The Morrowind patch has been released by Bethesda Softworks and is a bit over 3megs. You can grab it straight from Fileshack courtesy of Speakeasy. The patch version is v1.1.0605, and is for the US version of the game only. New features in the patch include an auto run feature, a health bar for NPCs and creatures, and a difficulty slider among other things.

There's a Morrowind Q&A on GameSpy, asking Bethesda's Todd Howard a few more questions about this RPG. Todd's asked about how you plan for such a huge game, the biggest challenge in making the title, FPS slowdown complaints, the delay between the Xbox and PC version and a few other things.

The official Elder Scrolls site now has a page up recruiting beta testers for an upcoming Morrowind patch. Bethesda hopes to create a small tester community for present and future Elder Scrolls games. Saw that on Blues'.

Something for all the Morrowind players to read over the weekend. Jason did a litle Q&A not very long ago (at E3) with Todd Howard who is the project lead on Morrowind. There is stuff about decisions made with the game, and future plans:

Plug-ins…there will be patches. We feel we did a very good job, sort of ending our reputation of releasing games that destroy your computer and things like that. But we still feel [Morrowind] is something we want to support, we want to support the community around the mods, and we'll do things in patches that people want to see, and not just bug fixes. [snip]

You can also check out Morrowind in Shackreviews

The official Morrowind site has been updated with two new plugins for Bethesda's RPG game. One is called Area Effect Arrows ("features Aradraen the fletcher and her specialty arrows") and the other one is called Bitter Coast Sounds ("adds sound effects and dragonfly creatures to the game").

Bethesda let us know that they have released the first Morrowind plugin. The 609kb download will give you the option to tell jokes, dance the high-kick, play the drum, play the lute and sing, or juggle if you talk to Dulnea Ralaal in Balmora, Eight Plates. More official plugins will be released in the future.

Well I didn't make it much further last night. Too tired, after losing sleep all week to this freaking game. Anyone else just love sneaking up behind someone pulling back the two handed sword then wacking them for no good reason...The only downside seems to be, that I think I killed them, because I knocked them down, then I turn around and they start beating my ass.

Here's an anonymouse Morrowind poem:
I am an Ogre Battle Mage,
standing strong and tall.
People look at me strange,
and then they fall.
There is no need to be sneaky,
when your a bully.
I like to get freaky,
with your booty.
I am an Ogre Battle Mage,
standing strong and tall.......
killing is my thing,
back the fuck up!
---anon

RPG Vault has posted what is probably the latest Morrowind developer Q&A, talking to project leader Todd Howard of Bethesda about the latest game in the Elder Scrolls series of RPGs. They ask him about his thoughts and feelings about the project now that it's done, essential strengths of Arena and Daggerfall that they hope they retained, what he's most satisfied with in Morrowind, if they plans for an expansion pack, and more.

Because I haven't finished it yet, and I don't know anyone who has...Lets see if I don't mess this one up like I did yesterday.

Yesterday night, I started up alchemy, can't figure out how to make any potions though, they keep failing, but I can eat those ingredients better than anyone. mmm...diamonds. :)

Just because everyone is playing it or should be.

Because apparently half the people here are still addicted to Morrowind, here's your dedicated thread of the evening to discuss the game. Make sure and give a warning if you're going to spoil a secret or plot point or anything like that. It's these filthy RPG games that are destroying the industry. Cant you guys stick to action games? Here's my brief impressions of Morrowind:

- It's an RPG
- I might get it, it looks kind of cool.. for an RPG
- Will it steal my life?

As everyone has now had the weekend to play a bunch of that newfangled Morrowind game, here's your official is it hot or not thread. We havent really had a huge epic shackreview posted for Morrowind just yet, but I imagine the guys who are really hardcore playing it havent stopped to breath yet. Here's the description of the game that is stealing away all our Shackers:

Morrowind is an epic, open-ended single-player RPG in which a player can create and play any kind of character imaginable.

Players can choose to follow the main storyline and find the source of the evil blight that plagues the land, or set off on their own to explore strange locations and develop their character based on their actions throughout the game. Featuring stunning 3D graphics, open-ended gameplay, and an incredible level of detail and interactivity, Morrowind promises to be an experience like no other.

Just got word from Bethesda that their highly anticipated RPG The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind has gone gold! It will be in stores for the PC the first week of May. The Xbox version will be in stores shortly after that.

Morrowind is an epic, open-ended single-player RPG in which a player can create and play any kind of character imaginable. Players can choose to follow the main storyline and find the source of the evil blight that plagues the land, or set off on their own to explore strange locations and develop their character based on their actions throughout the game. Featuring stunning 3D graphics, open-ended gameplay, and an incredible level of detail and interactivity, Morrowind promises to be an experience like no other.

The Morrowind Summit has a new high-res screenshot from Bethesda's upcoming RPG. Also on that site, as well as the official one, are two songs from the game's soundtrack.

XboxGamers has posted a Q&A with Pete Hines from Bethesda. As you would expect, Pete answers questions about the upcoming Xbox/PC RPG Morrowind.

The Elder Scrolls website has been updated with a trailer from the upcoming 3rd game in the series, Morrowind. There are three versions: a 29.1mb Quicktime movie, a 13.7mb Windows Media Video version, and a 6.3mb Windows Media Video version. The trailer runs for 2 minutes.

Gameport has a brief Morrowind interview, talking to Thomas Petersen from Bethesda Softworks about the Xbox version of the upcoming RPG. There are several general game questions as well though.

Several new previews of the upcoming RPG Morrowind online today. You can check out Gamespot, Wargamer and Games Domain.

XGR has some new Morrowind screenshots. These come from the preview copy of the game which was sent out a few days ago.

Both GamePen and Action Trip have posted some early hands-on previews of Morrowind, Bethesda's highly anticipated RPG. Both feature new screenshots from the game.