Skyrim DLC Update Due

Skyrim has been floating along over the last 6 monhs and many people are still plugging hundreds of hours into their playthroughs. In fact the average playtime of all games on all platforms is now up to 85 hours; with 30% of all games being played exceeding the 100 hours mark.

We can therefore safely assume that this has become one of the most popular RPG of the current generation but what is around the corner to keep people playing?

Although there have not yet been any concrete downloadable content plans released we are being handed a handful of helpful hints about what Bethesda have been working towards.

On 30^th March 2012, Pete Hines tweeted, “Some things coming down the road in April for all you Rage and Skyrim fans. April is gonna have some cool news and surprises. Stay tuned."

This has basically reopened the debate on what content is heading out way.

Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax Media has apparently submitted a trademark application for  new downloadable game content. The project has been named ‘Dawnguard’ and is specifically being referred to as "computer game software for use with computers and video game consoles" and "downloadable computer game software offered via the internet and wireless devices."

Apart from this the specifics are fairly scarce and we don’t know if this will mean a new area, a new quest line or something completely different. In fact we don’t even really know if this is what it says it is.

To further add sauce to our content speculation, Todd Howard at the 2012 DICE convention said that his team had been working on a number of exciting ideas. Some of these even made it into a video package that can be found online and opened up a whole selection o ideas that could be used in the future.

The ideas shown included:

■Spears

■Kill cams for magic

■Water arrows

■Giant mud crabs

■Paralysis runes

■Seasonal foliage

■Speedy water currents

■Dragon mounts

■Dark dungeons

■Adoption of children

■Advanced home building

■Epic new mounts

■Fast travel portals

■Kinect dragon shouts

■Enhanced water visuals

■Ice and fire arrows

■Lycanthrope perk tree

■Vampire imp minions

■Goblins

Overall we still have no concrete ideas on DLC but this new news is sure to put most fans of Skyrim on the alert… watch this space!

Is there anything you would love to see in the future? Are there any areas of Tamriel that you would love to explore? Sound off in the comment section below.