Oct 11, 2007 You heard it here first - Bethesda will release a brand new add-on for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion next week called the Fighter's Stronghold. Actually, you did hear it here first, when we interviewed head PR honcho Pete Hines in February this year. But enough blowing our trumpet (parp!). The new and exciting news is that Bethesda will offer Xbox 360 and PC gamers the add-on for nothing! Zilch, nada, zero. So long as you download it quick, that is. Pete Hines has revealed that ...
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11 Oct 2007

Last Oblivion DLC Now Dated: Available on Monday

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Fighter's Stronghold gives you none other than your very own Castle, complete with a troop of knights to defend it, a secret treasure vault, a wine maker to brew special potions, a combat trainer to spar with, and even a taxidermist to fashion sculptures out of your most impressive kills.

On top of all that is the obvious joy of owning an enormous fantasy property, with sprawling dining halls, wine cellars, barracks, training rooms, even an ancient Dwemer Forge that increases your Armorer skill - much like the Alchemy table in Frostcrag Spire. Beat that, Grand Designs.
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10 Oct 2007

New (And Free) Downloadable Content Coming For Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

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Bethesda Softworks sent over a note announced they will release their last downloadable content extra for 2006's fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The download, titled Fighter's Stronghold, will launch on Oct. 15 for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions and for the first week will be free to download.

On the Bethsoft blog site, PR head Pete Hines talks about the possible way they will bring the downloadable content to the PS3 version:

"Since we're talking about DLC, I thought I'd update you with what's going on with the PS3 version of Oblivion. We are close, very close to working something out to bring Shivering Isles to PS3 owners. That may be in downloadable form via PSN, or as a standalone retail disc, or both. I can't say definitively yet that it will happen, and I definitely can't say when. But it's looking good, and hopefully we'll have good news soon."
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3 Oct 2007

Bethesda discusses Oblivion development and Japanese deployment

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Celebrating the recent Japanese release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PS3 and Xbox 360, Bethesda has been speaking to the Japanese press about the development and localisation process behind the massive-world RPG
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22 Sep 2007

Windows Vista vs Windows XP Performance: 7 Months Later

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PC - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Windows Vista vs Windows XP Performance: 7 Months Later

It has been over seven months since Firing Squad last took a look at Windows Vista performance versus Windows XP. In that series of articles, Firing Squad found that both AMD and NVIDIA's Vista performance was lacking in comparison to Windows XP, although NVIDIA's showing in Vista was much worse: Vista performance was in some cases substantially slower than Windows XP, features were missing, and SLI was unsupported entirely. Meanwhile, AMD's biggest problem was the OpenGL portion of their Vista driver, OpenGL-based games like Quake 4 scaled poorly in performance in comparison to WinXP and Firing Squad encountered numerous visual artifacts. CrossFire support was also limited.

As you can imagine, in the span of the past seven months quite a bit has changed on the Vista driver front and Firing Squad received quite a few emails asking to revisit the topic.
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9 Jul 2007

Oblivion: Game of the Year edition announced

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Bethesda's fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is to be released in Game of the Year edition form in September. The edition, which will release for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, contains the original game, first full expansion Shivering Isles and download content Knights of the Nine. Oblivion impressed us with its epic, free-form gameplay and gorgeous fantasy world. Fans were treated to another 30 hours or so of new adventuring when Shivering Isles arrived, while Knights of the Nine ...
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13 May 2007

PSU's Oblivion T-Shirt competition

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The friendly people over at Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft have given us three large Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion T-Shirts to giveaway in a competition...

Due to shipping restraints, this competition will only be available to UK-based readers. However, don't feel left out as our next competition will feature worldwide prize distribution.

To enter, you must write a short blurb about what you like in the Oblivion franchise, in less than 200 words. Entries should be sent to seb.hayes [@] psu.com

The three winning entries will be selected based on what we feel were the best responses. The competition is ending on May 16th, so get your entries in as soon as possible. The prizes will be dispatched shortly after that date.
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26 Apr 2007

Free PC games magazine rules them all

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PC - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Free PC games magazine rules them all

Issue 5 of PCGZine has a review of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows on Angmar, and is surprised to find that the final build has polished off the flaws from the beta. The issue also has a hands-on preview of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and an exclusive interview with the developer of World in Conflict, the stunning RTS arriving later this year. As usual, the magazine is free to download and full of PC games previews and reviews.

The full list of games covered in this issue is The Lord of the Rings Online, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, World in Conflict, Overlord, Medieval 2 Total Wars Kingdoms, The Club, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Shivering Isles, Sparta, Genesis Rising, Penumbra and Silent Hunter 4. There are some more smaller previews and reviews, plus gamers' Q&A, etc.
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17 Apr 2007

Facing Fallout

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Bethesda's Todd Howard hasn't spent the last year just picking up gongs for Oblivion. He's also been working on the company's take on classic RPG franchise Fallout. Colin Campbell reportsÂ¿
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17 Apr 2007

No more Oblivion expansions, says Bethesda

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PC - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - No more Oblivion expansions, says Bethesda

Shivering Isles could be the first and last full expansion Bethesda releases for Oblivion. The developer has said that Shivering Isles is "the only expansion we have planned".
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