I've missed Oblivion ever since I traded it in along with Condemned to get Saint's Row... I might consider getting this. I don't have any of my game saves any more but it would be fun to replay the game. All th expansions came out after I traded it in too...
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion gets a Game of the Year edition
News | July 9, 2007 1:45 pm
By zoboa
Bethesda is still milking the Oblivion cash cow with the announcement today of a Game of the Year Edition. This expanded version will include the original The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, expansion pack "Shivering Isles" and the downloadable content "Knights of the Nine." Not much new here for those that have already purchased these three pieces, but for those that have never purchased the game, this is a great opportunity to get in with the complete set. See the full release below:
Bethesda Softworks Announces
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
Expanded Version of Award-Winning Role Playing Game, for PC, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION3 system Available In September
July 9, 2007 (Rockville, MD) Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that it will release The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (GotY) for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system from Sony, and Windows this September. Oblivion GotY will include the original version of the award-winning RPG Oblivion along with the official expansion, The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, and the downloadable content, Knights of the Nine.
This new product will allow players who have never played the 2006 Game of the Year to experience Oblivion for the first time with additional content. In addition, gamers can continue their existing games of Oblivion and experience the new quests and areas offered by the expansion and downloadable content.
Released in March 2006 for Windows and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and in March 2007 for PLAYSTATION3 system, Oblivion has already earned countless awards from publications around the world and won numerous Game of the Year and RPG of the Year awards. Gamerankings.com and MetaCritic.com list Oblivion as the highest rated game of all time on both Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION3 system.
Oblivion features a powerful combination of free-form gameplay, unprecedented graphics, cutting edge AI, character voices by acting legends Patrick Stewart, Sean Bean, Terrance Stamp, and Lynda Carter, and an award-winning soundtrack. Gamers can choose to unravel Oblivions epic narrative at their own pace or explore the vast world in search of their own unique challenges.
With more than 30 hours of new gameplay, Shivering Isles allows you to explore an entirely new plane of Oblivion the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. Shivering Isles features a bizarre landscape split between the two sides Mania and Dementia filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within. Sheogorath himself looks to you to be his champion and defend his realm and its inhabitants from destruction as you discover all new items, ingredients, spells, and much more.
Knights of the Nine features an all-new faction and quests for noble characters and answers many of the questions surrounding the Ayleid ruins found throughout Oblivion. Players can join a new faction and found their own order of holy knights leading them into battle against a sorcerer-king and his demonic minions while exploring massive dungeons and searching for legendary relics the holy armor and weapons of the Divine Crusader.
For more information on Oblivion, Shivering Isles, or The Elder Scrolls, visit www.elderscrolls.com.
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