The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim PC mod downloads top 13 million

Bethesda Game Studios has revealed that the Skyrim Steam Workshop has reached 13.6 million mod downloads.

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PC owners peeved about having to wait for the first-on-Xbox DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim can take solace by embracing the game's enthusiastic mod community. Since incorporating Steam Workshop in early February, Bethesda has announced it's reached a whopping 13.6 million mod downloads.

Bethesda Game Studios tweeted the impressive number yesterday. We knew that the workshop opened with a bang, garnering two million downloads within its first week. That's only for the Steam portal, mind you, so downloads from third-party sites like Skyrim Nexus are still going strong. It currently touts almost 80 million downloads, and more than 14,000 mod files.

While Steam offers additional spells, dragon bone weapons, and the adorable Wheatley, Nexus offers content of a more risque nature. "No More Blocky Faces," "Better Females" and -- we're not kidding -- the "Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition" are amongst the top downloads on the fan community.

Meanwhile, the company announced today that Zenimax Online Studios is working on The Elder Scrolls Online. Just to assure against any confusion, Bethesda pointed out that it's not working on the game.

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    May 3, 2012 12:30 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim PC mod downloads top 13 million.

    Bethesda Game Studios has revealed that the Skyrim Steam Workshop has reached 13.6 million mod downloads.

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      May 4, 2012 2:46 AM

      "Modding is a declining trend. Sad but true" - Patrick Bach, executive producer of Battlefield 3

      F***ing sell-out clown...

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        May 4, 2012 2:56 AM

        Only if the tools for your game are hard to use.

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          May 4, 2012 5:25 AM

          If I was still doing it, I wouldn't bother modding any of these FPS games that spawn a sequel every year -- by the time you actually got your mod out and polished the next iteration of the series would be out.

          People know that Skyrim will be around for years.

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        May 4, 2012 6:33 AM

        well yeah that happens when you dont let fans mod your games

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        May 4, 2012 7:02 AM

        Good, good. Let the hate flow through you.

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