Skyrim:Pre-Release Content

This page highlights the Skyrim pre-release screenshots and videos that have been made available by Bethesda. Because this content was published before the game was released, the images may not reflect actual, in-game content. Concept Art is summarized on a separate article.

VideosEdit

Skyrim-related videos that have been released by Bethesda include:

Debut Trailer (Dec. 11, 2010) — Gametrailers.com exclusive debut trailer, showing only concept art.
Skyrim - Official Trailer (Feb. 24, 2011) — Official game trailer, showing scenes ranging from life in a typical village to combat against a dragon.
20 Minutes of Skyrim Action (1, 2, 3) (Sept. 12, 2011) — Gameplay footage with a voiceover by Todd Howard, divided into three individual videos.
Skyrim Live Action Trailer (Oct. 24, 2011) — A one-minute-long live-action trailer.
- Three screenshots from the video were also posted:

Anniversary Edition and Upgrade Overview (Oct. 29, 2021)

February 24 ScreenshotsEdit

A range of mountains in the mist at sunrise
A dragon circling overhead
A dragon perched on a ruin overlooking a valley
A band of draugr attacking
Creeping into position to hunt a deer
A giant hefting his mighty club
A waterfall feeding into a quiet pool
The city of Markarth
Viewing the skills menu
Inside a typical Skyrim tavern
Dual-wielding a sword and a fire spell

April 1 ScreenshotsEdit

Dual-wielding a sword and a staff
An encounter with a draugr in a cave
Three ice wraiths attacking
Misty mountains and a large river
A "finishing move" with a dagger
Dual-wielding to defeat some wolves

April 18 ScreenshotsEdit

A Khajiit archer by candlelight
The hero battling several draugr
A battle-hardened Orc in a forested cave
An abandoned fort on a rocky outcrop
The hero attacking a giant spider
A track through a misty pine forest
The hero walking through Riverwood
A dragon with its wings raised

May 28 ScreenshotsEdit

A wooden cabin
Autumn trees near a stream
The hero battling draugr with a blood-stained sword
A draugr standing guard over an underground stream

June 3 ScreenshotsEdit

Skjor in Jorrvaskr
A giant herding a pair of mammoths

June 7 ScreenshotsEdit

A Redguard woman standing outside a hall in Riften. The skin tone of Redguards was later changed.
A draugr inside a ruined fort
The hero riding a horse through the mountains
Two Guardian Stones. The Warrior Stone is activated; the Thief Stone is to the right.
The hero looking at Whiterun from a distance
Dragonsreach dominating the city of Whiterun
A dragon battling the hero
The hero battling another dragon
Murder in a crowded tavern

July ScreenshotsEdit

The hero in elven armor, walking through a dungeon
An enemy attacking with a warhammer
A camp by the lakeside
Landscape view
Bleak Falls Barrow
The hero delivering a fatal blow to his opponent
A dragon battling the hero
Another draugr, in the same fort
A Nord woman wearing dragon armor

August 9 ScreenshotEdit

Dunmer thief

Journalist Character ScreenshotsEdit

Beginning on August 12, several gaming sites began releasing screenshots of the characters their journalists had created at the closed Skyrim demo from QuakeCon 2011.