The Dawnguard Debut Trailer is Here!

[Andy Chalk]

The Dawnguard Debut Trailer is Here!

The upcoming Skyrim add-on Dawnguard features a whole new breed of undead troubles.

The first Dawnguard trailer is here and as suspected, it's all about the vampires. But these don't appear to be your usual brand of Elder Scrolls bloodsuckers; no, these guys fly and punch through stone walls and seem to be working on some sort of nefarious plan to bring permanent night to the world of Tamriel.

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There's not a whole lot in the way of detail but between the fast cuts, ominous music and imperious arrogance, it looks like players will be able to either hook up with this band of particularly nasty vampires - let's call them the Exsangui-Nation - or throw their lot in with the Dawnguard, a high-level band of vampire hunters. Possibly both, since playing both ends against the middle is an Elder Scrolls staple. I wonder what happens if you join the fray as a werewolf?

I suspect that things won't go quite as the X-Nation hopes, simply because a successful campaign against "the tyranny of the sun" sounds about as bad for the world as, say, the return of Mehrunes Dagon. That's just the sort of shenanigans that videogame heroes were made to put a stop to.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard add-on will cost 1600 Microsoft points and be out on Xbox Live this summer. Dates and prices for other platforms haven't been announced.



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[The Forces of Chaos]

Clearly this is a new chance for glory in Skyrim. That undead horse mount will look cool in mounted combat.

 

[imnot]

'End the tyranny of the sun' sounds like the plot of pretty much every mlpfim fanfic ever.

This does look pretty damm cool though, being a flying deamon monster is always fun.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

Looks great! I am just surprised they didnt wait until next week at E3 to show this... but I'm not complaining!

 

[Baresark]

Can't wait. I just wish Bethesda would drop this whole exclusivity for MS thing. I don't know how the Microsoft agreement helps them, but I know waiting to release it to everyone doesn't help them at all, and it may in fact hurt them.

 

[Aptspire]

Mask the Sun?
Oh shi-

I find this exciting

 

[mattttherman3]

Heh. hehehe. HAHAHA MORE SKYRIM YEAHHHHHHHH BABY YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks great. I will get this day 1

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

Interesting, would my vampire character choose to ascend to a more powerful form, or protect the world he has defended for hundreds of years? I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

 

[SangRahl]

"Did you see those soldiers from the Dawnguard? They have crossbows. CROSS. BOWS."

Heheheh... Sorry, couldn't help it.

OT: I've been waiting for this DLC to make my Vampiric Necromancer, Abarrach (so sue me, if you recognize the reference... I love that series). Maybe now I can finally buckle down and actually finish the main storyline quests with either my Nord Barbarian (please, everyone has one by now) or Redguard Assassin (Dunmer and Bosmer are just too ugly).

 

[Deshin]

God damnit Bethesda now I have to roll a vampire character. I thought I had Skyrim behind me for a good while

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

'End the tyranny of the sun' sounds like the plot of pretty much every mlpfim fanfic ever.

This does look pretty damm cool though, being a flying deamon monster is always fun.

When I heard that line I KNEW someone was going to bring that up.

The thing that really interests me is the dragon diving into the ice, why is it doing that?

 

[Lethos]

Totally called it being about vampires and vampire hunters.

I know about a thousand other people probably did, but I need this.

 

[Andronicus]

Can't wait. I just wish Bethesda would drop this whole exclusivity for MS thing. I don't know how the Microsoft agreement helps them, but I know waiting to release it to everyone doesn't help them at all, and it may in fact hurt them.

I'm still stumped as to how "Microsoft exclusivity" is translated to "XBox exclusivity". I mean, Microsoft software runs (most) computers, doesn't it? Surely PC gamers should be able to get it same time too? Anyway, I try not to think too much about illogical things. I'm a patient guy.

OT: Looks OK. Never was a big fan of sanguinare vampiris though, in any of its manifestations throughout popular culture. Still, more Skyrim eh? Can't hurt.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Dammit I just cured my vampirism. I guest I'll just have to make another new character

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Looks great. I may be behind the times but I thought this DLC was going to be about the return of the Snow Elves or something.

 

[Shynobee]

I will still hold out hope that you can join the exsangui-nation and help them end that tyrannical sun. Would make thieving and murder that much easier.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Okay, time to make a Van Helsing Werewolf Character.

Also, let's see...

Horse combat, kill cams, cross bows.....

Seems like the only thing Skyrim's detractors can now complain about is the lack of spears lol

 

[Baresark]

Can't wait. I just wish Bethesda would drop this whole exclusivity for MS thing. I don't know how the Microsoft agreement helps them, but I know waiting to release it to everyone doesn't help them at all, and it may in fact hurt them.

I'm still stumped as to how "Microsoft exclusivity" is translated to "XBox exclusivity". I mean, Microsoft software runs (most) computers, doesn't it? Surely PC gamers should be able to get it same time too? Anyway, I try not to think too much about illogical things. I'm a patient guy.

OT: Looks OK. Never was a big fan of sanguinare vampiris though, in any of its manifestations throughout popular culture. Still, more Skyrim eh? Can't hurt.

You would think. Unfortunately that isn't true. MS has pretty much abandoned PC gaming. They do not support it in any way. It's why GFWL maintains itself as huge pain the ass and doesn't get any better as time goes on. They even go so far as to try and lock PC games that use it into an XBOX style interface. It's because they don't get any licensing fees for Windows based games. They want Xbox exclusivity as much as is humanly possible, and that also includes from PC based games as well.

 

[Fappy]

I need to get the PC version and import all of my 360 characters on there before this comes out. My 360 version is damn-near unplayable these days