Todd Howard, the director of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim talks us through some of the features of the new game, which is also out this autumn. If you don’t want to know much about the way this game looks, in particular how FRIGGIN AWESOME fighting a non-scripted dragon might be, then don’t click below to see the footage…

The animation is looking a lot slicker than Oblivion, especially the new third person mode, which was always rather clumsy in the old Gamebryo engine used in that and Fallout 3. The environments look expansive and full of life. I can’t wait to explore this place…