If you’re a fan of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim who, like me, has been going through withdrawal symptoms after finishing the game, the good news is that your wait for news on the long-rumored DLC is finally at an end. Bethesda has officially announced the summer 2012 release of Dawnguard, the first of hopefully a few DLC expansions for the massvely popular and thoroughly life-consuming role playing game.
Bethesda will also launch an English Kinect support update for Skyrim later today. A full list of English voice commands is now available. The company said French, Italian, German, and Spanish versions are all in final testing and should be available in the next few weeks.
This good news does come with a catch, however, as Dawnguard has only been confirmed for the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim. This is due to an exclusivity agreement between Bethesda and Microsoft, which stipulates that the first two DLC expansions will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 platform for the first 30 days. Owners of the Playstation 3 and PC versions will hopefully see a release shortly thereafter. Whether it will be another six moths until the second DLC expansion gets released, that is anyone’s guess.
Bethesda will reveal more information on Dawnguard at E3 2012, which runs from June 5 to 7.
