
For starters, it will include everything that was included in Skyrim Special Edition, which launched for the PS4 and Xbox One back in 2016. So what exactly is going to be included in Skyrim Anniversary Edition? A lot, as you’d imagine. Luckily, some mysterious powers awake inside you and you emerge as the Dovahkiin, or the Dragonborn, a hero destined to destroy Alduin the World Eater – the ultimate big bad dragon – and save the world. Dragons are thought to have been extinct for a long, long time, and their return spells imminent disaster for everyone in Skyrim. As the game begins, you find yourself headed straight for the chopping block to be executed for your crimes against Skyrim and the Empire- but your execution is cut dramatically short when you and the soldiers you’re with are attacked by a dragon. But that’s far from the biggest issue being faced by the people of Skyrim. Bethesda’s open world RPG is set in, well, Skyrim, a land that’s currently in the grips of a furious civil war raging between the native Nords and the Empire whose rule they’re trying to end. Just in case you’ve somehow managed to not only avoid ever having played Skyrim to date, but also having learned much about it in the years since its launch, let’s start with a basic introduction of what it is and what you can expect. And ahead of its imminent launch, here, we’ll talk about some key details that you should know about Skyrim Anniversary Edition. To celebrate Skyrim’s tenth anniversary later this year, Bethesda will be releasing the game once more with a new Anniversary Edition, giving everyone another chance to jump back into the game for the hundredth time and dive into that world once more. For its part, Bethesda has been taking every chance it gets to get more money out of it over the years, with multiple re-releases on multiple platforms, and a record that’s coming close to rivalling the ridiculous number of time Capcom has re-released Resident Evil 4.


Certainly over the last decade, there aren’t a lot of games that have come close to achieving the sort of rapturous success that Bethesda’s open world action RPG enjoyed, and for all of its many issues (especially the technical ones), it’s not hard to see just why it exploded the way it did.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call Skyrim one of the biggest, most beloved, and most influential games ever made.
