The Fallout 3 pace that we did was very chaotic. "So right now I can say that we'd like to do less DLC but bigger ones-you know, more substantial. He went on to add that they don't yet have concrete plans for updates. On June 29, 2011, Todd Howard, director at Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda, suggested that DLC expansions for Skyrim would be fewer and yet "more substantial" than expansions for Fallout 3. In the past, director Todd Howard commented that Skyrim DLC releases "don't have a timetable" and that "they'll have a lot of meat on them." The filing doesn't link the project to any specific franchise, but given Bethesda's recent ideas about Skyrim DLC and the specific mention of both consoles and PC, a connection to that series is certainly possible. In the filing submitted, Zenimax referred to a project called ' Dawnguard' that was specifically referred to as "computer game software for use with computers and video game consoles" and "downloadable computer game software offered via the internet and wireless devices." īefore Dawnguard was officially announced, Bethesda parent company Zenimax Media submitted a trademark application for new downloadable game content. There's also a Skyrim Special Edition rollback mod that downgrades your game to a version prior to the Anniversary Edition update to help keep compatibility with your current modded setup.GameSpy speculated that this tweet hints at forthcoming DLC which could appear in April. At the time of writing, the latest SKSE is available on their website, and it is up an running with multiple stable patches for Skyrim AE. Over a year later, all major mods have adapted to AE, and should be working smoothly.Īfter originally preparing for the worst, the developer of Skyrim Script Extender was given early access to Skyrim AE to work on updating SKSE. On launch, Skyrim SE modders needed time to catch up to the new code, so mod updates were a bit scattered. In fact, it will give a visual update and add in a playlist of mods. Will the Anniversary Edition mess up your mods?Īs of today, upgrading to Skyrim AE should not majorly affect your mods at all. So what happens if you already own Skyrim SE? Bethesda says that current owners and Xbox Game Pass subscribers have the option to upgrade to Skyrim AE for $19.99 USD / $29.95 AUD / €19.99 / £15.99.Įven if you don't buy the Anniversary Edition of the game, those four free Creation Club items have been added to your game for free. What if you already own Skyrim Special Edition? When upgrading with the Skyrim AE DLC, you'll need to head into the Creation Club section of the main menu and manually choose which pieces you want to install. If you're just installing the free game update to Skyrim SE, you'll find that the free Creation Club items have all been downloaded for you. Players who don't upgrade to Skyrim AE also got four of those Creation Club items free on AE's launch day: the Saints and Seducers quest expansion, Rare Curious expansion, Survival Mode, and the Fishing skill and quests. In total, Bethesda says that the 74 Creation Club items included with Skyrim AE represent over 500 new gameplay elements. Some of the new Creation Club items that arrived alongside Skyrim SE include Morrowind-inspired weapons and armor and a quest expansion called The Cause. The 48 current Creation Club items that you'll get access to as part of Skyrim AE range from special weapons, to new enemy types, quest expansions, and gameplay changes. If you'd forgotten about Bethesda's Creation Club, it's a marketplace of paid DLCs developed either internally by Bethesda or by approved external creators.
What's included in the Skyrim Anniversary Edition? In practice, Skyrim Anniversary Edition is a DLC for Skyrim Special Edition, launching alongside a free game update for Skyrim SE. It includes Skyrim SE and also bundles in all of the previously released premium Creation Club additions. Okay, Skyrim AE is a bit like a Game Of The Year release for Skyrim Special Edition.
Bethesda is calling the Anniversary Edition "the most definitive version of Skyrim to date." That's not the most concrete explanation, so it might help to think of Skyrim Anniversary as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - Definitive Edition.