The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

THE BUZZ: Bethesda has promised to take more care over future updates of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, after the latest patch caused a number of new issues including dragons flying backwards.

In an official blog post the publisher said:

“After the holidays, we’ll continue to release regular updates for the game – through full title updates, as well as incremental ‘gameplay updates’ to fix whatever issues come up along with rebalancing portions of the game for difficulty or exploits.”

“We plan on having a lot of these, not just a few. Overall, you should expect updates to be hitting the PC and Steam earlier and more often, as that’s a process we control. Console updates will follow, as they must be certified and processed by those manufacturers.

“We all know this is a huge game, and everyone has a different experience. We’ll continue to do everything we can to make the game better and better for as many people as possible every day.

“We’ve also realised that with the millions upon millions of people playing Skyrim, we need to treat our updates with greater care. If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor issue, we run a risk of breaking something larger in a game like this.

“To be safe, we are prioritising code side fixes right now over data fixes. Quest and balance issues are usually data, and those will start rolling in a large way with the January updates.”

EGM’s TAKE: It appears that Bethesda is going to need to spend a little more time on QA for the next patch, but at least it has have acknowledged its mistakes.

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Source: Bethesda