Skyrim’s Creation Kit clocks over 2 million downloads

Steam users clock over 2 million downloads in a week via Skyrim's Creation Kit.

Avinash Bali|Feb 15, 2012, 09:37:59 IST

Last week Bethesda released the Creation Kit for PC users who in under a week enthusiastically clocked nearly two million downloads for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. In case you haven’t updated your PC version of Skyrim recently, the Creation Kit allows PC gamers (via Steam) to use a complex set of tools to design free mods that can be then shared with the community. I think it’s safe to say it’s been a raging success.

Create and share

This is a testament to the dedication of PC gamers and the popularity of Skyrim, the only other game on Steam that went toe to toe against Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 last November. In that same report, Bethesda also let Gamasutra know that an average PC player has clocked nearly 75 hours in Skyrim. I’d have to agree with those stats since most people I know have breached the 100 hour mark in their first play through.

By Avinash Bali

Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now.