At the 2011 QuakeCon conference, the workforce unveiled Skyrim's collector's version offer. As portion of Skyrim's 10th anniversary celebration, yet another compilation titled The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition was released in November 2021 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Creative director Todd Howard envisioned the concept for Skyrim as The Elder Scrolls topic sung by a choir of barbarians. The removing of the character course technique, existing in past The Elder Scrolls entries, was effectively received. Steve Butts of The Escapist regarded the addition of perks to the character progression procedure "a fantastic system to make your character experience even a lot more one of a kind and private". John Bedford of Eurogamer mentioned that by removing the character course system, the sport customized alone to gamers who needed to establish an all-all-around character, whilst however letting other players focus in a preferred participate in-fashion. Bedford complimented its "tasteful layout" which succeeded Oblivion's comparatively complicated interface. An editor for Pc PowerPlay praised the variety of the dungeon layout.