Skyrim patch 1.7 goes live on Steam

Bethesda Softworks today announced that a new patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been released via Steam, adding general memory and stability optimizations.

The console version of “Skyrim” will see the 1.7 update soon as Bethesda has plans to submit the update to Sony and Microsoft this week.

“The current plan is to submit the update to console manufacturers this week. As soon as it’s available, we’ll let you know”, Bethesda wrote on its official Blog.

This means Skyrim PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers can expect to see patch 1.7 in a few weeks time.

Check out changelog (all platforms unless specified) of Skyrim patch 1.7 below:

• General memory and stability optimizations
• Fixed crash related to new water shaders
• Fixed rare crash related to dragon landings
• Fixed logic error with loading screens from add-ons (Xbox 360)
• Using vampiric grip and swimming no longer prevents swimming animation from playing afterwards
• Improved recognition with Kinect voice commands (Xbox 360)
• Kinect-enabled dragon language shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish work properly (Xbox 360)
• Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)