Skyrim: Hearthfire Now Available on Steam

Bethesda has released Hearthfire, the second downloadable content pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, on PC. The content is on Steam now for $4.99 and is available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

Hearthfire allows players to build a home, ranging from “a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more.” Players can also adopt children to build a family, and can use a carpenter’s workbench and drafting table “to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings.”

Hearthfire originally hit Xbox 360 in September and follows the first downloadable content, Dawnguard, which came to PC in August. For now, the content remains unannounced for PlayStation 3, and Bethesda says it may never come to Sony’s console.

For more on Hearthfire, check out our impressions of the Xbox 360 version and see more in our Skyrim wiki guide.

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Skyrim: Hearthfire DLC Available Now

Hearthfire, the second downloadable content pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is available now on Xbox Live. The pack will cost 400 Microsoft Points ($5.00) and, like all Skyrim downloadable content, will start as an exclusive for Xbox 360 players.

As Bethesda announced last week, Hearthfire lets players purchase land and build a house from the ground up. According to Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, you’ll be able to go “from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden and more.” Players will also be able to use tools and a carpenter’s workbench to turn stone, clay or logs into furniture and can also adopt children.

We first heard the Hearthfire name back in May, when a trademark listing suggested that Bethesda had new content in the works. Hearthfire follows Dawnguard, which launched on June 26th and was later released on PC. Currently, Bethesda says that Skyrim’s downloadable content may never come to PlayStation 3.

For more on Skyrim, check out our Skyrim wiki guide and Skyrim iPad app, and keep checking back to IGN for our Hearthfire impressions later this week.

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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.

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