On top of the announcement of Skyrim Special Edition, Bethesda also showed off The Elder Scrolls: Legends, an online card game poised to rival Blizzard's Hearthstone. While much of the past year from Bethesda has been dedicated towards its Fallout franchise, the publisher's recent showing at E3 2016 might be an indication that its priorities are beginning to shift once more.
The PC version of Skyrim Special Edition will be free to gamers who own all of Skyrim's DLC, a gesture that unfortunately doesn't trickle down to previous-gen owners of the game as well, since the original Skyrim was out before this generation of consoles. Hines made no indication that the same feature would be present on console versions of Skyrim Special Edition, but that feature is unlikely, as it's much trickier to implement a save transfer without wrangling Sony and Microsoft into the process as well.Īlthough Skyrim Special Edition will release on multiple platforms, it's hard not to feel like the title is geared towards PC gamers more than anyone else.
Given that the Skyrim Special Edition release will support the game's existing mods, it would make sense for the title to also give fans the chance to carry over their favorite characters into a new, more aesthetically pleasing Skyrim.
Gamers mostly got an answer today from Bethesda vice-president Pete Hines, who tweeted that saves "should" be compatible for those who upgrade from the original title to the Skyrim Special Edition. It's precisely because of that intense player dedication that fans of Skyrim have been very curious about the inclusion of one small feature in Skyrim Special Edition - the ability to transfer save files from the original game to the remastered version. The Viking-inspired fantasy RPG has withstood the test of time in a way few games ever have, as the Skyrimplayer and modding communities are still thriving even after more recent releases from Bethesda in the same genre. Nearly six years after the original game's release, Bethesda's Skyrim Special Edition trailer still managed to incite excited fan discussion worldwide after the publisher finally confirmed weeks of speculation regarding a remaster of the title. In one of the least confident statements about a small feature ever, Bethesda's Pete Hines indicates that Skyrim Special Edition on PC 'should' transfer saves over.