Skyrim VR Now Available on SteamVR for $59.99

[Chino]

We're pleased to announce that Bethesda Game Studios' critically-acclaimed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is expanding its frontier and is now available on PC through SteamVR. The release includes the complete legendary open-world core game as well as its official add-ons - Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn - all in one package for PC users.

After a successful launch onto PlayStation VR, PC players can now experience the genre-defining epic fantasy masterpiece on SteamVR on all supported devices. Skyrim VR reimagines battling cursed Draugr, exploring rugged mountainsides and hunting fearsome, ancient dragons to be more immersive than ever before. Aided by made-for-VR control schemes allowing players to move, hack and slash at foes, and cast powerful magic with real-life movements, adventurers now have the control to explore the world of Skyrim any way they choose.


System Specs

MINIMUM:

• OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)
• Processor: CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / AMD RX 480 8GB or better
• Storage: 15 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / AMD RX Vega 56 8GB
• Storage: 15 GB available space

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[Space Lynx]

does it need the unofficial patch or have bethesda been less lazy and actually fixed their games yet? lol

 

[Franzen4Real]

they should have offered this at a discount for those who already own the game and all DLC similar to how they did the re-mastered version. I wont be checking this out until a 75% off sale.

 

[Space Lynx]

they should have offered this at a discount for those who already own the game and all DLC similar to how they did the re-mastered version. I wont be checking this out until a 75% off sale.

better to wait anyway on every new launch from that company, for the inevitable 20 incoming patches.

 

[Thretosix]

better to wait anyway on every new launch from that company, for the inevitable 20 incoming patches.

Or even better, wait until it goes sale after nobody buys this at full price and determine they need to collect every $20 they can before people forget about it on sale. I for one don't own a VR setup though my PC meets the requirements. I've personally always viewed VR more as a gimmick, kinda like the power glove for Nintendo though VR seems a bit more useful. AR and Mixed Reality seem to make the most sense for practical use, possibly gaming. The VR should have been included or possibly $20 add on.

 

[Space Lynx]

Or even better, wait until it goes sale after nobody buys this at full price and determine they need to collect every $20 they can before people forget about it on sale. I for one don't own a VR setup though my PC meets the requirements. I've personally always viewed VR more as a gimmick, kinda like the power glove for Nintendo though VR seems a bit more useful. AR and Mixed Reality seem to make the most sense for practical use, possibly gaming. The VR should have been included or possibly $20 add on.

It's got a few years to go before it is no longer a gimmick, needs to be like 4k in each eye at 90hz or something... so maybe the GTX 4080 Ti? lol.

 

[Assimilator]

*sound of a dead horse being beaten intensifies*

 

[xkm1948]

Only if I have a capable GPU to power my Vive.

 

[EntropyZ]

*Jimmy rustling intensifies*

No thanks, already got Special Edition, and even that keeps crashing with memory exceptions left and right without mods. And no my system isn't an issue because every other game and Fallout 4 runs fine. I had better luck running Classic Skyrim for 4-5+ hours without a restart with a ton of mods installed (and lots of stress and effort from my end). Why I am not running that instead you may ask? Micro-stutter that's impossible to get rid of.

All that time since the last Fallout 4 DLC release... It better amount to Unreal Engine 4 levels in the next TES iteration. Which is very unlikely to happen, this is the new BGS we are talking about.

They're putting minimum amount of money to to basically print more. That's fine, what I'm not okay with is them not being able to ditch the old engine. They do want to use the same unified engine for all of their titles, but that's going to take them too long. Too little too late. Plus, never believe Todd's Little Lies. (TM) Meh

I love their sandbox, but it is completely ruined and un-immersive when the game engine takes a dump, falls over its side and sucks its thumb. If it wasn't for free mods and author's hard labor to bandaid engine bugs, I wouldn't buy another of their games. Period.

 

[happita]

And here I was thinking Activision was bad with their CoD games.

Bethesda has 1 upped them by selling the same literal game 3 dam times now with this release. Way to make em look like amateurs!!

 

[Vayra86]

*sound of a dead horse being beaten intensifies*

Only if you get the DLC first...

No in all fairness they should have bundled this for free in collab with Rift and Vive, if they really wanted to kickstart their userbase. This? Too little too late and way too costly. Its SKYRIM, we've seen it by now, geez

 

[enxo218]

been wanting a 1070 for some time now can't find one...or one at a sane price.I guess my 970 and heavily modded vanilla skyrim will have to suffice

 

[TheDeeGee]

Talk about milking the fuck out of an ancient turd.

 

[GreiverBlade]

by selling the same literal game 3 dam times now with this release. Way to make em look like amateurs!!

actually only 2 time ... you really pay for SE only if you never owned the Legendary edition

some comment make me laugh .... ok i paid 19chf for Skyrim original in 2014 .... (discount)
i got Legendary edition for free via Steam (i don't remember why tho)
bethesda gave me Skyrim SE for free (not that i want it .... Vanilla with the right mod is enough, well SE is nothing more than vanilla with a few of the idea the modding community implemented )

i was playing Skyrim, for a little more than a year, in VR with a Shinecon VR 2.0 using a Nokia 5, a LEAP and Trinus (ok 720p is not optimal, tested with 1080p : good enough .... waiting to test with a 1440p smartphone later, although gyro-mouse and the LEAP control are fun, a X-One pad does also the trick and iirc i could even use the VIVE/Oculus Controllers ) oh looks like i spared 59.99$ .... but it's another case of "the community does better than them"

but i'd say : not bad for a game from 2011 that look sometime better than recent AAA release (modded ofc .... and Vanilla the SE does not count) just don't trust bethesda do do things correctly: the community will correct that