12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees

The Elder Scrolls: Legends has been successful enough to warrant a major expansion, at least, and that's what gamers got when Heroes of Skyrim released late last month. The world of Skyrim was seen by fans as the most obvious inclusion for an expansion down the road, and Bethesda delivered early - but was it the right time, and has the game improved as a res

Today, Bethesda announced that its free-to-play collectible card game, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, which has been in beta on PC since last year, is finally officially launching today on the same platf


While the set definitely makes for some entertaining callbacks to Skyrim , it also doesn't really do much to push Legends forward, either. None of the mechanics feel as though they are a significantly different playing experience than ones that existed previou


The game's campaign has a story that is more entertaining than most CGCs and fans of the Elder Scrolls lore will definitely enjoy it. In addition to the narrative, the campaign mode also provides a cool level up mechanic. As players work through each match, they are occasionally faced with a moral choice, just like they would be in other Bethesda games. Instead of gaining or losing reputation with a certain character like they might in Fallout , players gain a different card or different card level up based on the choice they make. Deciding to save a wild wolf may add a wolf card to your deck, while deciding to put the pup out of its misery may add a card that destroys target creatures with power two or l


There are no limitations as to which games are nominated, and the winners will be selected by a group known as the International Choice Awards Network, an invitation-only committee housing 500 leading game creators from all over the indus


One way or another, we should know soon enough. New games generally appear on Apple's App Store late Wednesday night in North America (around 11:00PM EST), meaning that we could be playing Borderlands Legends in just two days - unless, of course, 2K Games plans to wait until the last moment and release the game on Hallow


Luckily for fans of the game, Bethesda and Dire Wolf are still very much aware of the space The Elder Scrolls: Legends occupies within the card playing community. Previously, RNG primarily existed in the form of Prophecy cards, which could trigger upon an opponent dealing an increment of five damage to a player's hero and could swing a lost battle back closer to even. It's a nice mechanic, though - one that makes the game a little more friendly to newer players while helping mitigate the skill gap between Legends ' best and the tier below them. It makes for some good storytelling, too, when recounting how a match hinged on the flip of a single c


Additionally, Bethesda also announced a roadmap for the game's release on other platforms, revealing that the card game will hit iPad on March 23rd, Android Tablets sometime in April, Mac sometime in May, and Mobile phones sometime in early summer. Bethesda further confirmed that all your information and decks will carry over from one device to anot


The ability of Dire Wolf to capture the feel of Skyrim in its new set is definitely the biggest draw toward the expansion as a whole. Werewolves have innocuous abilities - or none at all - until an enemy is damaged enough that they lose a rune, and then they become powerful creatures with aggressively slanted keywords. Dragons are, quite suitably, some of the biggest, baddest cards in the entire game, and can often win on the spot unless they're answered quickly, which is how a dragon should f

"The Borderlands universe is no longer just a console experience. With intuitive, touch-based commands and slick UI, Borderlands Legends combines the inventory and skill tree management that gamers already love about the franchise with a layer of strategy that is popular on mobile devic


Still, lapsed Legends players and hardcore fans will view this as a can't miss that freshens up the online meta and allows for more deckbuilding variation. The Elder Scrolls: Legends Heroes of Skyrim is an enjoyable expansion that will sate fans of the game until the next set releases and provide some memorable, lore-infused moments along the way, but it does little to attract a new player who wasn't already interested to check the game


The game developer and publisher also announced the game's first major story campaign update: The Fall Arena Of Valor Mobile Guide the Dark Brotherhood. The expansion, which will arrive on April 5th, is a brand-new story that will feature new solo PvE content – more than 20 missions spread across three maps – as well as over 40 new cards. Those who pick up the expansion will also receive the Doom Wolf mount in The Elder Scrolls Online (PC/Mac on


For those unfamiliar, The Elder Scrolls: Legends is a game that has staked its reputation on being a hybrid of sorts - the same flash and nostalgia that fuels some of Hearthstone 's biggest moments with gameplay that is more closely aligned with Magic: the Gathering 's complicated, chess-like matches. That's been Legends ' selling point since day one, and it has definitely lived up to the billing, as its gameplay offers refreshing depth while still delivering an epic feel