We’re pleased to announce Hearthfire™, the next official game add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim^®. As demonstrated in this just-released video, Hearthfire allows you to purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with armory, alchemy laboratory, and more. Choose your land, customize your house, guard it from unwanted visitors, and turn your house into a home by adopting children.

Hearthfire will be available for download for 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE^® on September 4. For more information on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Hearthfire please visit www.elderscrolls.com

Adopt children? Don't let Dat get this DLC lol

Sounds neat, but seems like it took them way too long to start releasing DLCs like this. At least the PC release better not be so far behind the consoles this time.

I still want a new Mage's Tower like the one in Oblivion. That place was awesome.

Think of them as expansions and it won't seem that long. Tribunal, Shivering Isles, etc.

Also, I edited in the video. So, scroll up to watch.

Just watched it, not bad. I'd adopt the "There's nobody I won't fight!" orphan girl from Whiterun for the house I get and train her to be a guard dog for it. lol

I don't really mind this type of content for DLC, it seems interesting enough. Building houses looks pretty cool. I'll definitely buy it, I just hope it doesn't take very long for the PC to get it this time.

I think adding in Skeever and Giant events this late into the game's life could be a bad decision. I think most who own the game, are high level and could just breathe on either and kill them. lol

Would be cool if the enemies scaled.

There's a mod almost exactly like this for the PC. You can't adopt children to help defend the house but it's still pretty cool.

This looks good though. They really need to add mod support for Xbox 360 though.

Freaking awesome. Skyrim, Sims Edition.

Lol, thats what I thought dat.

There's a mod almost exactly like this for the PC. You can't adopt children to help defend the house but it's still pretty cool.

This looks good though. They really need to add mod support for Xbox 360 though.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18480

There it is. I downloaded it and it's actually pretty damn good too.

I've been playing this for a few hours. Got a house, moved my wife in and hired some help. I still haven't been able to adopt children though. I'm prety sure you need the Bedroom addon first. I demand that Hroar be my son!

Damn MS and their fat wallets for early exclusives. And damn Bethesda for selling out.

Damn MS and their fat wallets for early exclusives. And damn Bethesda for selling out.

I just like to think that Bethesda is punishing people with bad taste in consoles.

Damn MS and their fat wallets for early exclusives. And damn Bethesda for selling out.

yeah... its stupid.