According to development team making Two Worlds for the PC, XBOX360 and thats right PS3 "Oblivion" is completely nice, but we can do that better. Some hefty words of bravoda right there, but it looks like they are backing up there words so-far according to Heiko who got some hand on time with the PC version. Not only did he witness green hills, dense forests, swampland, picture-beautiful beaches, white glaciers, detailed vegetation with high draw distance, detailed animations using Motion Capturing and impressive weather and night and day cycles.
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Apr 10, 2007

UPDATE: Bethesda speaks on Shivering Isles bug

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - UPDATE: Bethesda speaks on Shivering Isles bug

UPDATE: Bethesda's Pete Hines offered us the official response to this issue:

"We have verified there is a problem that can happen on the PC and we are still looking into whether it is possible on 360, since we don't have any reported cases on that platform so far and haven't been able to replicate it ourselves on that platform. We're testing a fix for it right now and hope to have it out as soon as possible. When we have more info, we'll let folks know."
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Apr 10, 2007

Shiver me timbers! Oblivion expansion has critical bug

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shiver me timbers! Oblivion expansion has critical bug

Apparently a new bug has been popping in Shivering Isles and for the time being there is no way around it. Joystiq reports the problem has been determined to derive from six scripts which control the patrolling patterns of certain guards. The scripts, which run even if you are not in the area, exhausts the internal allotment of identification numbers which are assigned to every object in the game (e.g. dropped arrows, weaponry). Once all the space is full, newly created objects disappear from the game world.

The bug will occur if you have Shivering Isles installed, whether or not you even access the content. It will rear its ugly head 50 to 120 hours within gameplay, depending upon your framerate (we're not sure if this is hours of play after installation of expansion or total play time). The Xbox 360 version, running at 30 frames per second, is expected to hit the bug at 150 hours.
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Apr 5, 2007

GTA IV / Fable 2 previews in free Xbox 360 magazine

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GTA IV / Fable 2 previews in free Xbox 360 magazine

Two of the most anticipated Xbox 360 games are previewed in the latest issue of 360Zine, the free Xbox 360 magazine. The GTA IV trailer is taken apart and analysed by their gaming experts to see what clues it offers, and they follow up on the GDC revelations about Fable 2. Elsewhere in the issue, there's an exclusive developer interview about the Xbox 360 version of Command and Conquer 3, plus reviews of Shivering Isles for Oblivion, TMNT, Earth Defence Force 2017 and much more.
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Mar 26, 2007

Shivering Isles on the Marketplace now

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles on the Marketplace now

Its 993.75MB and 2400 Microsoft points.

Enjoy Oblivion fans.

You might have to go to "All downloads" Section.
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Mar 10, 2007

Elder Scrolls Puts Pressure On Retailers

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Elder Scrolls Puts Pressure On Retailers

Bethesda's upcoming Elder Scrolls expansion pack on the 360, available only by download, will be double the cost of existing Xbox Live titles.

The Shivering Isles will set you back 2,400 Microsoft points, or about £19.35 for those of us still using real money. Previously the most you could pay was 1,200 points for the likes of Bankshot Billiards and Lumines Live.

SPOnG's not complaining, however. Bethesda's promising 30 hours of gameplay in the expansion. Further to that the PC version (which will sell through high street retailers) is going on sale for £19.99. Bethesda isn't ripping you off, here. This could mark the beginning of a worrying trend for retailers, however.

This is the first time a game of this size has been offered through Xbox Live. SPOnG asked a contact in retail how they felt about it. "That is quite worrying, if it's the start of a trend," SPOnG was told. "As this is the first of it's kind I'm not too worried in [i]this case. And I do think that people like to physically have something, like with CDs. But if more developers do this it could be a problem."
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Mar 9, 2007

Bethesda offers bone to non-Live subscribers

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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 ...
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Mar 9, 2007

Shivering Isles to be released at retail also

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles to be released at retail also

In a recent interview with Gamertag Radio, design director of Oblivion Shivering Isles Bruce Nesmith let out some interesting details. When asked how Oblivion fans who don't have Xbox Live could get the Shivering Isles expansion pack, Nesmith admitted that they were working on a retail version. According to Nesmith, there will be a new special edition of Oblivion available at retail that will include all of the previously released content including the new Shivering Isles expansion. He also went on to say that there will be more downloadable content for Oblivion in the near future.
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Mar 8, 2007

Shivering Isles Priced, Dated

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles Priced, Dated

Today Bethesda announced the price and release date for the latest expansion to its epic RPG landscape, The Elder Scrolls IV: The Shivering Isles. Players can download the expansion from Xbox Live the week of March 26 for 2400 Microsoft Points ($29.99).

Also, a Shivering Isles trailer will available on Xbox Live later today, along with a new theme and pic pack.
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Mar 2, 2007

Shivering Isles hands-on lands on 360 Gamer cover

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360 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles hands-on lands on 360 Gamer cover

You read it right. UK's Xbox 360 Gamer mag did certainly have an exclusive hands-on access of The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles expansion.
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