Skyrim demo shows off 20 minutes of gameplay, four minutes of dragon

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The biggest dose of Skyrim yet! This fantastic twenty minute video is what was shown to press at the Skyrim E3 demonstration . Narrated by Producer Todd Howard, it shows you... well just about everything. There's horse riding, mountain climbing, dungeon crawling, flower picking even a massive battle against one of Skyrim's unlimited dragons .

So settle down and make yourself a cup of tea, because you're going to be watching this for a while. If you're still hungry for more information, check out our Skyrim preview , or read the 12 page Skyrim feature in the next PC Gamer UK.

See parts two and three inside.

Tom Hatfield
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