Skyrim 1.7 patch finally gets a release date for consoles

Bethesda revealed today that gamers who are playing Skyrim on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 in North America should receive the much awaited 1.7 patch this Thursday, August 9. As for those who are in Europe, the PS3 patch should be releasing sometime next week.

Here’s a quick recap on what’s included in the 1.7 update. Make sure that when the update goes live, you’re connected on the Xbox Live or PlayStation Network.

BUG FIXES

  • General memory and stability optimizations
  • Fixed crash related to new water shaders
  • Fixed rare crash related to dragon landings
  • Fixed logic error with loading screens from add-ons (Xbox 360)
  • Using vampiric grip and swimming no longer prevents swimming animation from playing afterwards
  • Improved recognition with Kinect voice commands (Xbox 360)
  • Kinect-enabled dragon language shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish work properly (Xbox 360)
  • Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)

2 thoughts on “Skyrim 1.7 patch finally gets a release date for consoles

  1. Wrong, Playstation didn’t get the 1.7 update. We got the 1.6, if the 1.7 is just a newer version of 1.6
    why not just call it the 1.6.1 and quit lying? If anyone doesn’t agree I have proof of the 1.6 update on my Playstation

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