GamesRadar - The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles

How the hell was this ever controversial?! (Feature)

14 Jan 2009

For a medium that lets us chainsaw faces off, punch presidents in their plums and slaughter endangered species, it's amazing how sensitive some of us get when developers do things we don't agree with. Certainly there have been many decisions to get us all worked up, whether it's Killzone 2's 'target footage' or Shigsy shedding that last bit of lingering dignity by playing Wii Music like a diminutive Japanese John Williams. That’s ...

E3 08: 11 ways Fallout 3 will kick Oblivion's ass (Feature)

15 Jul 2008

Fallout 3 is more than just a sequel to one of the most beloved PC RPG series ever - it's also a spiritual successor to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, probably the single most ginormous game of the current console generation. Created by Bethesda, the same developer behind that sprawling fantasy epic, Fallout 3 has some pretty huge shoes to fill - but judging by what we've seen so far, it took one look, scoffed and is currently at work on an ...

Oblivion - 25 creatures to find and kill (Feature)

23 Jul 2007

Natures a beautiful thing. And Oblivions full of it: the rats trembling whiskers as he leaps at your face, the mighty ogres strength as he pounds you to dust… hang on, natures horrible. Meet the beasts thatll make your life a misery. Kill… Rats These nasty little fellas will be the first creature you encounter. Their attacks - scampering around your ankles one minute, jumping at your throat the next - are more infuriating than dangerous. Kill… Mud crabs Found near ...

10 amazing things to do in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Feature)

15 May 2007

1) Work as a hitman In Oblivion, committing a murder is a case of “when,” not “if.” Once blood has been spilled it attracts the interest of the Assassins Guild, known as the Dark Brotherhood. Theyre always on the lookout for new recruits with a, lets say, carefree attitude to other peoples lives. Early missions are basic hatchet jobs, but promotion unlocks later assignments requiring Agent 47 levels of cunning. One target is dealt with by causing an ornamental stags head ...

Shivering Isles patch due Monday (News)

27 Apr 2007

Bethesda is releasing a Shivering Isles patch next Monday that will resolve the Form ID bug present in the expansion. The bug was linked to object IDs and caused newly created objects in the game world to ...

No more Oblivion expansions, says Bethesda (News)

17 Apr 2007

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." Speaking to Next-Gen.biz, Bethesda executive producer has explained that now Shivering Isles is out the door, full focus has switched to Fallout 3. "We have pretty much everybody on Fallout 3 right now," Howard said. "It started off kind of small and then we add people to it and now the expansion's done, all those ...

Bethesda looks into Shivering Isles killer bug on 360 (News)

11 Apr 2007

Following yesterday's news that there's a killer glitch doing the rounds for Oblivion: Shivering Isles on PC, Bethesda says it's yet to replicate the same problem on Xbox 360. How a bug that kills your game gets through the testing department remains a mystery, but you can bet someone's head will be on the slab soon. Yesterday we reported that the bug occurs once Shivering Isles is installed and was linked to a problem with identification numbers, or Form IDs, for in-game ...

PC fix for "very serious" Shivering Isles bug (News)

10 Apr 2007

A PC fix for what's being described as a "very serious bug" discovered in recently released Oblivion expansion Shivering Isles has been made available. The bug, which happens once Shivering Isles is installed, is reportedly linked to a problem with identification numbers, or Form IDs, for in-game objects. An "internal space" reserved for these numbers is being overpopulated due to certain NPC scripts "erroneously using up several identification numbers per frame of gameplay," says the ...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles (Review)

2 Apr 2007

There are more than 160 missions in the original Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but the one everyone remembers is the errand you ran for the Daedric prince Sheogorath, also known as the “Mad God”. Why? Because it starts with a bunch of people in the woods wearing only their underwear, moves on to the planet's stinkiest cheese, and ends with – SPOILER ALERT – a hailstorm of flaming German Shepherds. There were other great missions, but this was the one that everyone talked ...

Shivering Isles 360 out, but you can't get it (News)

27 Mar 2007

The first proper expansion to Bethesda's stupidly-large RPG Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been released on Xbox Live Marketplace - though unless you've got one of those time-travelling DeLoreans you're going to have to wait for Xbox Live to come back online before you can get ...

Bethesda offers bone to non-Live subscribers (News)

9 Mar 2007

Bethesda has revealed that the Xbox 360 version of Oblivion expansion Shivering Isles, which to date has only be given an Xbox Live Marketplace release, could very well hit retail. Raising hopes for Oblivion fans not hooked up to Live (though you should be by now, frankly), Shivering Isles senior game designer Bruce Nesmith told Gamertag Radio that an Oblivion compilation pack is planned. "Eventually we will publish a complete version, a Game of the Year or Special Edition - I don't know ...

Shivering Isles release date confirmed (News)

9 Mar 2007

The release of the first trailer from Shivering Isles has been accompanied by news that Bethesda's first true expansion pack for Oblivion will arrive on March 27. Refer your mouse to the Movies tab above to take a gander. The Xbox 360 version, which will only be available via Xbox Live Marketplace, will cost 2400 Microsoft Points. On PC, it's being slapped with a $29.99 price tag. Shivering Isles is expected to offer 30-plus hours of new adventuring as players enter the the realm of ...

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles - trailer - 03-09-07 (Video)

9 Mar 2007

This 30-hour campaign is the first proper expansion pack for the enormo-adventure, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and a must-play for anyone, even if you didn't finish the main game.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles - Trailer 03-08-07 (Video)

8 Mar 2007

This 30-hour campaign is the first proper expansion pack for the enormo-adventure, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and a must-play for anyone, even if you didn't finish the main game.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles (Preview)

27 Feb 2007

Expansion packs dont come much more expansive than this. This is a lot more than just an add-on for Oblivion - this is a 180-degree directional shift for Bethesdas epic RPG. When this 30-hour-long pack is available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace at the end of June, youd better pack your possessions in a box and have a straightjacket on hand, because Shivering Isles will have you foaming like a dog on a boat full of ...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (Screenshots)

27 Feb 2007

Oblivion lead designer joins Big Huge RPG venture (News)

21 Feb 2007

Big Huge Games is a developer best known for its work in the RTS genre with the Rise of Nations PC series, but it's now expanding its horizons and leaping into the world of the RPG. Details on its RPG project are scant - all that's currently know is that it'll definitely be a console game, with a PC version on the cards according to Next-Gen.biz - but Big Huge has just announced it's employing the talents of RPG heavyweight Ken Rolston for the title. Rolston was lead designer on The Elder ...

Bethesda: 'no plans to do anything other than RPGs' (News)

20 Feb 2007

There's good news for fans of stat-counting and rat-slashing today, as Oblivion developer Bethesda has said it has no plans to leave its much-loved role-playing genre any time soon. "I can tell you that right now there are no plans internally for us to do anything other than role-playing," Bethesda's vice president of PR Pete Hines told Edge ...

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Shivering Isles (Preview)

13 Feb 2007

Our afternoon spent sojourning in the Shivering Isles was like stepping into the mind of a manic depressive who has renounced lithium. Nurse, prepare a syringe of Thorazine: we're going in. You'll begin your questing on an Oz-like journey to see the Wizard, or should we say Sheogorath, the delightfully demented Daedric Prince of the Shivering Isles. But rather than following the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, you wander through the psychedelic briar-patch of Mania and Dementia to ...

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles (Preview)

6 Feb 2007

As job interviews go, itll be short and relatively painless. Its just you, a disinterested man named Haskill, a bare room, a desk and a chair. After such an imposing entranceway, surrounded by otherworldly vegetation thats leeched through its tableau of linked screaming faces into the lands of Cyrodiil, you were perhaps expecting something a little more grandiose within. Then, as the interview concludes, the dull, featureless walls melt away into a cloud of butterflies. And then it happens: ...

First video of the next Oblivion expansion (News)

19 Jan 2007

Working down the hall from the best Xbox magazine available - OXM - has many obvious advantages. For example, a library of all 360 games ever released can come in handy... Still, we've never been as thankful for our location as we are today. Behind the orange Movies tab above this article, you will find the first ever video footage of upcoming Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion expansion, Shivering Isles. Launch the video player and look for the one titled "OXM feature ...

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles - OXM feature 01-19-07 (Video)

19 Jan 2007

This 30-hour campaign is the first proper expansion pack for the enormo-adventure, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and a must-play for anyone, even if you didn't finish the main game.

Oblivion expansion: First screens (News)

18 Jan 2007

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, the first full expansion to mammoth-RPG TES IV: Oblivion, has finally been officially confirmed by developer Bethesda, and we've hunted out the first images to offer you a glimpse of the new world, open for adventuring on Xbox 360 and PC in the spring. Set in the Realm of Sheogorath, a fresh new land accessible through a gruesome portal located in Oblivion's Cyrodiil, Shivering Isles allows you to use your existing character in its new quests, or create a ...

Oblivion expansion details revealed (News)

5 Jan 2007

The first proper expansion pack for Xbox 360 and PC enormo-adventure The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has finally been revealed as Shivering Isles. The 30-hour campaign is set on an entirely new continent, featuring such tourist landmarks as The Hill of Suicides and The Lightning Coast, and sees you take on a fresh bestiary of hostile creatures and a series of freeform quests. The main bulk of Shivering Isles ' gameplay will be concerned with a set of trials. These challenges are tasked to you ...

Shivering Isles FAQ 2 (FAQ)

29 Nov 2007

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Duplicate Items (Glitch)

15 Aug 2007

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Duplicate Items (#2) (Glitch)

15 Aug 2007

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Shivering Isles FAQ (FAQ)

16 Apr 2007

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Achievements (Unlockable)

27 Mar 2007

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