Skyrim....co-op!?

Well crap!

Bethesda Blocks ‘Skyrim Together’ Mod’s Steam Release.

The news that Bethesda blocked the Steam release of “Skyrim Together” emerged on the Skyrim subreddit this weekend. One thread shared what the developers announced online, saying: “Some news guys, we have been in discussions with Bethesda and while they are fine with us releasing the mod they weren’t with us publishing the mod on Steam and we relied heavily on the Steam APIs for party and lobby systems.”

Though the announcement was definitely a bummer to excited fans, the makers of the mod assured everyone that the game would still be released. However, the fact that they relied heavily on Steam APIs would mean that the release would be pushed back. “It will push back the dev a bit while we figure out a way to make our own party and lobby systems. It might sound like a trivial task but we expect thousands of concurrent players meaning we need something that scales well and that’s a complicated story.”

Guess it's still may go ahead, just not with an easy way to group up via steam.
 
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No shocker there that Bethesda have blocked it.
 
Nah, wasn't too surprised either. But don't really see why they'd do it.
Sure, they could think they'd lose players from TESO, but unlikely. :rolleyes:
 
It's a mod people have been asking for years, no doubt it'll pop up on the Bethesda store and you have to pay for it knowing the way they keep pushing the content store of late.
 
It's a perfect multiplayer game, if you have no appreciation for it then that's fine, lots feel positive about it. It's not without its flaws but nearly all can be fixed with mods or not abusing OP mechanics.

In fact, why would you even go into a thread if you clearly dislike it?
 
Fishbait said:
Which can be modded to nutty levels.
I never had much empty space in game :D
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When this comes out, if you manage to massively mod your game to extreme levels, sync said mods up perfectly with another person and play together with all the said mods working fine with no crashes or disconnections...

Better chance convincing the Swedes to award Kim Jongles a Nobel! ;)
 
Omaeka said:
When this comes out, if you manage to massively mod your game to extreme levels, sync said mods up perfectly with another person and play together with all the said mods working fine with no crashes or disconnections...

Better chance convincing the Swedes to award Kim Jongles a Nobel! ;)
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Took me a split second to work out what Kim Jongles was hehe. I need another cuppa tea.

Yeah, matching mods could be awkward, but not impossibubble.
 
Why block it if they aren't charging for the mod? Are Bethesda scared a few people can do a good job with limited resources...

Rockstar allows RP servers for GTA 5 so this is pathetic.
 
Putting aside for a second the why of Bethesda didn't allow this (that it would require the mod to be released as a separate game with their name attached in a similar fashion to that Just Cause multiplayer release) and that they don't want to open the exception floodgates (though they already did with SKSE) the real reason:

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That said I'll believe this works when I can play it myself. There's been one of these projects for every TES game since Morrowind and they never seem to get further than easily faked videos, and .esps from dodgy sites that don't work.
 
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