The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- Hearthfire Announced

Bethesda has revealed the next major downloadable content for Skyrim, called Hearthfire. Unlike the vampire-hunting focus of the last add-on, Dawnguard, Hearthfire doesn't seem to do much to enhance combat. Instead, with Hearthfire you'll be able to purchase a piece of land in Skyrim and build your own house.

Within the custom living space you'll be able build kitchens, greenhouses, libraries, alchemy labs and trophy rooms to show off your accomplishments. Outside it sounds like you'll be able to set up gardens, fish hatcheries and beehives to make resource collection a little more convenient. You can also hire a steward to help out with household tasks.

Hearthfire will also allow you to adopt children and take care of them while they live at your home. Bethesda has set the price of Hearthfire at 400 Microsoft Points and plans to release it on September 4 on Xbox Live.

Source : ign[dot]com

Bethesda Exec: “We Have Not Announced Dawnguard For Any Other Platform…”

Earlier today, we reported on news that PlayStation 3 will finally get a new Skyrim patch. But it appears that news of Skyrim’s first piece of DLC – Dawnguard – may be a ways off for Sony’s console, as well as for PC.

On his Twitter account, Bethesda’s VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines Tweeted that “We have not announced Dawnguard for any other platform, nor given a timeline for any such news.” He continued, stating that “If we have news, I promise I’d tell you.”

Such news (or lack thereof) doesn’t bode well for PlayStation 3 and PC gamers hoping to get their hands on Dawnguard sometime soon. While it’s well-known that Microsoft secured exclusivity for Skyrim DLC on Xbox 360, the exclusive window was a mere 30 days long. Dawnguard launched on Xbox 360 exactly a month ago today, so that 30 day period has now passed. Thus, the DLC could conceivably come out on PS3 and PC as of today.

Hopefully, we’ll hear more about Dawnguard for PS3 and PC soon. In the meantime, it appears we’ll have to be patient, something PS3 gamers in particular have been with Skyrim since the game launched.

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.

Source : ign[dot]com