Today the fingerprints of this game are all over the gaming industry, with every new open world copying a lot of the “Skyrim DNA” that made this RPG so special.īethesda (the developer behind Skyrim) have done a great job of keeping this game alive over the last decade, too – all by releasing new versions of the game every couple of years with enhancements and add-ons. The Elder Scrolls franchise has always been huge in the world of gaming, but Skyrim took things to the next level.īuilding off of everything that made Morrowind and Oblivion successful, but opening up the Elder Scrolls world in a way no title ever had before, Skyrim was in instant success when it launched in 2011 – selling millions and millions of copies that first year, and millions more ever since.
