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The weekend is almost here...are some of you still playing Dragon Age 2 or have you moved onto Total War Shogun 2 yet?

• The much made fun of Horse Armor DLC for Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion? Some people are still purchasing and downloading it.
• You can submit a trait to Stardock that might actually show up as part of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.
• This video is NSFW: It's a Minecraft porno (and no, we are not kidding)
• Square Enix has announced it has donated about $1.2 million to help in Japan earthquake relief efforts.
• More hints about an upcoming Mass Effect 2 DLC have surfaced.
• The creator of the acclaimed adventure game Machinarium will reveal his next two games later in March.

In a surprise announcement at tonight's Video Game Awards, Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard game on stage and introduced a teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the next game in the popular single player fantasy RPG series. The announcement also came with a release date: November 11, 2011.

This means that 2011 will be a banner year for publisher Betheda Softworks with no less than four major games due out next year. the sci-fi first person shooter Brink, the fantasy action-RPG Hunted:The Demon's Forge, id Software's post apocalypse shooter Rage and now the fifth Elder Scrolls game. You can check out the teaser trailer after the jump:

The development team at Bethesda Game Studios is usually known to work on just one game at a time, which is why there's usually a big gap between its game releases (Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion was released in March 2006 while its last game Fallout 3 came out in October 2008). However, as revealed in a new interview at Eurogamer, the development team's head man Todd Howard revealed that there are actually two games currently in the works at the studio.

As he states, " ... we're in production on the new game, and we have a design going for the one after that." Usually there's a long time between when a Bethesda-made game is announced and when it actually ships out but Howard says that with the current game that won't be the case, saying. "... when you first hear about it to when it's out will be the shortest it's been for us."

Today is the first day of QuakeCon 2010 and to celebrate Bethesda Softworks and id Software have launched an all new collection combining titles from both in one QuakeCon 2010 Pack on the Steam PC game download service. The new collection has a whopping 27 games from both companies that can be purchased for a mere $69.99. That's compared to the price of $303.24 if each game in the pack was bought seperately.

In addition to the QuakeCon 2010 pack, there will be deep price cuts on one or more games in the collection every day. For today only you can get the Bethesda Softworks RPG Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition for just $8.49.

As we mentioned earlier today, Bethesda Softworks has launched a pre-order special for folks who wish to get the PC download version of theupcoming RPG Fallout New Vegas. Now Steam is not only offering the game for pre-order but is also putting three of Bethesda's previous games on sale this weekend only.

For this weekend, you can get Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition for $24.99 (a 50 percent savings) You can also download and purchase Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game Of The Year Edition Deluxe on Steam this weekend for just $8.50 (a 66 percent savings). Finally Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year gets its price cut by a whopping 75 percent this weekend on Steam. You can get the game now for a mere $5.

As we start to make the move to the Christmas holiday/gift giving season, thoughts are turning to getting your loved ones (and maybe just people you see at work) what they might like for presents. Random House's upcoming novel The Infernal City might work if your target is a fan of Bethesda Softworks' Elder Scrolls series.

But just in case you want to make sure the novel from author Greg Keyes is, you know, good, the Random House web site now has an exerpt from the novel that takes place sometime after the events of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The trade paperback will be released on November 24.

It's a Monday but the retail web site GoGamer.com has already launched its weekly (and mis-named) 48 Hour Madness sale. This week's sale, which ends at 3 am ET on Thursday, September 3, has a number of good PC games on sale, as always.

Just some of the sales this week on the web site include Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for just $7.90, Supreme Commander for $7.90, Company of Heroes for $7.90 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for (yes) $7.90. Stronghold Legends is on sale for a mere $3.90 and the recent game collection Sword of the Stars Ultimate Collection is on sale for $19.90.

IGN's Direct2Drive site is celebrating the upcoming Fourth of July holiday with some big price cuts on selected games. From now until July 5 you can download and purchase Call of Duty 4 for just $27.95, Call of Duty World at War for just $34.95 and a Company of Heroes bundle (containing the original game and the two stand alone expansion packs) for just $34.95.

If you are a procrasinator you can wait until July 12 to get the following deals: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for just $14.95, the Game of the Year version (containing the original game, the Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansions and all of the official DLC content) for just $17.95, and the original ArmA for $14.95. You can also get the original ArmA with its just released sequel ArmA II in a bundle for $60.

The BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle will cost $29.99 for the PC version and will ship to stores on July 7. There's no indication that the bundle will include any extra content beyond what was available in the game' first releases. Again if you haven't got these games already this rather unique bundle is a must have.

[Via email press release]