, and I used to work in a music download company so I know all about this kind of stuff, the customer is not going to be happy when the product they have doesn't work and they are then informed of exciting new add-on's.
You're both right, but for many Bethesda coming out with DLC news is just twisting the knife.
Sammy_bham on 12 Dec '11 said:
dare i say it?
TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:
YOU'D BETTER NOT
monty_79 on 12 Dec '11 said:
Get f**ked you little cocksucker.
theblkwhsp on 12 Dec '11 said:
Just gonna say it: Isn't it about time people bought an Xbox? As a PS3 owner you're constantly getting the raw end of the deal. This isn't a rant designed to antagonised; I just find it amazing people still buy it considering all the problems. As a gamer why would you want the hassle?
Black Ops was a mess, Skyrim is a mess, Sony were hacked in a major way and lost thousands of members' details, they mostly always lose out with regards to DLC exclusivity - seriously why stay with them? Uncharted is your one allowance.
TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:
Plenty of reasons, not including Uncharted series, for me and not one of those reasons can be found on a 360.
Thats all I need to say.
monty_79 on 12 Dec '11 said:
I have a 360 but am also planning to get a Vita, so will be able to have Uncharted, Wipeout and LBP! Best of both worlds, but I'm not happy about the memory card prices, and I get the feeling that the games will be too expensive.
MattyR95 on 12 Dec '11 said:
There are far more pros than cons with PS3, the same cannot be said with the 360, in my opinion.
Lady Gagagged on 12 Dec '11 said:
But as a game series that has taken so much inspiration from table top RPG games small multiplayer co op games could easily capture that fun. It doesn't have to be anything like CoD, but getting the balance of such a game right would be difficult.
There will be department responsible for any announcements. This department has been very quiet on announcing when they intend to address the issues on the PS3 version of the title but not so reticent in allowing the announcement of more content being developed.
TheCleip on 12 Dec '11 said:
Yeah... I actually bought that bulls**t, never even used a horse in the game either...
Xexus on 13 Dec '11 said:
I actually love the idea of a multi-player Skryim, just think going out doing quests with people in a party killing a hard boss. And whats with all the PS3 problems? I have a PS3 and has been a sony fan since ps1. The only problem i have is that it has a few framerate issues after iv been on it maybe like 6 hrs. Yea i know 6 hrs on skyrim thats not even bad, iv gone 15 hrs in one day.
corkscru74 on 15 Dec '11 said:
To be fair, you could say that whether the game was working or not
Lady Gagagged on 15 Dec '11 said:
Something gets seriously wrong with PS3 versions of the game by all accounts the longer you play it. Though some models of machine seem to run it fine. But for a lot of people it is borked and the devs:
A Managed to get this to pass all quality checks, again.
B Don't seem to acknowledge the problem or give a time table on when they'll address it.
C Announce DLC in a fashion that implies they don't care a fig about a respectful proportion of purchasers of their product.
D The attitude of some gamers being it works on my platform of choice is cretinous.
Kezwar on 16 Dec '11 said:
Now this could well be bulls**t-A friend of a friend claims to have found a sealed door, he claims to have opened it via some form of hack. Where does it lead? Morrow-wind apparently.
Kezwar on 16 Dec '11 said:
You should just have both!
Lady Gagagged on 16 Dec '11 said:
I thought that people had actually found this, it was reported here a few weeks ago.
Grapple on 16 Dec '11 said:
Theres a side quest for the Mages guild that sends you to look for a courier coming from Morrowind. Go to a dungeon entrance ( not marked as a location ). Does the dungeon lead to Morrowind?
A big fat NO
Lady Gagagged on 16 Dec '11 said:
I'm only going by memory, but wasn't there an article that said Morrow Wind was fully mapped out within Skyrim but there was nothing to do once there? I might be wrong, but I'm sure I read that here.
illage2 on 27 Dec '11 said:
Cool.
If there is one thing about Bethesda's DLC for Fallout and Eldar Scrolls, is that they give you a lot of value for money, and not just a few extra maps. If the DLC is reasonably priced then I'll no doubt get it.
Windowlicker79 on 28 Dec '11 said:
I feel pretty lucky that I have no interest in this game whatsoever.
TOKEN on 3 Jan '12 said:
Well i would like to see a change to the married situation in skyrim
1)more perks for being more intermate with you wife,spoon,9er,dog.
2)i want even more deeper respect from her.
3)for those who are greedy,2 wifes.(nagging perk)
4)fire arrows on horse back.
Legend Turtle on 26 Jan '12 said:
Nice. How about if you could do one of the dragons?