[Update: Bethesda's reveal was actually the Dishonored trailer.]
What’s better than Kinect voice controls for one of last year’s best video games? No, it’s not motion controls for a motion controller! It’s new content!
Not that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim needs more content, considering how it features unlimited quests (and dragons!) thanks to the Radiant quest system, but sooner or later there will be more to do and more to see in (and around?) Skyrim.
In what we hope is a lesson learned from the nonsensical and infamous Horse Armor DLC from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda’s director Todd Howard promised last year that DLC for Skyrim would be “substantial” – think Morrowind-style expansions instead of typical DLC. Since then, we’ve heard nothing official on what new content would be coming to Skyrim outside of incremental updates and Kinect-support for Xbox 360 players.
Last month however, Bethesda trademarked the name “Dawnguard” which suspiciously seemed like the potential name of Skyrim DLC or an expansion. Fast forward two weeks to the beginning of April and Bethesda’s PR lead, Pete Hines, teased fans by saying look forward to news about Skyrim and Rage this month.
That time as we learned today through the Bethesda Blog Twitter account is “tomorrow” – the simple phrase they sent along with the following teaser image (we enhanced the face in the image up top but this is the large original):
It’s way too sharp to be in-game graphics for a Bethesda title so we can say it’s a still from a cinematic cutscene, meaning it’s a trailer. Looking at the style of said image, it screams Skyrim as the obvious fitting answer and so we now have more speculation about the long-awaited Skyrim DLC. It looks like a Nordic prisoner of sorts, but the other figure, shrouded in darkness, is what’s grabbing our attention because we cannot make out whether it/he/she is even human…
Bethesda could be intentionally deceiving and it could be a tease for another, unannounced title, perhaps a new Fallout or confirmation that Prey 2 is still happening, but these are the unlikeliest of answers and the image doesn’t look like it’s from Rage - nor do we care about additional Rage content at this point in time.
Let’s just say (and hope) that tomorrow’s major reveal will be for brand new content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a new expansion of sorts with more integral story and in-game features. And maybe, it’ll be called Dawnguard.
What do you think of Bethesda’s teaser image, and more importantly, what do you want it to be?
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Source: Bethesda
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The character on the right, by my eyes (though there is some biest with Skyrim) looks likte Elven Armor. The part of the helmet and collar.
Surely it’s Thalmor armour?? With the high collars and pointy shoulders of the conjurers?
Looks like a Stark to me….. a Game of Thrones title?
I’d say it looks more like Jaimie Lannister.
I say the Thalmor invade and this fellow is an integral piece in the plot! Maybe the new emperor. . . And perhaps the empire has fallen! Or maybe the Akviri invaded and we to choose from the races of Akavir as well!!!! *speculation, don’t blast me trolls lol*
I work for Bethesda and the figure on the right is actually an alien. The prisoner is about to get abducted and it’s up to the player to figure out what happened to him.
Lol
come on guys we all know thats sawyer from lost wake up always remeber these numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42
I dont know, but I think it kinda looks like young Ulfric being tortured by the Thalmor during The Great War.
It’s a new Bionic Commando tittle I guess !
That or they help Atlus for the GOT Game !
Not Bad !
Expansions to Skyrim would be a warm welcome, there’s already so much to do though.
After finally sinking 200+ hours into it and finally getting around to completing the main quest, I use cheat codes and mods. And while its fun and I enjoy being maxed out in everything, I kind of regret it because there is no challenge anymore, no fear of death or fight for survival. Everything is easy. Although I despise god mode, I feel like a god amongst men now. Kind of cool in a way I guess.
It’s the trailor for dishonored
Dishonored trailer screen. As I’m sure everyone has realized by now.
I hope its Prey 2 Getting back into production rather than being cancelled.
If this is Skyrim related – than my guess would be that man is a Nord prisoner and the figure on the right is a Thalmor agent.