Earlier this week, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim “Special Edition” was announced. Basically this is the original Skyrim that has been remastered for today’s modern gaming scene, which if you saw the trailer actually proved to be pretty impressive. Now it seems that we have more good news to share about the game.
According to a tweet by Bethesda’s Pete Hines, he has confirmed with Bethesda’s game director Todd Howard that saved games from the original Skyrim can be transferred over to Skyrim Special Edition. This means that if you have made progress in the game in terms of storyline, quests, or if you’ve managed to collect some cool gear that you don’t want to lose, you won’t.
Unfortunately this feature is only for the PC as Hines has confirmed that console saved files cannot be transferred. Hines also notes that the game will run on a 64-bit engine for the PC and that there will also be a separate creation kit for gamers looking to upload mods, all of which sound pretty great.
Skyrim Special Edition will contain the game and all of its DLCs that have been released since. It should be noted that development of new content has stopped, as Hines has confirmed that there will not be anymore DLCs or content created for the Special Edition version of the game, beyond what is being released. Skyrim Special Edition is expected to be released come 28th of October, 2016.