Ahh, Skyrim. The behemoth title that's inspired a generation of the best RPG games, open-world games, and a seemingly unending stream of memes about guards with arrows in their knees is nearly a decade old. Released before this here site was even founded, it feels like one of those PC gaming greats that's just... always been there. But, it's not so - Skyrim turns a whopping nine years old this very day.
Launched on November 11, 2011, Skyrim's the fifth major game in Bethesda's long-running Elder Scrolls series, and - as the studio's Senior VP of global marketing and comms Pete Hines jokes on Twitter - it's seen a fair few ports and releases since that date. The ones we're interested in, of course, are those on our home platform, which have led to the game's (still) thriving modding scene.
We've got a rundown of the 100 best Skyrim mods full of handy pointers on what to grab, but head to Nexus Mods and you can see that - as of writing - there are over 94k community creations out there across the game's base and special editions on that site alone.
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