The voice cast for Bethesda Softworks’ upcoming mega–game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has been officially announced, and it includes some very interesting names.

The first and already known actor is of course Max von Sydow, who gave us an early sample of his work in the game’s announcement trailer back in December. Sydow is an Oscar–nominated actor (for Pelle the Conqueror) who’s many films have included The Exorcist, Minority Report, Shutter Island, Robin Hood, and of course, Ghostbusters II as the voice of Vigo!

Early last month Bethesda Softworks announced their Collector’s Edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which, if you’ve been paying attention, is a game I’m more excited about than most get for their firstborn children.

The incredibly limited edition of the game comes with a making of DVD, an art book, and a large dragon statue. But what wasn’t known was just how insanely gigantic the box it comes in would be. As you can see from the image above, if you’ve pre–ordered the Skyrim Collector’s edition, you will need to make some room on your shelf.

Ever since Todd Howard made millions of gamers squeal with joy at the announcement of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, we’ve waited patiently for that 11/11/11 release date to finally arrive.

Now it’s only a couple short months away, and the various trailers and demos that we’ve seen of the game have shown us that this could just be the biggest and best game ever made.

With a game of that size, many assumed that Skyrim might end up on multiple discs when it comes to the Xbox 360 version, much like we saw with Mass Effect 2 and L.A. Noire. But Bethesda has a little surprise for us, with art director Matt Carofano confirming that Skyrim will, in fact, be on one single Xbox 360 disc.

Before starting a new game in The Elder Scrolls series, you get to make your very own special character, choosing what race and sex you want to play as before customizing facial features, hair, eyes, attributes, and all that good stuff.

With the can’t–get–here–quickly–enough fifth title in the series, Skyrim, only but a few months away now, die hard fans of the series might just be wondering: “What will the various races look like in this huge new sequel?” Well, we have some screenshots straight from Bethesda to answer that question for you.

Click on over to the other side to see what the Nords and the Wood Elves, the Argonians and Redguards, the Orcs and the Khajiits and the Dark Elves all look like in Skyrim!

In a press release sent out by the company, Bethesda Softworks has unveiled their Collector’s Edition of the highly anticipated upcoming new chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The special limited edition package — which will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in North America, Europe, and Australia””offers special added bonuses you can’t get anywhere else, and can be pre–ordered now through the platform links in this paragraph.

Continue reading to find out exactly what the Collector’s Edition of Skyrim comes with.