'Skyrim: Special Edition' Download Time: When Is Unlock Time For PS4, Xbox One and PC?

Use Skyrim mods on the PS4 at your own risk.
Use Skyrim mods on the PS4 at your own risk. Bethesda

Skyrim: Special Edition will release on Oct. 28, but if you’re a diehard Dragonborn, you’ll want to start fus-ro-dah-ing as early as possible. Don’t worry, because here’s when you can start playing Skyrim: Special Edition on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

According to the Xbox Store, Skyrim: Special Edition will be ready to go starting right at midnight. This will be local time based on your console, so all gamers will have to stay up late regardless of where they live.

The same is true on PS4. Skyrim: Special Edition, which will launch with mods for the first time on PS4. The game will unlock at midnight local time.

PC gamers have things a bit differently. Skyrim: Special Edition is unlocking on Steam at 8 p.m. EDT on Oct. 27. That’s tonight! This means those on the West Coast can start gaming at 5 p.m. PDT.

If you don’t live in the United States, Bethesda has revealed these times for other parts of the world:

  • 1 a.m. British Summer Time (October 28)

  • 2 a.m. Central European Summer Time (October 28)

  • 11 a.m. Australian Eastern Time Zone (October 28)

  • 1 p.m. New Zealand Time (October 28th)

Skyrim: Special Edition is available to pre-load on PS4, Xbox One and Steam.

So what do you think? Will you be staying up late to play on your console? Are you going to be enjoying your early start on PC? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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