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Skyrim Close to Overtaking Oblivion’s Lifetime Sales Figures

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for little over a month, and already the NPD group has revealed that it’s almost going to overtake the lifetime sales figures of its predecessor, Oblivion.Skyrim impressed lots of gamers when it was released on November 11, selling more than 3.5 million copies in its fir...

13 December 2011
18:31 GMT

South Park Creators Approached Obsidian for Video Game Project

The leading executive working at South Park: The Game at developer Obsidian says that the inception of the project was unusual because his company was approached directly by the South Park license holders and not by publisher THQ, as it is customary. Speaking to Game Informer, Feargus Urquhart, who is the Chief Execu...

7 December 2011
16:41 GMT

Skyrim Enemy Leveling Will Be Close to Fallout 3

How enemy leveling was handled has been one of the big discussion points when Oblivion was launched but the developers at Bethesda are hoping that the new system will create much less of a controversy.Speaking to PC Gamer about the difficulty scaling that will be used in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Todd Howard, who i...

28 October 2011
02:56 GMT

Kingdoms of Amalur World Will Be Oblivion Sized

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the role playing game that will be published by Electronic Arts and is being worked on by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, will need to compete with the sure hit that is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and one leading developer believes that his game is up to the task.Craig Krstolic, who is a...

10 October 2011
03:24 GMT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition Out Next Month

Bethesda has officially announced that it will be releasing a special edition of its classic Oblivion title next month, called The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5h Anniversary Edition.Bethesda is getting ready to deploy the extremely impressive The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at the end of the year, so the company wants to ...

10 June 2011
03:15 GMT

Oblivion Fifth Anniversary Edition Coming in June

Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks has announced that it will be launching a new version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion this June in order to celebrate the fact that the game is now five years old. The 5th Anniversary Edition of the action and role-playing game mix will include the initial launch of Oblivion...

24 May 2011
04:39 GMT

Skyrim Will Aim for Epic, Non-European Feel

The information blow-out linked to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim continues, with the developers at Bethesda talking about the overall look of the new game and the way it will integrate Nordic themes in all its views and items. Speaking to Game Informer, Matt Carafano, who is the art director working on The Elder Scr...

2 February 2011
13:41 GMT

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Comes on November 11, 2011

Bethesda Softworks has officially announced that it is working on a new video game in the Elder Scrolls franchise which has the subtitle Skyrim and is set to be released on November 11, 2011. Todd Howard, who is an executive producer working at Bethesda, has unveiled the game at the Video Games Awards ceremony and...

13 December 2010
05:34 GMT

Elder Scrolls V Revealed in Greg Keyes's Novel

Greg Keyes is somewhat more known for his contribution to the Star Wars Expanded Universe than any of his other works, but he's about to become popular for his direct involvement with Elder Scrolls game series as well. It may not be what many people would expect from a novelist, but it's definitely somethin...

26 October 2009
06:50 GMT

Bethesda Says It Will Continue to Develop The Elder Scrolls Franchise

Bethesda is slowly becoming one of the most important video game developers and publishers in the industry, making a name for itself by releasing some pretty important games, although a bit on the buggy side. One of the most important franchises for the developer is The Elder Scrolls, which has seen its award-winnin...

18 August 2009
16:41 GMT

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Available for Download, Free of Charge

Bethesda, the company in charge of The Elder Scrolls franchise, is announcing that all those interested in playing or re-playing The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall can now go to the official website and download the title for free. On most modern computers, the game will need DOSBox to run and Bethesda has put together...

10 July 2009
16:21 GMT

BioShock and Elder Scrolls IV Bundles Are Coming

Two of the most interesting publishers of the final few years, Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games, are partnering up so that they can deliver a special bundle of their hits, The Older Scrolls IV: Oblivion and BioShock. The package is set to arrive on the Xbox 360 and on the PC.The retail BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV:...

19 June 2009
02:30 GMT

The Elder Scrolls Gets Turned into Books

Bethesda Softworks, the developer and publisher of the Elder Scrolls franchise, is saying that it has entered into an agreement with Del Rey Books, which is an imprint of Random House, related to the publishing of two novels based on the long running videogame franchise, which has been a hit for the company.After the...

28 April 2009
05:01 GMT

Fallout 3 DLC Is Just the Right Size

One of the biggest surprises related to Fallout 3, the first game developed by Bethesda in the series that includes Interplay classics such as Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, was the dedication of the development team related to creating and quickly shipping downloadable content for the title on quite a tight schedule.But s...

13 April 2009
12:41 GMT

Bethesda Cuts Price on All Oblivion DLC Except Horse Armor

Bethesda has been getting a lot of great publicity for its Fallout 3 title, which even gained the coveted Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year. But let's not forget that the studio was also responsible for another great RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which revolutionized the whole genre. It w...

2 April 2009
11:01 GMT

Bethesda Announces Top Ten Best Selling DLC for Oblivion

In the RPG (Role Playing Game) genre, a lot of titles have appeared only to be quickly forgotten in favor of the more popular ones. Diablo, Knights of the Old Republic or The Elder Scrolls have been entertaining people for quite some time, and are still being played today by a lot of gamers.Among them, Bethesda'...

2 February 2009
11:01 GMT

Bethesda Talks About New Elder Scrolls Title and the Wii

Bethesda Softworks is definitely on a roll nowadays – after a long and exhausting development cycle for the very anticipated Fallout 3 post-apocalyptic RPG, the company, which also holds the rights to the medieval RPG franchise The Elder Scrolls, has finally gained critical acclaim for the great work it has bee...

31 October 2008
04:30 GMT

Peter Molyneux Compares Fable II with Oblivion

Peter Molyneux definitely knows how to make his voice heard, especially when he's talking about his games, the latest one being the Xbox 360 exclusive RPG (Role Playing Game), Fable II. The game emphasizes the wide variety of choices given to the player and how each and every one of them will affect his cha...

22 October 2008
03:36 GMT

Bethesda: Fallout 3 DLC Won't Be Coming to the PlayStation 3

Fallout 3 is going to be a blockbuster title for its developer, Bethesda. The studio behind the massive hit The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has recently talked, through the voice of their product manager, Pete Hines, about the future game, especially about the Downloadable Content which will be available only for the...

2 October 2008
19:01 GMT

Fallout 3 Shows, Doesn't Tell

I had my doubts about Fallout 3, especially when the less than stellar E3 videos appeared earlier in the summer. Now we have new videos from the PAX show and the game seems to be much more of a successor to the previous two versions than a simple, mod-like, Oblivion with guns game. What's still missing is a...

5 September 2008
13:01 GMT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Achievements (Xbox 360)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a fantasy-based role-playing adventure game and an example of open-ended or sandbox gameplay. The main quest may be delayed or completely ignored as the player explores a game world consisting of approximately 16 square miles of terrain, following side quests, interacting with NPCs a...

24 June 2008
10:30 GMT

Fallout Establishes Story Credentials

When Bethesda announced that it was doing Fallout 3, a lot of people, especially veterans of the previous two games in the series, expressed a lack of trust in its ability to make a game that was true to the franchise, while also bringing something new and different to it as a whole.Since then, the Oblivion creators,...

3 June 2008
18:06 GMT

Gothic 4 First Details Emerge

Spellbound has let out a few details regarding its Gothic 4 title. It seems it will bear the subtitle Ancaria, which is apparently the name of the archipelago where the game will take place. The action will begin roughly ten years after the events of the third game in the series. The islands of the archipelago will b...

29 April 2008
19:06 GMT

No Demo for Fallout 3

Bethesda have most likely taken on a monumental task when they decided to buy the Fallout 3 license from Interplay and then use it to create their next game. They face a twin set of challenges. On the one hand, after the success of Oblivion, they need to create a game that delivers an open world universe with a great...

23 April 2008
05:03 GMT

Oblivion on PSP in June?!

Put this one in the category of games that we've never thought we'd see on some consoles... We were surprised to hear that Gears of War had received a PC port and we were surprised to hear that we'll probably see Far Cry on the Wii. However, this here piece of info announcing a PSP Oblivion manages to...

21 January 2008
04:35 GMT

Fallout 3 and Oblivion Engine Available for Nintendo Wii

Do you know why Oblivion and Fallout 3 are so popular? The reason is called "Gamebryo" and it's one of the best engines ever used in videogames, so good that it now surfaced in a Wii-based version. A gamer who's tried Xbox 360 and Wii titles should know that a port between these consoles would be a mess, ...

13 September 2007
04:03 GMT

Fallout 3 Leipzig Demo

Fallout 3 is the best Oblivion mode so far. Wait a minute, that didn't come out right but after seeing the short demo from Bethesda at Leipzig I just couldn't shake the feeling that something is amidst. I'm sure most of the old-school gamers remember Fallout for the enthralling experience and the youn...

24 August 2007
15:47 GMT

INTEL Rolls Out a New Beta Driver for the G965 Series

INTEL can be considered the best chipmaker of the moment but there is still one problem with INTEL products which has persisted throughout the latest 5 years. Now I don't really know why their VGA chips drivers turn out to be so crappy but this is an older issue which seems to have no solution.In an effort to pr...

20 June 2007
05:26 GMT

New Fallout 3 Details Emerge - Gameplay

Fallout 3 is a Bethesda Softworks RPG title using a real-time combat system with optional pauses, similar to the Infinity Engine games developed by the same company. The apocalyptic title isn't sure yet to hit many platforms (the PC is the best option for the developers known best for The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion...

18 June 2007
04:50 GMT

Valve Doesn't Charge Additional Content

Since Microsoft launched their Xbox Live service, add-ons/official mods became another way of making gamers reach deeper into their pockets. Thus, the move caught other companies' attention and they did the same with their products. Before we knew it, any content whatsoever, added after a title's release, h...

28 May 2007
06:59 GMT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Unlockables (Xbox 360)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles is the official expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The expansion adds an additional 250 gamer points bringing the total points that can be earned for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to 1250 points. All additional gamer points are for ranks attained in the new "Mad ...

2 April 2007
07:18 GMT

'The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles' for Windows

Starting today, the official expansion for the award-winning The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, "The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles" for Windows, is available at retail stores throughout North America, say Take-Two Interactive and Bethesda Softworks (a ZeniMax Media company). The pack will be available in European st...

27 March 2007
10:52 GMT

Oblivion Is Finally Available for the PS3

The latest version of ZeniMax's blockbuster role-playing game, published by Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PS3, has begun shipping to retail stores throughout North America and will be in stores tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20. The game was originally released in March 2006 for both PC an...

19 March 2007
14:01 GMT

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles FAQ

Looks like history tends to repeat itself with Bethesda Softworks. Tribunal, the first expansion to the highly acclaimed third title in the Elder Scrolls series Morrowind, was pretty much a disappointment to the fans and the release of a new expansion that would calm down the spirits was a must. Hence came shortly af...

14 March 2007
09:35 GMT


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