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Set to arrive on June 4th, The Skyrim Legendary Edition contains every piece of DLC released, as well as the updates that added combat cameras, mounted combat, and the Legendary difficulty mode. You'll also be able to dominate the world of Skyrim, as you can level up your skills infinitely, enabling you to take down any man or dragon who tries to slay you!

This new version of the game will arrive in North America for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on June 4 for $59.99 and a few days later for Europe and Australia on June 7.

The house building/ child adopting DLC is here currently as an exclusive for Xbox Live. If you've ever wanted your own personal place built to your liking in Skyrim, $5 is all you'll need. Check out more below:

"With this official add-on to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter’s workbench to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a home by adopting children."

Link To Content- Hearthfire (76 MB/ 400 MSP)

Coming on September 4th for Xbox 360, Hearthfire allows you to build your own home within Skyrim, as well as start a family to fill it. The video below explains everything you need to know about the content, so be sure to check that out. The main overlay though is that you need to find materials and layouts for houses, purchase land to build, and then customize the house to your liking. While you can't have children yourself, you can adopt existing one's throughout the land.

Hearthfire will cost 400 MSP ($5) and is currently an Xbox 360 exclusive, but I'm sure it will change in the future.

Developer-Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers-Bethesda Softworks
Release Date- June 26th, 2012
Price- $19.99 MSRP (1600 MSP)
Review Platform- Xbox Live





Hunt Vampires or Hunt as one and attempt to destroy the sun







Dawnguard is the first expansion for Skyrim, and features the conflict between Vampires and the human hunters after them called the Dawnguard. If you choose to go down the path of aiding the Vampires, you’ll encounter the Vampire Lord Harkon, who seeks to accomplish what would give Vampires dominance over all: Destroy the Sun and create eternal darkness. Siding with the Dawnguard will give you slightly different results, but either way you’ll be fighting new enemies alongside vampires or dawnguards depending on your choice.


I’ve yet to play as a vampire in the original game, so for the expansion I decided to try it out. Accepting the gift of vampirism, the game grants you some pretty cool abilities, mainly the option of turning into a vampire lord. In this form you can use magic and melee attacks to devastate foes with your vampire strength. The Vampire Lord also comes with a new skill tree that can only be accessed in the menu when in this form.

Going out during the day as a Vampire won’t kill you, but you’ll lose the ability to regenerate magic, health, and stamina – which is usually why the Dawnguards will try to attack you during the day since they’ll have the upper hand by default.

Feeding will help reduce sun damage, but will also decrease your vampiric traits, so you’ll want to feed sparingly. Being a vampire in town won’t cause people to attack, but walking around as a Vampire Lord will. Honestly though, if you saw a floating vampire creature with claws out, I’m sure you wouldn’t go up and talk to it, so its usually best to turn into a lord when in battles.

Whether or not you decide to side with vampires, you’ll eventually have to fight some, so you may want to get some Dawnguard weapons as they are made to kill vampires. Aside from new swords and bows, you’ll get access to crossbows, which are really cool to use. You can only fire one at a time, but they are very powerful and have tremendous accuracy.

The main vampire quest took me about 6 hours, but I plan on going back through and playing more an ally of the Dawnguard.

With new locations, characters, weapons, shouts, and dragons to fight alongside the Vampire and Dawnguard aspects, this content provides fans with a substantial amount of content to play. The best part for me is also being able to incorporating these additions into the main game, so you can get back to your regular game with some new skills to use.



As of right now Dawnguard is only available on Xbox 360, but soon will be coming to PlayStation 3 and PC. I definitely recommend checking it out no matter which platform you play on.

"Dawnguard™ is the first official game add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® - the 2011 Game of the Year. The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him? Or will you become a Vampire Lord yourself? Featuring an all new faction questline and locations, the ultimate choice will be yours."

Today is a big day for RPG fans. The Extended Ending DLC for Mass Effect 3 is now available, as is the first expansion for Skyrim titled 'Dawnguard'. The DLC for Mass Effect 3 is a FREE download and Dawnguard, which is currently only available for Xbox 360, will cost $20 (1600 MSP). Last, but not least is the Close Quarters add-on for Battlefield 3. Make sure you've got some space on your hard drive for these add-ons!


"An expanded ending for Mass Effect 3. Additional scenes and an extended epilogue reveal the impact of Shepard's choices on the future of the galaxy."

[Link To Content- Extended Ending DLC (1.85 GB)]










"Dawnguard™ is the first official game add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® - the 2011 Game of the Year. The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him? Or will you become a Vampire Lord yourself? Featuring an all new faction questline and locations, the ultimate choice will be yours."

[Link To Content- Dawnguard (582 MB/ 1600 MSP)]





"If you own Battlefield™ Premium, DO NOT purchase this content here as you will be charged again. Battlefield 3™: Close Quarters is an expansion pack bringing the team play of Battlefield 3™ to tight indoor environments. The frantic infantry combat is amplified by unprecedented destruction, added persistence, and new weapons. The HD Destruction lets players riddle the environment with bullets, reducing entire locales to ruin. The tight level design and vertical gameplay create a highly competitive environment."

[Link To Content- Close Quarters (108 KB/ 1200 MSP)]

Besides the following fixes below, the official update for Skyrim allows you to attack while on a horse! With Skyrim receiving it's first expansion with Dawnguard soon, now is a good time to get back into the game!

Bug fixes:

- General stability and memory optimizations.
- General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes.
- Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks.
- Fixed rare crash with lighting.
- Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games.
- Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs.
- Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted.
- Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played.
- Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon.
- Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly.
- Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up.
- Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly.
- Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly.
- In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory.
- Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime.
- Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly.
- Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly.
- Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater.
- Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
- Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
- Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).


-Source-

Xbox 360 Achievements.org

A trailer for the first expansion for Skyrim has been released. Dawnguard features new locations, weapons, and horse mounted attacks. Dawnguard will arrive first for Xbox 360 this summer and will cost 1600 MSP ($20).

Skyrim will receive some DLC this summer with its first expansion Dawnguard. Not much is known yet, but details are confirmed to be coming during the week of E3. With the Kinect support update available now and DLC plans starting to surface, its a good time to get back into Skyrim.