Skyrim re-releasing is a meme at this point and yet Bethesda has no plans of stopping: Another Skyrim port was announced for next gen consoles – Skyrim Anniversary Edition with a bunch of new features.
Skyrim is about a decade old and will not be outdone by GTA in how many consoles its released for: Skyrim Anniversary Edition will come out for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC with some new features and upgrades.
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What We Know About Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Skyrim Anniversary Edition Release Date
The next Anniversary Edition will be released on Skyrim's tenth anniversary, November 11, 2021. Yup, gotta love a release so close to the announcement – not much waiting around for this one. Well... except for Switch players. Because it's not coming out for the Switch. Because Nintendo wouldn't do a Switch Pro and the Switch can handle... well, just look at what Arceus looks like.
Also, that release date is the exact date that GTA 5 is re-releasing for the trillionth time. Screw diamonds, Skyrim & GTA are forever.
Owners Of Skyrim Special Edition Will Get Anniversary Edition For Free
If you already own the Skyrim Special Edition, you get this anniversary upgrade for free. Good move, Bethesda. It'd be quite greedy to sell Skyrim again after a decade, and it would be quite cruel too, because we're all addicted, and we would all go and buy it like the fiends we are. You can upgrade to the PS4 & Xbox One version for free, as well as the PS5 and Xbox Series X version.
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Owners of the Standard Version do not get a free upgrade. Sad. But also, you bought standard, that's what you get.
How much everybody else will have to pay for the Anniversary Edition is not known. I'm assuming it'll be around $40, which is fair, given how much content there will be in the game:
Skyrim Anniversary Edition Will Feature over 500 Creation Club Elements
Quests, Dungeons, Bosses, Weapons, Spells, the ability to fish, a survival mode – with Creation Club Elements, you are getting a lot of content and that's just on top of a game that is already huge on its own and can be modded to infinity. If there's such a thing as a definition of time-sink, Skyrim is it.
Will the Skyrim Anniversary Edition Have Better Graphics?
Bethesda has mentioned no such thing, but we do know that the PS5 and Xbox Series X boost games in general. Chances are, then, that, yes, Skyrim will look a little bit better on the newer consoles. Don't go in expecting a whole different experience, though – the graphical difference will probably be so marginal, you'll only notice it in side by side comparisons.
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