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Since then, at least in recent years, fan interest in skateboarding games steadily returned. Eventually it got to the point of a fever pitch, when fans would bombard EA with messages asking for Skate 4, which evidently seemed to have willed the game into development. Now Skater XL, an independent game by Easy Day Studios, has officially ignited the return of skateboarding games. While Skater XL is out now, there’s still several games available and in the pipeline, like Session, soon to be Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Remaster, and eventually Skate 4....

There is also another win for Rafa Benitez and his Newcastle team, the resurgent Leeds United and their manager Gary Monk. Moreover, we learn yet another BIG name from the Daily Telegraph sting involving alleged corruption in football. There’s never a dull week in the Sky Bet Championship! #1 Villa and Cardiff run out of patience Roberto di Matteo’s managerial stint at Aston Villa is over. The 46-year-old has been sacked after just 1 win in 11 games....

The UK telecoms shake up is continuing with a new deal which will see Sky offer a mobile network service in partnership with O2. See: UK’s best mobile network. With BT in the process of acquiring the UK’s biggest network, EE, Sky has responded with its own deal. Telefonica, which owns O2 in the UK, will give Sky wholesale access to 2G, 3G and 4G services. Sky plans to launch its mobile service in 2016....

Or is it? MORE: Best sports movies of all time Some brave and imaginative skydivers took to the air to play their own version of Quidditch, complete with broomsticks, a quaffle, bludgers, a snitch and goals. The result is pretty fantastic.

RELATED: Skyrim: 10 Hidden Areas You Didn’t Know Existed Sure, Skyrim’s expansive open world is already easy enough to get lost in, but a few balancing tweaks, additional gameplay mechanics, and graphical improvements can make it seem like a world you can truly live in. If this sounds exactly like the Skyrim experience you’ve always wanted, then keep scrolling to check out ten of the best immersion-enhancing Skyrim mods that you can actually use on the Xbox One....

RELATED: Skyrim: 10 Most Underrated Dungeons (That Most Players Never Find) With how much the terrain changes from Windhelm’s snowy city to the temperate low lands of the rest of Eastmarch, it’s definitely an interesting location. You might find yourself just passing through, but there are some cool details that are worth visiting just to see with your own eyes. 10 The Two Farms Have Fireplaces But No Chimneys Right outside of Windhelm, there are two farms....

Atronachs are relatively common among conjurers and standard mage enemies in the game. However, there are some aspects of their existence and mechanics that can go unnoticed to anyone new to the Elder Scrolls series, unless they want to pour through every single book to look for even a shred of information about them. 10 Origins In Oblivion It could be obvious from they way atronachs are summoned, appearing through a rift in the air in a way identical to Dremora and Daedra, but atronachs originally come from the realm of Oblivion....

RELATED: Skyrim: Best New Weapons In The Anniversary Edition After a while, though, any playstyle can get tiresome – especially if it one-shots all but the most powerful bosses. There are a lot of Skyrim mods out there that change Archery, Stealth, and related systems. Some change Archery and Stealth as a side effect of changing other Skyrim systems, and all for the better, of course. 5 Realistic AI Detection One of the most obviously dated aspects of Skyrim is the AI system....

RELATED: The Elder Scrolls: Tamriel’s Most Mythical Jewelry Items Circlets are pieces of bejeweled headgear, worn in place of a helmet or hood. Fans will likely come across a multitude of them in their playthroughs. Some are enchanted, while others are more for show than anything else. Nevertheless, there exist in the game a select few circlets that are highly unique, not to mention useful and valuable. Finding them, however, is another matter....

RELATED: Skyrim: 10 Secrets About The Setting That Most Players Don’t Notice However, some are not marked on the map in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and require a bit of exploration in the wilderness to fully discover their wonder. Eastmarch, making up a chunk of land to the far east of Skyrim and touching the border with neighboring Morrowind, is a place full of ancient history steeped in natural beauty....

To encourage the latter, Bethesda Softworks released a new trailer for Skyrim Anniversary Edition, releasing tomorrow. Just shy of two minutes long, the video offered players a quick sample of what Skyrim has to offer after a decade of DLC and Creation Club content. RELATED: Todd Howard Teases How Elder Scrolls 6 Will Improve on Skyrim The Skyrim Anniversary Edition trailer starts by touting the game’s many accolades. This includes mentioning Skyrim’s 200+ Game of the Year awards and quoting praise from publications like Giant Bomb, Destructoid, and Push Square....

In this case, the other game in question is Skyrim, the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls franchise. A Reddit user named Branman1234, already known for his other Skyrim recreations in Minecraft, posted yet another build on the game’s subreddit, this time featuring the snow-swept city of Windhelm. RELATED: Minecraft Player Tries to Build a Fortress, Accidentally Builds IKEA Windhelm in The Elder Scrolls lore is known as the oldest human settlement still standing on the face of Tamriel, and within the context of the game, it represents the central hub of the Stormcloaks, one of two major political factions in Skyrim that the player can choose from....

The other thing that keeps the game in high regard is the number of inside jokes. There are a bunch of Skyrim memes that players can easily relate to. By far the most notorious example of this is the “arrow to the knee” line uttered by one of the guards. It’s been a mainstay meme since the beginning, showing that the title is more than just a vast RPG with dragons and quests....

Posting to Nexus Mods recently, Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim user Arthmoor has decided that they want to have their files removed from the database after the site implemented a change in one of its policy. The post goes on to say that they have put a request in to have most of their modifications deleted, but says that they will still be available on other websites. The user also insists that none of their mods be re-uploaded by other users after they’re deleted, either on Nexus or any other modding website....

With Skyrim releasing a special anniversary edition to commemorate ten years since the game’s launch, and multiple re-releases of the game coming out before that, new players have had plenty of chances to pick up the game, while returning players have plenty of reasons to come back to the game, fire up the character creator, and build that two-handed fighter only for them to turn into a stealth archer halfway through the playthrough....

Even though there are many Skyrim NPCs who aren’t involved in any quests or major plot developments, they may still find themselves in serious mortal danger. In Skyrim, dragons have returned to the land and are busy terrorizing the province. Skyrim dragons are some of the most intimidating and powerful enemies that players come across in the game, swooping down from the skies to breathe fire and smash any characters unlucky enough to get in their way....

A common item that players will often find whenever they enter a building or dungeon within Skyrim are books. Skyrim contains a surprising number of books, which can help players increase their ability stats, provide background information on specific in-game topics, and even start entire quests. In fact, one player is actually trying to collect every book in Skyrim and placing them in a dedicated chest. Now, another player has instead put all their books in a body of water....

The St. Louis Americans defeated Lone Star Athletics by six wickets in the morning match, extending their winning streak to six games. Murali Basupalli, Ayaan Khan, and Sudhanshu Bajpai bowled brilliantly, taking two wickets each. Their efforts restricted the Lone Star Athletics to 142 runs, allowing them to chase the target with their top order scoring 100+ runs. Meanwhile, the Lone Star Athletics were unable to exact revenge for their defeat, having won only two of their 13 games to languish at the bottom of the points table....

Call of Duty fans recently participated in the Call of Duty: Vanguard open beta and they had praise and criticisms for the multiplayer gameplay. Sledgehammer Games has taken a lot of the information into account and Charlie Intel has confirmed that the developer is working on the upcoming changes ahead of its launch. RELATED: Call of Duty: Vanguard Receives ‘M’ Rating Due to Blood, Gore, and Intense Violence According to Charlie Intel, Sledgehammer Games is tuning spawn points in certain maps, reducing the light produced by the sun, chnagomg the Attack Dogs, cracking down on “Red Star raves,” and adjusting open mic lobbies, audio mixing, weapon balancing, and visual improvements....