{"id":18894,"date":"2012-02-15T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T05:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=18894"},"modified":"2012-02-15T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T05:15:23","slug":"the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-workshop-launches-with-over-2-million-mods-downloaded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=18894","title":{"rendered":"THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM\u00ae WORKSHOP LAUNCHES WITH OVER 2 MILLION MODS DOWNLOADED"},"content":{"rendered":"

WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST GROSSING TITLE OF 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW HONOURS FOR SKYRIM AS GAME IS NAMED \u2018GAME OF THE YEAR\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\nAT 2012 INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sydney, Australia<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>February 15, 2012 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0ZeniMax\u00ae Media Inc. today announced\u00a0that the Creation Kit\u2122, a\u00a0free\u00a0tool that allows PC players to create their own custom content for Bethesda\u2019s\u00a0The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>, has been enthusiastically received by PC gamers who have been uploading, downloading, and installing custom content through the Skyrim Workshop on Steam. Within 3 days of the release of the Creation Kit,\u00a0gamers have downloaded more than 2 million mods via the Skryim\u00a0Workshop. More than 2,500 mods have been published by the gaming community, all of which are available for free.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Worldwide revenues generated by Skyrim have placed it among the industry’s most successful titles, and demand for the title shows no signs of slowing. Measured by revenue,\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was the second best selling game of 2011, and 2012 sales remain strong, with continuing digital downloads and large shipments of units to retail.\u00a0Within the first month following its release in November,\u00a0Bethesda Softworks\u00ae reported it had\u00a0shipped over 10 million units of\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0across all platforms,\u00a0representing approximately $650 million in retail sales, and those results have since increased substantially.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Data from Steam, the digital download service, reveal that the\u00a0average<\/em>\u00a0number of hours that a gamer plays\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0exceeds 75 hours, underscoring fan devotion to the game.\u00a0The PC version of\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in North America outsold all other PC games by a factor of over three to one in the month of its release, and Skyrim is\u00a0the fastest selling title in Steam’s history.<\/p>\n

Console versions of Skyrim reveal equally strong fan demand. The Xbox 360 version of\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0outsold all Xbox 360 exclusive titles in 2011 in North America, and the PS3 version of\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0outsold all PS3 exclusive titles on that platform. \u00a0These strong commercial results match the high scores and widespread praise of critics that the game has received.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The critically-acclaimed title was most recently honoured with the \u2018Game of the Year\u2019 award at the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual 2012 Interactive Achievement Awards (IAA) held at the 2012 D.I.C.E.\u00a0 Summit.\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0also received top honours in\u00a0the \u2018Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering\u2019, \u2018Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction\u2019, \u2018Role-Playing Game of the Year\u2019, and \u2018Outstanding Achievement in Story\u2019 categories.\u00a0The IAA\u2019s\u00a0focus is on peer-based voting and its awards are considered to be among the highest honours\u00a0of recognition in the interactive entertainment industry.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0had already garnered\u00a0dozens of\u00a0\u2018Game of the Year\u2019 awards from major outlets worldwide, including winning the top honour of \u2018Game of the Year\u2019 at the 2011 Video Game Awards which are voted on by a panel of editors from the industry\u2019s most respected magazines and websites. To date,\u00a0Skyrim\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>has received over 200 perfect review scores worldwide, earning the highest praise from some of the industry\u2019s most influential critics including: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, G4TV, The New York Times, GameSpy, Wired, Eurogamer, Destructoid, GamePro, Official Xbox Magazine, Joystiq, The Guardian, Famitsu and GamesRadar. G4TV describes\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as \u201cone of the greatest games ever\u201d and Eurogamer was one of many outlets to call it a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>available for the Xbox 360\u00ae\u00a0<\/sup>video game entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system, and PC, is the third consecutive game developed by the team at Bethesda Game Studios\u00ae to earn \u2018Game of the Year\u2019 honours.\u00a0 Bethesda Game Studios, which was named \u2018Studio of the Year\u2019 at the 2011 Video Game Awards, also created the 2006 \u2018Game of the Year\u2019,\u00a0The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion\u00ae,\u00a0<\/em>and the 2008 \u2018Game of the Year\u2019,\u00a0Fallout\u00ae 3<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information on\u00a0Skyrim<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0visit\u00a0http:\/\/elderscrolls.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST GROSSING TITLE OF 2011 NEW HONOURS FOR SKYRIM AS GAME IS NAMED \u2018GAME OF THE YEAR\u2019\u00a0 AT 2012 INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Sydney, Australia\u00a0\u2013\u00a0February 15, 2012 \u2013\u00a0ZeniMax\u00ae Media Inc. today announced\u00a0that the Creation Kit\u2122, a\u00a0free\u00a0tool that allows PC players to create their own custom content for Bethesda\u2019s\u00a0The Elder Scrolls V:<\/p>\n

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