It was according to a skyrim wiki i found. i Havn't seen it in footage though.

Sounds awesome!

Thanks for gathering all of that.

Well it hasn't been listed by anyone who has the game, so I'm thinking it may not be in.

That sounds great.

These runes should be a cool addition to the game.

Rule of thumb: wikis are unreliable.

What do we know about this shield spell? Will it be literally like a bound shield where block perks apply, or something more like a channelled version of oakflesh (just more armor rating)?

Very little is known about it I'm afraid, other than the fact that we think it is a channelled effect.

Well there needs to be some difference between the shields of Alteration and the wards of Restoration.

And the armours of Alteration.

Since shield is a channelled effect, I think it will provide a greater deal of protection than Mage Armour/Ward spells. The drawback of it being a heavy magicka drain and not being able to dual cast offensive whilst using it.

Didn't see telekinesis on that list so I'm assuming that it's incomplete. I in fact haven't seen any mention of telekinesis whatsoever anywhere on this board. Has anyone heard anything about it/seen it in action? Is it the fantasy gravity gun I've always wanted in TES?

Most likely.
Also, we know that restoration wards are more general-purpose while alteration magic is more specialized:
Wards increase armor rating AND protect against magical damage.
Alteration armors only increase armor rating
Alteration shields only protect against magic (or melee, but not both at the same time).

Furthermore, wards have the advantage of protecting against any type of magic and, with a perk, to absorb the magic cast at you to refill your magicka bar. Compared to that, alteration elemental shields may only be protecting against one type (fire shield, shock shield...). Of course, perhaps there is an all-encompassing elemental shield under alteration but at least in oblivion there wasn't.

Alteration shield have a longer duration (probably 300sec)..

Ward is temporary, you cast when you expect a hit (just like melee shield)

I would like to see Elemental Shields in the style of Morrowind's. Shields that do a small amount of elemental damage to any hostile in melee range, but perhaps offer a smaller degree of protection because of it. The Dunmer's new racial ability gives me a little confidence that elemental shields may work in this way.

Mmm...that makes sense based on one perk of alteration that says "alteration spells last longer". However, I've also heard (in thsese forums and I believe in this topic) that magic wards take a few seconds to active, which, if true, would invalidate the strategy of "cast only when about to be hit".

Now I'm confused T_T

Does anyone know how many runes we can have at the same time and whether they disappear after some time?

If there is a limit, I don't know. However, and judging by that very short scene in the official gameplay videos where Todd used one, I'd say that they do not disappear (i.e there is no timmer associated with them).

I'll just wait and see whether I'll take alteration or restoration as main defensive tool and how well either work out.

How can shields be channeled? Think about it, if the shield wore off the moment you stopped holding the button, what good would it do? It's not like you can cast other spells while you have a shield up. That's why I'm pretty sure that shields are just buffs that you reactivate every time they wear off.

Yes you can cast other spells while channeling another spell. Duel wielding remember? Shield Spell in one hand, destruction spell in the other.

I could be wrong, but in all the footage I've seen, whenever the user used a channel spell like healing, they couldn't use their other hand. In this case, though, they had a sword in their offhand, so maybe you can't use WEAPONS while channeling, and can use SPELLS. We'll see.

Yes, a necromancer in some PAX leaked footage used a shield spell (or a ward spell I don't really know) and a destruction spell at the same time. So he could attack while the shield was up and protecting him.

Op you have meteor storm up there twice and wouldn't it make more since if Nord's had the racial dragon skin? Just throwing that out there.

Hmm, if the shield spell is channeled, then I likely won't be able to use the block perks with it...

Tough choice there, block or alteration shields...guess I'll have to wait for more comprehensive info. :-/