Skyrim's 'Dawnguard' DLC gets first trailer

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been teasing its Dawnguard downloadable content, but short of a name and a teaser image we haven't had much to judge for the add-on. That all changes today, with the release of a rather long trailer for Dawnguard, giving hints at the story and some of the enemies you'll be facing.

Dawnguard will center around creatures of the night, apparently attempting to take the Elder Scrolls by force so they can blot out the sun permanently. This would presumably kill everything they need to eat, but no one ever said it was a particularly good plan. As with all supervillains, the one thing standing in the vampires' way is an elite group of do-gooders called the Dawnguard.

The DLC will hit sometime this summer, coming to Xbox 360 first and then PC and PlayStation 3 at least 30 days later. No specific date has been given yet for any platform.