* 4 skills are removed: Mysticism, Hand-to-Hand, Acrobatics & Athletics.

i assume the removal of Hand-to-Hand skill does not necessarily remove Hand-to-Hand combat from the game, but rather removing the skill to better consolidate combat skills, i.e. putting hand-to-hand perks in the one-handed/two-handed skill 'trees'.

or am i assuming wrong? i hope not, otherwise there goes my monk!

i assume the removal of Hand-to-Hand skill does not necessarily remove Hand-to-Hand combat from the game, but rather removing the skill to better consolidate combat skills, i.e. putting hand-to-hand perks in the one-handed/two-handed skill 'trees'.

or am i assuming wrong? i hope not, otherwise there goes my monk!

Thank you sooo much for all of this information!!!

But one question, are you able to kill children? Cuz that would just be wrong :unsure:

Two Handed now governs HtH, obviously.

Would be nice to have links to all the new screenshots, there have been quite a few.

Apparently, the Fan Interview is coming this/next week.

Apparently, the Fan Interview is coming this/next week.

Add this: Cuirasses and greaves are now merged.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsttJd-5L2k

He confirms it between 1:00 and 2:00

Yes, Ashley was referring to the Dark Brotherhood.

There is a 45-minute demo and the 30-minute demo, both of which have only been shown to press.

In one area of both of these versions, the PC loots a corpse and finds a letter mentioning the Dark Brotherhood. This was what Ashley Cheng was referring to, not the clip from the trailer. However, the editor of that interview might have inserted that clip deliberately after being informed about the Dark Brotherhood connection.

Also, the January issue of Dutch magazine Power Unlimited contains an interview with Todd Howard confirming the return of the Dark Brotherhood.
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1161723-dutch-cover-story-interesting-info/

Whether they will be joinable or not has not yet been confirmed. Fortunately, the fact that Ashley mentioned them in the same breath as the guild-type factions is a good sign. Hopefully this will get cleared up in the Fan Q&A responses.