Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to Use New Game Engine

The two best bits of news surrounding Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are that it's coming out next year, and that it's being built on a whole new gaming engine. Bethesda confirmed via tweet that the games engine is "brand new... and spectacular!"

Now while the average gamer may not find this news all that interesting, the gamers who follow stuff like this closely know that this means we won't be stuck with the decrepit "Gamebryo" engine, which has been known for being horrendously glitchy, and has been the structure for Fallout 3 and previous Elder Scroll games, as well as a few others such as Epic Mickey. Bethesda's community man Nick Breckon also stated in a tweet that the engine is being built in company.

I for one am overjoyed to hear this news, both Elder Scrolls IV, and Fallout 3 floored me, but the constant glitching more than once took me out of the experience. Look forward to Skyrim hitting store shelves on November 11, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.