The Elder Scrolls V

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The Elder Scrolls V also known as Skyrim is an  action role playing open world  video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth gam in The Elder Scrolls action role-playing video game series, following The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion. Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011 for Microsoft Windows,Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.Skyrim's main story revolves around the player character's efforts to defeat Alduin, the firstborn of Tamriel Akatosh.Alduin is prophesied to destroy the world. Set two hundred years after Oblivion, the game takes place in the land of Skyrim, which is in a civil war after the High King fell in a duel against the leader of the Stormcloaks. The open world gameplay of the Elder Scrolls series returns in Skyrim; the player can explore the land at will and ignore or postpone the main quest indefinitely. Following its release, the game received universal acclaim from critics.During the first day of release,Steam showed over 230,000 people playing Skyrim concurrently.In the first week of release, Bethesda stated the total sales through the following Wednesday at an estimated US$450 million, with 7 million copies of the game shipped.By December 16, 2011, this had risen to 10 million copies shipped to retail and around US$620 million.Additionally,Valve stated that it was the fastest selling game to date on their Steam platform.