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Skyrim Mod Skywind is Probably Still a Ways Off | Game Rant

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Skywind, an ambitious mod that combines the worlds of both Skyrim and Morrowind, will likely go unreleased for an extended period of time.

While The Elder Scrolls series has grown to become an extremely recognizable franchise, thanks in large part to the success of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, its release schedule is rather inconsistent. With no sign of the sixth entry in The Elder Scrolls series releasing anytime soon, most fans turn to mods as a way of getting more content out of these games. However, players will probably have to wait a long while for one particularly ambitious Elder Scrolls mod to release.

For how much popularity Skyrim has received within the last ten years, some players tend to overlook some of the earlier entries in the series. The third Elder Scrolls entry, Morrowind, while not as influential comparatively, still found success within the gaming community. Though, there is a mod currently in development, that will combine the overworlds of both Morrowind and Skyrim, which the team has dubbed Skywind.

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Skywind is a passion project that is currently being produced by a team of developers and has been in development for nearly a decade. The most recent update video going over the development of the mod premiered on the TESRSkywindOfficial YouTube channel. For how much progress has been made in an effort to splice the breathtaking locations from The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind into Skyrim, the player base likely won't be able to experience the mod for quite some time.

The overworld featured in Morrowind, while smaller than the world of Skyrim, is still rather large and an intense amount of effort will be required to complete such a project. Admittedly, a lot of impressive Skyrim mods have released over the years that clearly showcase the diligence of the modding community, but the one thing they all have in common is that they all take a great deal of time. While the content featured in the update video is impressive, it's unlikely the full version will release anytime soon.

Although, it is still amazing to see how much the Skyrim community has done to enhance the game through modding over the years. With some Skyrim mods evolving into full standalone games, such was the case with The Forgotten City. Then again, given how many mods for Skyrim have already released within the last ten years, it begs to question when the next entry in The Elder Scrolls series will release.

After being announced at E3 2018, there's been next to no official news regarding The Elder Scrolls 6, other then the fact that it's currently in development. Bethesda has managed to prosper off of the success of Skyrim for almost a decade, with the game being ported to a wide variety of different systems. In fact, it's likely that Skywind might release well before The Elder Scrolls 6.

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