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This makes me want to go back into Skyrim. I moved to another country when this came out and had no friends at the beginning, so Skyrim was my evening plan, and I was fortunate…
by karim79 · Sep 13, 2026
Did not expect to see Mudd mentioned in the comment section on HN for an IKEA Skyrim mod... Not really surprised the admin was like that given the name, but I hope things worked…
by cole-k · Sep 13, 2026
Skyrim has to be one of the most modded games out there, with maybe only Minecraft being up there in terms of mods. Its probably also the biggest game out there when it comes to…
by robotnikman · Sep 13, 2026
You might consider subtracting half a point for a matching setting - both IKEA and Skyrim are noticeably Nordic.
by thih9 · Sep 12, 2026
Is it possible that that influenced IKEA's decision to make the Skyrim mod in OP? That way, they have a stronger trademark case, because it's more likely for a consumer to confu…
by lukas099 · Sep 12, 2026
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine. The team opted for a rugged, largely sub-arctic world, after Oblivion's Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered more unique by comparison. Read more on Wikipedia