The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open-world action RPG developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was first announced on December 11th 2010 and was released worldwide on November 11th 2011. The fifth game in the Elder Scrolls RPG series, it takes place in the Nordic homeland of Skyrim, where a civil war rages and dragons have returned to terrorise the land.