After a month-long period of exclusivity, Skyrim‘s Dragonborn DLC has now arrived on the PC. As we found when we reviewed it back in December, Dragonborn is a surprisingly large add-on that delivers an impressive new quest area and a story with more than a hint of tentacular Cthulhu-esque action.

Dragonborn takes you to the island of Solstheim off the coast of Morrowind, and as such you can expect to see a new twist on some familiar faces.

The new DLC is available on Green Man Gaming for $15.99 but appears to be currently out of stock, so if you need it immediately you can head over to Steam and pay $9 more to get it right now. Enjoy!

Bethesda have revealed that the Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim finally has a release date on PC: February 5, 2013. The DLC launched on XBox 360 back in December but, due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft, PC and PS3 players have had to wait until now to even find out when they’ll be getting it.

This also marks the first time PS3 players have had access to any sort of Skyrim DLC, with hold-ups meaning that unfortunate PS3 owners haven’t even had a chance to experience Dawnguard or Hearthfire yet. To celebrate, all three DLCs including Dragonborn will be 50% off for PS3 owners during launch week.

We reviewed Dragonborn last year, and found a surprisingly large add-on with a delightful smattering of Lovecraft to the whole thing — but some very nasty bugs as well.

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With floating jellyfish, mushroom houses, and more than a touch of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu mythos saturating the whole area, the Dragonborn DLC is an impressively large piece of add-on content. We catch a boat to the island of Solstheim to check it all out.

A reddit thread from a user claiming to offer “a look inside Bethesda” has been shut down by an official Bethesda developer, who took to the site to trash the claims as “a mixture of half-truths gleaned from interviews and outright falsehoods,” and to say it was “best to just move on.”

“We’re all excited for more news out of Skyrim,” wrote Bethesda’s Ricardo Gonzalez, “but let’s not take advantage of the community’s fervor to peddle silliness. Thanks, and have a good day.”

The original post, which has since been removed, claimed that a separate skill tree for spear use was on the way, with spears being introduced in an upcoming DLC. The upcoming DLC was part of two more planned expansions, each as big as the recently-released (for XBox 360 owners, anyway) Dragonborn DLC.

“Without giving a lot away, the next DLC will explore the beginnings of the Nords and Skyrim’s culture, as well as the Snow Elves and yes, even the Dwarves. The last DLC will involve the choosing of a new King of Skyrim and the war against the elves.”

But, since all that’s not true, there’s nothing to see here. Move along! Move along.

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Skyrim‘s next DLC pack Dragonborn is on its way to XBox LIVE tomorrow. But what about everyone else? Will there be a repeat of the Dawnguard expansion debacle? Well, Bethesda have confirmed that the PS3 and PC versions will be released ‘early next year’. There’s no indication whether ‘early next year’ means January 1 or February 28 or even later, but it is a positive indicator in any case.

Official word from the Bethesda Blog: “We’re less than 24 hours away from unleashing Skyrim’s next add-on Dragonborn on Xbox LIVE.  It’s one of our most ambitious add-ons ever and we’re excited for everyone to play it.

We’re also happy to announce Dragonborn will be available on PS3 and PC early next year. And we’re still not done – we look forward to sharing more Skyrim news next year!”

Despite these happy words of encouragement about Dragonborn, however, PS3 owners are still waiting for the previous expansion, Dawnguard. So I’m sure PS3 players are reading this with a rather large grain of salt.

If you are excited, though, a few more details about exactly what’s going to be in this DLC pack were leaked just today, so check them out over here.

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A beta tester for the upcoming Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim is apparently leaking like a sieve, probably much to the consternation (or possibly amusement) of Bethesda. The Outhousers is collating an enormous list of the leaked information, which so far includes achievements, shouts, weapons, locations, and monsters not yet officially revealed.

Here’s some highlights: new shouts are available, including ones that create small cyclones, bend dragons to your will, and a ‘Dragon Aspect’ that greatly buffs you and saves you from death once a day. New locations on Solstheim include Raven Rock, Imperial forts, Nordic and Dwemer ruins and more, with at least one new companion and marriage option available. Werebears will make an appearance, along with the Morag Tong, giant-sized and extremely tough creatures called Lurkers will apparently make your life hell, and a mysterious “serpent-like creature”.

Spears are also mentioned — but unfortunately they’re not a proper new type of weapon. They’re a weapon used exclusively by Reiklings, if you pick them up they become arrows in your inventory. Also, it’s worth noting that players who’ve slain Alduin and finished the main Skyrim quest will get different dialogue during their travels through Solstheim. Get slaying!

Source: The Outhousers via Reddit

Bethesda’s announcement of the Dragonborn DLC was a shock to nobody, but the reveal trailer showed a DLC larger in scope than a lot of us were really expecting. Now, Bethesda have released this slew of new screens for their DLC, and — to be frank — it looks pretty boss. Check ‘em out.

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Remember all those rumours about how there was going to be Skyrim DLC called ‘Dragonborn’, and that it would have dragon mounts in it? And then Bethesda posted that image of a man with a weird tentacle mouth helmet and you said it looked like a Dragon Priest? Well, we were all right. All of us. Bethesda have just released this trailer for the upcoming ‘Dragonborn’ DLC, featuring a main villain who was a Dragon Priest — the first Dragonborn, in fact — and who eats the souls of dragons just like you do. And you can ride around on a dragon. And, to be honest, it looks sweet as hell. Take a look.

Dragonborn will be available for download for 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE on December 4. Naturally, there’s no word of when PC players will get their hands on it.