


Modders have done so much for Skyrim that it's impossible to think about just its vanilla release. Bethesda has returned to their magnum opus through Special Edition and the more recent Anniversary Edition, but it's the mod community who have supported Skyrim every day of every month since its fabled November 2011 arrival. That's how single-player games work, of course no one expects you to stick around beyond bug-fixing. Even so, the developer's direct involvement with Skyrim mostly ended there. RELATED: The Elder Scrolls: Why Does Every Game Start With A Prisoner?īethesda Softworks did more than just lay the foundation for the game - Todd Howard and his talented team built it from the ground up and shipped an open-world experience unlike any other. Its monumentally successful launch quickly and thoroughly reshaped the conversation surrounding not just role-playing games, but action games, adventure games, even some first-person shooters. It's not nearly as old as many of its fellow industry legends, but it just can't be labeled young anymore.
