The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim v1.7 Beta Patch Released

Bethesda continues their, so far successful, tradition of releasing beta patches on Steam before releasing the full patch on all platforms with patch v1.7, which might not add new features like mounted combat, but seems to fix a few issues with the title and its DLC Dawnguard. We're also informed that the bugfixes and new features of patch v1.6 will be rolled into v1.7 for PS3 users.

Here's the full changelog (for all three platforms):
BUG FIXES

'¢ 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)
'¢ Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)