Dawnguard Trailer!

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PThursday, May 31, 2012

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We knew you couldn’t wait until E3. Neither could we.

Watch the official trailer for Dawnguard, the first game add-on for Skyrim. Dawnguard will be available for download for 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE this summer.

More info next week!

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  • Snakeman

    3 years ago

    great trailer thanks :)

  • TheBansheeBomb

    3 years ago

    Looks pretty sweet, but still disappointed at the lack of horse armor.

    …Are those gargoyles?

  • MArko

    3 years ago

    Any news on when the next update to the Creation Kit is coming? A fix for the NPC face problem would be very welcome, as it would remove an unnecessary step from the modding process.

  • Stayler

    3 years ago

    The time is near!

  • Sypron

    3 years ago

    Wasn’t expecting this for another week or so.

    Looks lovely.

    But why the exclusive? It’s so inconsistent with how you usually treat fans.

  • Foo Rong Xin

    3 years ago

    It’s not? The DLC will be on PC and PS3 a month later

  • Alex F.

    3 years ago

    THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Kahi

    3 years ago

    god why only xbox?! I’m going to die waiting for other platform releases…

  • CasualVader

    3 years ago

    It’s only exclusive to Xbox for a month. They signed a deal with Microsoft for, I think, their first three DLCs to be exclusive to Xbox for 30 days. As for why they signed that deal? Probably money.

  • Four of Fades

    3 years ago

    Holy poop. That looked pretty amazing. Did not think Skyrim would take a path like this, with such gritty atmopshere, but I’m extremely pleasantly surprised.
    Hope to hear more next week, some more information about what it actually is should be great!

  • CasualVader

    3 years ago

    Or maybe all of the Skyrim DLCs. I’m too lazy to go check.

  • FT

    3 years ago

    Wow, going to be awesome!

  • Sypron

    3 years ago

    First two actually.

    It’s still pretty ridiculous. It’s hard to imagine Bethesda needing the money, considering the success of the games they’ve been producing and publishing recently.

  • Nikolai

    3 years ago

    OMG! i cant wait!! This looks insanely AMAZING and AWESOME!! Just take my money. I can’t believe how much you offer in a dlc, and i have only seen the trailer but i can already tell you have added TONS of new stuff in the game. GREAT JOB!!!

  • HJC

    3 years ago

    EPIC!

  • Kotep

    3 years ago

    So since Magnus is a hole in the fabric of Aetherius, the vampires are trying to essentially stick a cork in the hole?

  • Peter

    3 years ago

    Looks amazing Bethesda. Keep up the good work.

  • Jim Lawrence

    3 years ago

    I had felt the need to create a Horror mod, but when Dawnguard was announced, I had a feeling that it might be something like this :)
    I can’t wait to use what you guys implement in this DLC.

  • CDR Makkara

    3 years ago

    Nice trailer. Hope its meaty !

  • Kamica

    3 years ago

    Well, it is basically the light that they want to stop, so what they could do is just create more clouds =D

    Anyway, Dragons diving into ice? Epic vampires? (Finally Vampires are attractive to play!) Crossbows? HELL YEA I am definitely going to get this!

  • Imad Rajab

    3 years ago

    Awesome!!! nice trailer… can’t wait to play it…

  • Rachel

    3 years ago

    Ooh, crossbows!

  • Travis

    3 years ago

    Looks fantastic. But…only Xbox 360? What about PC????

  • RightfulWalker

    3 years ago

    O…..M…..G……. Yes!!!!!! I want it!!! :)

  • NowTweetThis

    3 years ago

    We seek the Grail!

  • Nath

    3 years ago

    OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!!!!!!

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    FFASJLKDNASUIDKAHSNDU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    IHAVENOWORDSTOEXPRESSTHEAWEOMENES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bonzo Mullins

    3 years ago

    Yesss!!! Can’t wait! 1600 ms space-bucks is a bit much, hopefully there’s enough content to accommodate that. And YES!!! Xbox exclusive for a month!! Eat THAT pc players, go ahead and occupy yourself with your user-made mods! After all, you got the creation kit, patches, and now mounted combat sooner than we have, so now we shall revel in the glory of exclusivity for a whole MONTH before you even get to start the download! XD Feed me your jealousy, your envy…. I thrive on it, writhe in it’s blessed justice!! Show me your ANGER!!! XDXDXD

  • Charybdisjim

    3 years ago

    Well exclusivity deal was made well before the game was released and so that would be a time when the revenue stream that the sales success would bring in was months or maybe a year away. They may have received concessions on xbox live fees to get more of the total sale price or they may have simply received immediate cash incentive. If production was projected to be over-budget then a cash incentive for a time exclusivity deal would have been very enticing.

  • SamuelStormbrook

    3 years ago

    “We knew you couldn’t wait until E3. Neither could we.”

    a mental image was therefore produced of Todd Howard, “Alright guys, we’re almost done making this trailer.”
    /clicks on finish button
    “okay, now let’s finally enjoy the epicness of our own trailer we just made!”
    BOOMING VOICE: “NO. YOU CANNOT VIEW YOUR OWN TRAILER UNTIL E3.”
    Todd: “Well damn, we’ll have to release it early then.”

  • Zaniac

    3 years ago

    Atleast we’ll get the DLC sooner or later, you’ll never have user-made mods. >:)
    And if that deal gave Bethesda a little more money, then I’m all for it, in the end that just means better games, and content for those games. :)

  • Nath

    3 years ago

    Are you stupid? If you were a developer you would accept any money, even if you have already made millions. Microsoft will have payed A LOT of money to have it exclusive, even for a month, just like they did with Activision.

    For anyone to be pissed off is absolutely ridiculous, it is money, you know, the most important thing to people in buisness. Sort your heads out.

  • robotdickens

    3 years ago

    Thank you… thank you so much. You’ve made vampires actually even more playable in my eyes.

  • robotdickens

    3 years ago

    Ya! A little creepy, but ya!

  • SamuelStormbrook

    3 years ago

    Makes sense. Apparently their kind were spawned from a Daedric Prince, and therefore wouldn’t they thrive best when that light of the Aedra is no more or no longer a threat?

  • Kevin

    3 years ago

    You probably have to pay more so microsoft can earn back the huge sum of money they paid bethesda for the 1 month exclusive thingy xD. It will be just 10 bucks on ps3.

  • Balin

    3 years ago

    If this is “Shivering Isles long” then its a day one buy for me (even though my heart says “wait for the bugs to be fixed“)

  • Henk sjaaksen

    3 years ago

    wow this is… complete… stupendousness.
    But I do hope that horse combat will play a role in this DLC if not in skyrim itsself when it’s released. I would love for NPC’s to be able to fight from horses (can they?) and actually having a few bigger scale battles which revolve around fighting on horseback…

  • Shezrie

    3 years ago

    Crossbows!!!! Can’t wait!!

  • Daniel Black

    3 years ago

    I remember I criticized you ppl at Bethesda really bad long time ago. Forgive me. Because THAT TRAILER was THE TRAILER. First you guys make skyrim, and now dawnguard. THIS IS AWESOME. LOVE YOU, but you knwo what would be really good, PLEASE DONT SELL THE NEXT DLC to MICROSOFT. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE.

  • Elder lol

    3 years ago

    That guy who is doing a voice over is definitely Molag Bal, which means super vampires and Molag Bal’s realm, and his realm is a twisted version of Tamriel= horror version of Skyrim.
    My speculation about the plot is, Molag Bal’s disciples managed to open a portal between oblivion and tamriel and starts a “purification” of nirn’s races, transforming them into the final stage of vampirism and taking their souls (Molag Bal has an obsession with souls) men are helpless, until the dawnguard rises, when you are with the dawnguard you will finally have to travel into Molag Bal’s expansive realm. And have to stop him.

  • EtaYorius

    3 years ago

    Dovahkiin turned into vampire… hope he is not evil… CANT WAAAIT! DAAAMN IT! Curse you Microsoft!

  • Rob

    3 years ago

    Looks great, shame it’s temporarily a 360 exclusive. Is that Bill Nighy doing the voiceover?

  • EtaYorius

    3 years ago

    Have a feeling they are letting you choose from Vampires and Dawnguard, where is the Viligants of Stendarr? arent they supposed to hunt Vampires and Werewolves?

  • E. Botchi

    3 years ago

    Good grief.

  • E. Botchi

    3 years ago

    My trigger finger is itchy to put some vamper skum in the ground.

  • chairon de celeste

    3 years ago

    Yay – the sparring with those overgrown cliffracers aka dragons
    was lovely
    Now it is time for Ravenloft atmosphere!
    – everyone have fun joining hunting Moag Bal’s and Dagoth Ur’s creatures or with hunting them down ;D

  • E. Botchi

    3 years ago

    Is that a summoned horse at 1:03?

  • Jonathan

    3 years ago

    Atmora?
    Morrowind?
    Hammerfell?
    Skyrim?

  • Jaufre

    3 years ago

    I fall in love again <3

  • Dave

    3 years ago

    This is going to be huge right? We didn’t wait seven months for some 5 hour long stuff right?

  • Joe Damarsio

    3 years ago

    Firstly, this looks even better then the actual Skyrim trailer, trailer guy, you have out done yourself.
    Second, it seems like PS3 are getting the crappy end of the stick here. P.C. get mods, Xbox gets kinect support and 1 month exclusive access. We PS3 users had to suffer through the long game play issue. I’m hoping that we’ll get at least a slightly cheaper price or a big something to make up for the inequality.
    Thanks Bethesda Game Studios, you’re the best

  • King of the Wastes

    3 years ago

    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! CROSSBOWS CROSSBOWS CROSSBOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Elder lol

    3 years ago

    I also think the combined elder scrolls are a map to Aetherius, and Molag Bal wants to destroy the divines.

  • Barnes

    3 years ago

    This sounds about right. The first thing I thought when I heard “you returned my daughter” was the Molag Bal quest from Morrowind.

    Featuring Molag Bal heavily would make sense to get people interested in TESO as well.

    I look forward to next week.

  • Genius

    3 years ago

    Please sir, I’d like some more.

  • Brandon

    3 years ago

    I just pissed myself!! That looks amazing. Did you see that giant vampire troll thing, and the dragon crashing in the ice. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Brandon

    3 years ago

    YEAH!!!!!!!! go to hell pc. You can make your own content. And PS3 just sucks. I don’t think anyone still plays a playstation. Who cares about the price it looks like it will be worth it! Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • M’aiq the liar

    3 years ago

    M’aiq has heard about vampires that sparkle in the sunlight. He thinks that would be an awesome idea for this add-on, no?

  • Alexander

    3 years ago

    OH MY [EXPLETIVE] AZURA… By the daedra, I words can’t express how much I love Bethesda right now. I’d put a ring on it if I could :P I’m SO* looking forward to joining Molag Bal, if possible; death to the Dawnguard! I just hope I’ll still be able to become that sort of vampire after having become a werewolf… Well, I haven’t yet– was my plan, but I might hold off and stay a vampire a while longer (’til release) before doing so, just in case. Bethesda, you’ve outdone yourself yet again… Be even more awesome if the same game won ‘Game of the Year’ two* years in a row… “…and the tyranny of the SUN… SHALL END!!!”

  • Euan Anckorn

    3 years ago

    Looks awesome! Cannot wait! Bethesda definately come up with some of their best stuff when doing DLC.

  • Asterai

    3 years ago

    It’s cool, you have my blessing. I’m still pretty happy with what I’ve got. :)

  • Hellbishop

    3 years ago

    Blood curdling horrific against majestic heroism. The wait for the Game Of The Year Edition will truly be worth it especially with Skyrim endlessly keeping me so busy :D

    Thanks for the heart thumping trailer!

  • MIKI_DK

    3 years ago

    Vampire add-on for an ES finally! Looks awesome. Unlike a lot here I don’t really care about the 1 month I don’t get to play it when my x360 playing buddies is. Since there have come and will be released a massive amount of good games this year to keep you occupied in the meantime. That and some exams at the U.

    This looks great though. Looking foward to playing it. Now to get rid of my Lycanthropy. One head and one empty cave check and check.

  • MadCat221

    3 years ago

    Will there be official hi-res texture options for PC players?

  • thebigMuh

    3 years ago

    Microsoft pays VERY well for that…

  • Garrett

    3 years ago

    Hell yeah this looks fucking epic. Bethesda has done it again.

  • Garrett

    3 years ago

    Looks like its going to be in some part of Morrowind, Solsthiem, or somewhere in the sea of ghost. Or mabey High Rock, can’t wait for this. Time to close my curtains and lock my doors its Dawnguard time.

  • Andrej

    3 years ago

    Me to

  • Andrej

    3 years ago

    too*

  • Andrej

    3 years ago

    Nice thinking

  • rahnefan

    3 years ago

    OMG CARDIAC ARREST!!!!!!!!!!!

    Can I please paddle a boat? Just a quiet little boat, sneaking downstream all Nord-like? Seriously, pretty please sirs and ma’ams? Boats boats boats.

  • Hayk94

    3 years ago

    Holy Shit! Thanks for sharing it much sooner… also we (pc gamers) can’t wait 2 months to get the dlc after it’s release .. will you give us it sooner, please

  • Genshi

    3 years ago

    M’aiq is lucky he is a essencial npc, or he would die due to that sentence…..

  • Bonzo Mullins

    3 years ago

    lol, Brandon, it’s awesome having a like-mind here! Precisely, who cares about the price?! Hell, I’ve got that many points chilling from Xbox Live Rewards ALONE! Besides, I could spit on 20 bucks, and I’d do more than that on 20 bucks to have the DLC a MONTH before PC players! Roast on THAT envy, as Brandon and I indulge in the official content, likely on several characters in the time you have to wait and get your fix through youtube vids! lolol I love my Xbox! XD

  • Bonzo Mullins

    3 years ago

    Although…. owning all three, and having Skyrim on all three platforms, my heart DOES go out to PS3 users. You kats deserve a salute for your bravery and willpower in overcoming the month you have to wait with the wretched PC players.

  • myxx

    3 years ago

    maybe the dawnguard is some kind of special forces within the vigilants of stendarr? ôo that would explain why they are not included in the trailer :)

  • al

    3 years ago

    Vampire plots to block out the sun with red fog? Will the next DLCs be about a ghost who’s stealing spring and an unending night?

  • kevin d

    3 years ago

    Let xbox beta test those buggs out of the game, so we can get the finished product.

  • Herpthderp

    3 years ago

    So you accuse him of being stupid because he dares to question the omnipresent greed for profit? Wow. Didn’t your mother teach you not to throw stones when you live in a glass house?

  • Daniel

    3 years ago

    For 1600 points I hope it’s worth it, I don’t have this type of money to throw around, I assume we are going to get it in mid July?

  • K

    3 years ago

    My sentiments exactly!

  • Andrej

    3 years ago

    Yes and if you look at 0:25 it is Molag Bal shrine and the hell version of Tamriel is spot on

  • JD

    3 years ago

    Anyone else think there may be a copyright issue between these new vampires and Marcus Corvinus from Underworld?

  • Hellbishop

    3 years ago

    I doubt it will infringe on copyright since this has been a normal vampire archetype for ages. From classic Dungeons And Dragons faire like RAVENLOFT to 1970s horror novels turned television movie like SALEM’S LOT. Just the other night i was watching DAYBREAKERS and one of the vampires transformed into a similar form. Its a seldom used darker style compared to the more popular sexy seductive casanova and serious sultry huntress type o negative image.

  • John

    3 years ago

    Awesome

  • Mitch Hak

    3 years ago

    Well, who wants to play a game on medium quality that often crashes while you can play it with twice the resolution on the PC? And mods make Skyrim so much better, so I don’t really see the advantage that Xbox players have except that they can play the DLC a month earlier. I don’t mind the waiting, ’cause PC is in my opinion much better. The extra month waiting is worth it.

  • Derek

    3 years ago

    Hay this is bugging me, if you are a female character and transform, do you look like a girl vampire our a dude vamp?

    Because that is how you guys did the werewolf transformation… sadly, its just weird to cross genders in transformation,… but i do get why because of production costs right.. please fix both =) i played 90 hours as a bad ass dark elf witch vampire so it would be cool if (she) stays a she and doesn’t become a (he).

    and also thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put in a game that I can enjoy for over 250 hours and still come back for more.

    pss. you could cover fer nipples with fur (because bats have fur on their torso) our wings just a thought

  • Spencer Preall

    3 years ago

    I think they should increase the level cap to100 it would make the new DLC pack a lot better and more challenging.

  • Ghasek

    3 years ago

    At least a couple of the aspects of the trailer will not be part of the DLC. Namely, the horse combat. It is already part of a beta patch. Other things that might be released as a patch to the game but not as part of the DLC: crossbows, new dragon AI, etc

  • Dutch

    3 years ago

    nothing could please me more. just, dont destroy whiterun. the sun over my favorite city being blootted out, well, thats pretty ominous.

  • Spencer Preall

    3 years ago

    I like the idea of the lycanthropy and vampirism skill tree and how you don’t need to put perk points into it. But I think you should also automatically get 19 more perk points once you download the Dawnguard DLC pack to make it 100. It would allow you to master another spell or weapon skill tree it would make the game much better and probably satisfy a lot of Elder Scroll Skyrim fans. In my opinion just saying

  • daspammerguy

    3 years ago

    This sucks. Now I’m gonna have to figure out which characters i want vampire or Dawnguard. WHY BETHESDA!? WWWWHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!???

  • daspammerguy

    3 years ago

    think about getting elderscrolls online! we console gamers get nothing of the sort!

  • Bonzo Mullins

    3 years ago

    SPEARS!!! Give us SPEARS Beth!!!!

  • Omegajak12

    3 years ago

    I think you get it for $10 instead of $20 but dont take my word on that.

  • Omegajak12

    3 years ago

    They have allready signed a contract with microsoft.

  • Spencer Preall

    3 years ago

    Yes thank someone finally said it we have to have SPEARS. Who needs a bow/crossbows. An entirely new skill tree and make it a great long and close range weapon Bethesda.

  • Stephanie

    3 years ago

    I think you should take into consideration that not everyone has xbox live. It’s bad enough the games are a tad bit pricey but we poor folks like entertainment too and i find it unfair that i cant enjoy dawnguard like those who can afford the xbox live to download it.

  • Spencer Preall

    3 years ago

    Also scythes. So to sum it we need to increase the level cap and also add 2 new weapons SPEARS and SCYTHES. This would satisfy a lot of fans AMD reinterest fans that got out of playing skyrim.Bethesda take all these ideas into serious consideration it will be groundbreaking and make the game of last year the game of this year truste.

  • Bob

    2 years ago

    Who else thinks the bit about Kinect on the end completely ruins it? I mean, they had a good creepy atmosphere going and then they just killed it. Stone dead.

  • Gamingfreak48

    2 years ago

    As awesome as this looks I kinda wish the whole Thalmar thing would be resolved, we arent going to see another Elder Scrolls thing in a long time and I would LOVE to see a follow up to the Civil war. (( I.E going to Summerset Isles and kicking the teeth in of the Aldameri Diminion for making me kill people I like :( ))

  • xtommy79xx

    2 years ago

    just wondering if u have to be a vampire before u become a vampire lord?…..or does it not matter at all?….i mean i know u guys prolly wont know cause it isnt even out yet but if u have some ideas please reply to my comment thank you

  • skyrimloveeeeeeer

    2 years ago

    this gonna be a DLC on the ps3 too right? and is skyrim online going to be available for the ps3?

  • Ryan Hodge

    2 years ago

    So if you side with the vampires and you finish the quest would it be night forever?

  • Coolginger9660

    2 years ago

    I think its cause of the security on xbox cause why else would they release a beta for the xbox and not ps3 ps3 you can hack with almost no comp skills while an xbox it takes time and dedication to hack so if they released it on the ps3 it would be free before they know it

  • Urghnurd

    2 years ago

    Am I the only one that noticed horse combat has already been implemented as of the latest update?

  • gstaff

    2 years ago

    It was introduced with the 1.6 update

  • TheListener

    2 years ago

    Doesn’t matter but if ur a werewolf you won’t be anymore. I’d rather be a vampire lord than a werewolf anyway.

  • Jim

    2 years ago

    Can’t wait for this DLC. Looks like a great addition to an already awesome game. I don’t think I’ve missed too many days since it first came out, not playing it. I’ve been a few different races with different styles of play with each. I’ve even killed one hard drive already and replaced it. But I refuse to quit playing the game. I like it that much. It is a lot of fun. I’m retired, and at home all the time(older male, disabed army combat veteran), with a lot of time on my hands. This takes my mind of a lot of things I’d otherwise not really wanting to be thinking about. So thanks a lot for a great game Bethesda. You guys are the best in my book. (I’m also a big Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout, and Fallout Vegas fan too). I’d love to see some of the earlier Elder Scrolls games, prior to Morrowind, be remade & updated into modern Xbox 360 versions so we could play them nowadays with better modern graphics…as well as on an Xboxes or Playstations. I missed out on those early games, when they were new. And now I have a hard time with PC games. I’m not the most co-ordinated person in the world when it comes to using the mouse and keyboard for gaming. And haven’t been able to figure out how to hook up a controller to a computer, and get it to work properly. That’s why I like the 360. Its just easier and more comfortable for me to use. I just don’t have the kind of manual dexterity I wish I use to have.

  • Ness

    2 years ago

    Some people are throwing comments if its worth it. Elder Scrolls DLC’s ever disappointed me. And I know for sure Dawnguard is not.

  • jurij plaskan

    2 years ago

    Will Dawnguard for PC and the Xbox360 be released at the same time?

    Please reply.

  • ps3gamer

    2 years ago

    is it coming out on ps3??

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