The February Game Informer Cover Thread VII

Post » Fri May 07, 2010 12:21 pm

The February Game Informer Cover Thread VII

Please, everyone, keep this discussion on topic. If someone flames you then ignore it, don't reply to them, and report it if you feel the need to. We have already seen this innocent thread closed and I hope it wont happen again. Just don't troll, flame, start off topic discussion or post one liners and we will all get along fine without any warnings or suspensions. - Mankar



The Skyrim cover will be revealed on January 6th 2011


"And yeah, once people read this, heads will explode."
- Andy McNamara, Editor-In-Chief of Game Informer




When responding to a question asking how the game looks:


As most of us know the February issue of the Game Informer magazine will feature 14 whole pages of Skyrim information/pictures/awesomeness.
The prestigious cover of the mag will also belong to Skyrim!

This thread is for thoughtful discussion and speculation of the topic and what we think will be revealed. Once the cover has been revealed we can keep all discussions to this series of threads so the mods don't have to spend all their time redirecting people's rants about how the cover is "zomg cool". Once the Mag is shipped to subscribers we can post small bits of information to share with other forum members who don't subscribe to GI.

For information on the rules of posting info on the magazine click on this http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149624-do-not-post-magazine-scans-transcripts-or-links-to-either/.


Fortunately Todd Howard has already stated that "when we show it, we want to show a lot, because there's a lot of game there to play right now." http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-16-todd-howard-working-on-two-new-games

Here is the link to the Game Informer article on the matter: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/12/13/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-coming-next-issue.aspx

Here is the link to the Bethesda Podcast in which Todd Howard touches on the subject: http://www.bethblog.com/podcast/
(They start talking about GI around the 6:50 mark in the podcast if anyone just wants to skip to it.) - Wahoo

"They saw a lot [Game Informer visited the office of Bethesda last week] and I think, I hope, everybody is surprised with how much stuff were showing. It's... it's a lot. We wanted to sorta compress the amount of time that we talked about the game. It's still eleven months, it's a long time, but traditionally we're going on like two years talking about a game, so we start out very slow and we wanted to come out of the gate with a lot of... A lot of STUFF. So I think the fans will be excited."
- Todd Howard


"And wait until you see what this game is all about! Mind...blown..."
- Andrew Reiner

"Our Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim coverage has expanded from 12 pages to 14, making it our largest game-based cover story."
- Andrew Reiner http://twitter.com/#!/Andrew_Reiner






If anyone has any other information then post it here and I will add it to the first post.

I hope Mankar doesn't mind but since he was not online I took the liberty of creating thread VII.
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RaeAnne
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 7:45 pm

New thread, let's hope that the cover gets released before we hit post limit on this one :celebration:
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Carolyne Bolt
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 5:49 pm

Hmm 6am central time and still nothing, lets hope that it come by 8am :obliviongate:
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Rik Douglas
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 4:32 pm

Anyone knows if the info in the magazine will be published on Skyrims homepage or here on the forum?
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Russell Davies
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 5:25 pm

Anyone knows if the info in the magazine will be published on Skyrims homepage or here on the forum?

100% every piece of info will be talked about here. I don't know about the website stuff though
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Margarita Diaz
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 1:43 pm

Anyone knows if the info in the magazine will be published on Skyrims homepage or here on the forum?

It'll be posted at http://www.gameinformer.com/default.aspx.

It's in the OP though, seriously, people should read it.

Edit: I think I misread your question, sorry. Once people actually get their hands on the magazine, I'm sure they will post some information here, but they won't be allowed to post transcripts or scans of the mag as that would be against forum rules.
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Robert Bindley
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 11:39 pm

Is today a regular work day in the US?
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Greg Swan
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 11:47 pm

Anyone knows if the info in the magazine will be published on Skyrims homepage or here on the forum?


Not today.
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Britney Lopez
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 3:41 pm

I shall be checking this forum all day. Can't wait to see the cover!
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Gaelle Courant
 
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Post » Sat May 08, 2010 1:54 am

Is today a regular work day in the US?


I guess so, although it is a holiday in some countries (including Finland).
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Ray
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 10:41 pm

All right, so it's 13:24 here in Sweden (01:24 pm, duh). Still nothin'. I am exited to the death.
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Alyesha Neufeld
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 3:55 pm

Is today a regular work day in the US?

Yes, Monday thru Friday are normal business days in the U.S.
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Josee Leach
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 11:50 pm

It isn't a holiday here.
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Gemma Woods Illustration
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 10:59 pm

I guess so, although it is a holiday in some countries (including Finland).


I know, its a holiday in my country to (and lots of other christian countries as well), so that's why i'm asking
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Verity Hurding
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 2:57 pm

My popcorn is getting cold... :P
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Lexy Corpsey
 
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Post » Sat May 08, 2010 2:17 am

I know, its a holiday in my country to (and lots of other christian countries as well), so that's why i'm asking

Its a regular workday in the USA. No holidays seem to come to mind.
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Len swann
 
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Post » Sat May 08, 2010 1:13 am

Jezz, those GI guys are really lazy
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Cassie Boyle
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 9:39 pm

The cover will be black with the Elder Scroll Dragon Symbol, no more no less. :)
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JAY
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 5:07 pm

The time in Sweden is 13:30 and in the US it's gonna be like 7am or something so i guess we scandinavians have to wait. Sad.
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 9:33 pm

January 6th is already nearing it's end here in Singapore, but then of course GI is in America. Hopefully I'm not asleep/outdoors when they do release the cover. :tongue:

Will there be some official thread stating the info we got when the February GI is released?

On a side note, this is probably the most number of people reading a thread I've seen, 127. :woot:
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Micah Judaeah
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 7:50 pm

You can see all the cover reveal articles if you Google search this:
site:gameinformer.com cover revealed

Most were made between 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM. Some as late as 4 or 6 PM. It could be any time today, so don't sweat it.
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Cayal
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 9:51 pm

It's 6:30 am in Minnesota... I really don't expect them to start work until 8:30 or 9:00... and then they might not even update the site right away.

I'm guessing that we won't see anything for another 2-6 hours. They aren't lazy... They just don't want to go to work at ridiculous hours.
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Brian Newman
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 12:30 pm

13:33 in Norway. maybe at 13:37? :rolleyes:
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Mr. Allen
 
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Post » Fri May 07, 2010 6:22 pm

The cover will be black with the Elder Scroll Dragon Symbol, no more no less. :)


Yea right. I can imagine how many people would be interested in a game with a cover like that. None.
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Laura Tempel
 
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Post » Sat May 08, 2010 12:20 am

Jezz, those GI guys are really lazy

I hope they are spending this time getting there servers ready, you know we are all going to bullrush their website when it comes out.
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