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Special Edition Podcast: Todd Howard Skyrim Q&A

Game Informer's web coverage of our The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim cover story has proven to be popular with Bethesda's legion of devoted RPG fans. Today, we're pleased to present a special edition of the Game Informer Show, in which Bethesda's Todd Howard answers questions we solicited from our community of online users. It's nearly an hour of freewheeling discussion, we put your queries to Howard, who gives some revealing responses -- while still leaving more than a bit of mystery surrounding the game. Some of the topics covered include the game's combat system, spells, factions, and the powerful dragons that reign terror over the world of Skyrim.

Note: We thank all our readers who submitted questions. We received an unprecedented number of responses, and as a result, it was simply impossible to have Todd answer more than a fraction of the submissions. In hopes of covering as many readers as possible, we tried to concentrate on questions that were asked many times over by multiple readers. Still, if your question was not answered, we apologize.

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  • So basically, if they can't fit Werewolves into the main game, they'll pop em into an expansion... awesome!
  • ouhh my godd!@#$%¨&* love TES

  • Whoah....is that an actual ingame NPC from the game in that pic? Are we finally going to get a TES game with good looking people that aren't modded? LOL Nice! Looking forward to this game for sure...
  • lol there should have wild horses that are fastter then regular horses, and you must, you know, work your relation with this horse so this horse stays fast and stuff, like a unique horse
  • RELEASE SOME GAME FOOTAGE!!!! thanks for answering my questions!!!
  • *throws his head back* Waaaaah... all these "we don't know yet" answers just reminds me of the Diablo 3 panels from Blizzcon... I has a sad.
  • Great Podcast! I only wish we could have heard more about the combat animations I am so curious to see if they changed them to make them seem more fluid, in terms of attack and defend. But regardless of my personal preferences this was a great podcast.
  • Nice job guys!

  • was waiting agonizingly for this, still need to check the video out. Lmao im sitting in class atm

  • Very nice!

  • Awesome! Thanks :)

  • Oblivion is my most favorite single player game, and just hearing,reading, and looking at everything that is out about this game, this is a dream come true for me as a game. I can't wait for this game to come out, its just going to be mind boggling. Great job for all who have worked on the game and bringing the information out.

  • Todd Howard is the shizzle.
  • 56 minutes and the only new information I got was there is a high emphasis on perks, they organize perks with 'perk trees', and there's no spears. hmmm can't help but feel like there should have been more VALUABLE information somewhere in there. thanks anyways though, it was better than nothing.
  • games should be announce 1 or 2 months before release , because otherwise you cant think of anything else.
  • I had forgotten to ask more questions and now I'm kinda sad. That is until I finish listening to the podcast.

  • Can anybody tell me how to download this ( thought it was a different player format :( )?
  • HELL YEAH, FACTIONS RULE. Go Dark Brotherhood, Figthers Guild and Mages Guild. 11/11/11 yeah baby it is coming. And yes I did not enjoy the part where you are asked what do you want to be and to only restric yourself to a set number of skills. And let me explore more the world so we can basically start driving the elefants on extintion. Go Dragons. Please no Kinect or Move support for the game. And only 8-9 months.
  • Great Stuff! Thank You :D

  • Loved it, and thank you for going through the time to get this done.

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