<p>During the Bethesda E3 press conference, they talked about the Special Edition of <em>Skyrim</em>, which is a fancy way of calling it an HD version of the game, except that the game was already made in HD.</p>
<p>One of the big things they talked about was how people that owned <em>Skyrim Legendary Edition</em> or own the original version and all of the DLC will get the new <em>Skyrim Special Edition</em> for free, but apparently <a href="https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/742194847101095936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">only on Steam (PC)</a>. Further more, people that want to purchase the game on the PS4 or Xbox One will be paying full price of the game <a href="https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/742508478426550272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">according to this tweet</a> by Pete Hines, who is the VP of PR and Marketing at Bethesda. Now, tweets should be taken with a grain of salt, but that is as close as we have gotten to any confirmation so far about the <em>Skyrim Special Edition</em>.</p>
<p>Also a big question for PC owners has been about the mods they have for the game already and it has been confirmed (<a href="https://twitter.com/gstaffinfection/status/742818176497385472">also on twitter</a>) that the new Special Edition will be running 64bit, so all or most of the mods you already have will work on the new edition of <em>Skyrim</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Source: <a href="http://www.pcgamer.com/existing-skyrim-mods-will-be-almost-fully-compatible-with-the-special-edition/">PC Gamer</a></strong></p>

E3 2016: Skyrim Special Edition Free on PC in 64bit
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By Shawn Bird

- Categories: Game News
- Tags: E3 ExpoPCPlayStationThe Elder ScrollsXbox
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