Yes, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Will Support Mods

I feel like we shouldn’t be surprised that a PC game supports mods, but I suppose times have been changing. But Bethesda, fortunately for modders out there, hasn't changed too much. Like its predecessors, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will allow for player-created content on the PC. Bethesda recently revealed plans on its forums to release a “Creation Kit” for Skyrim, which, if it operates anything like the “Elder Scrolls Construction Set” for Morrowind or Oblivion, will give content creators the power to do just about anything they want to the forthcoming RPG, from custom landscaping and animation to NPC creation and quest shenanigans.  
    
"We've always been impressed with what the community has done with our tools," a Bethesda rep wrote on the game’s official forums (spotted by Joystiq). "Like the Elder Scrolls Construction Set for Morrowind and Oblivion, we plan to release [a] Creation Kit so you guys can mod Skyrim." 
 

Sweet

Impress enough people with these tools and it'll carry more weight with development studios than a university degree in game design.

Darnified UI GO! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And body replacer :3

Good for Bethesda.

Played a bit of that Nehrim mod for Oblivion over the break; it was.... a pretty legit game.

I dont use mods...there i said it... *runs to corner and starts weeping* :D

I wonder how many people were turned off by Oblivion's leveling yet didn't know about the OOO, Fran's mod or Oblivion XP which completely changed that stuff for the better

At this point, it would be shocking for Bethesda to NOT include mod support.

How long will it take before the first nude mod? 2 minutes?

Sweet, I'll have a new pc by then and get to play it the right way.

I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods...

great news, just turned into an early buy for me

Oblivion was almost unplayable without interface and guard AI mods. Leveling system wasn't great either but it didn't bother me that much, so I decided not to mod it.

Jazzed for this already.  

 A Hero's Work has been cancelled. This is because of a number of other Sierra-based fan games being shut down by Vivendi.

" How long will it take before the first nude mod? 2 minutes? "

"

 A Hero's Work has been cancelled. This is because of a number of other Sierra-based fan games being shut down by Vivendi.

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Not much of a surprise as mods is the prime reason that I continue to play games like Oblivion or Fallout 3 to this day. Not to mention that it can be a pretty good incentive for choosing the PC version over the console versions.

" I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods... "

The mod communities for Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, and now New Vegas, are massive and incredibly impressive, and a large amount of great work have been done by them.  In fact, I'll say it now, Bethesda's mod community is the biggest mod community in the history of PC gaming, it's that big.  There are tens of thousands of mods, big and small.  
 
One of the most impressive modding feats of recent times was a Total Conversion mod released for Oblivion last year, called Nehrim - At Fates Edge.  It's awesome and does some things to Oblivion that you'd never expect.  It's a full fledged open world RPG, as fully featured as any other, with a new XP based leveling system, a whole new skill system, a totally new hand-crafted world, new sound track, it's even professionally voice acted and recorded.  All for a free mod.  It's awesome, play it if you have Oblivion PC.

sweet, titty mods for the next generation of elder scrolls :D

" @Einherjar said:

" I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods... "

That's all up to Microsoft. "

Nice, in b4 nude & sex mods.

What are the odds that the PC version will again ship with a massive UI that has to be scaled down by a mod? 
 
This is good news anyway. Makes my purchase of the game more inevitable. 

Which is why it's PC version for me.

I cringed when I read oodles in that article. 
 
This is good news i guess, but was kind of expected. Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 all had huge mod communities. If they did not support mods with Skyrim there would be A LOT of unhappy fans. 

TES mod scene has always been one of the best. No brainer they'd continue it, but nice to have official confirmation.

Oblivion was unplayable without boob mods.

Pretty excited for this one.  Every new thing I see for it looks incredible.

" @Einherjar said:

" I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods... "

That's all up to Microsoft. "  

Honestly, the modding community for Elder Scrolls has been so consistently effective, I don't think that any kind of possible exclusive content for the 360 versions (either as day one downloads, pre-order bonuses, or bonus content for new purchases)  is not going to be enough to make me buy it. It just seems to me that mods might be a better download, or equivalent download, compared to sponsored exclusive content.

Oh sweet. Sounds like making content in the creation kit will be like stealing candy from a STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!

" Oh sweet. Sounds like making content in the creation kit will be like stealing candy from a STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! "

I can't wait for the arsenal of  Buster Sword, Keyblade, Master Sword and Energy Sword knockoffs to hit Skyrim!

I guess that's good? I'm still getting the 360 version, because I don't have a good computer and the problem I have with the TES mod scene is finding the stuff that is actually good and not totally ancillary or dumb. So, not "Realistic Bodies" or whatever else they want to call their nude mod.

thank god its not gamebryo.

" @Dragon_Fire said:

" @Einherjar said:

" I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods... "

That's all up to Microsoft. "

Achievements will probably stand in the way of it happening. I guess they could treat the mods like cheats though, and make it not possible to earn achievements while running mods.  Either way I highly doubt it'll happen. "

" @Dragon_Fire said:

" @Einherjar said:

" I hope they'll include a conversion kit for the Xbox 360, or at least release the most popular mods... "

That's all up to Microsoft. "  

And we know they would charge for it. "

Yay! This pretty much confirms that they will once again require the community to fix up their broke ass game =/  

Awesome.  Better bouncing boobs lives on! 
 
Really, though the mod community for Fallout 3 and Oblivion is great.  I still play both games because they keep coming up with wicked stuff that prolongs the game's appeal.  My current game is nothing like when I first got it and that's why I am still entertained by it.  

" Yay! This pretty much confirms that they will once again require the community to fix up their broke ass game =/   "

" Yay! This pretty much confirms that they will once again require the community to fix up their broke ass game =/   "

Take a page out of Fireaxis' book and include IN GAME mod support, because to be honest thats what gives the game staying power.

I feel the most popular visual mods for the Gamebryo engine made most characters look out of place and from an anime. Sure they had more visual fidelity, but that doesn't matter when Paladin Cross looked less gruff and out of character, among other situations. That made modding out of the the question for that quick fix.
 
Otherwise, most mods I download are quick fixes and a few hefty mods after my first playthrough. Both of them are fantastic.

This is fantastic news! 
Go Bethesda!