Last Oblivion DLC on Monday

By Robert Purchese Published 11 October, 2007

Inherit a Castle.

Bethesda vocal-chord Pete Hines has revealed that the last ever piece of downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be available on Monday.

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.

You come about owning Battlehorn Castle by seeing off some ruthless marauders besieging the place, before discovering a letter written by the previous owner. From here your task is clear: rebuild and refurnish the place, and return glory to the Knights of the True Horn. You might also stumble on some hidden passageways and dark secrets as you do.

Pete Hines also went on to talk about PS3 content, specifically Shivering Isles. He said Bethesda was very close to either offering it as a downloadable addition or as a disc in shops. Currently the only way to get your hands on it is by buying the Game of the Year edition, which will have Oblivion, Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine inside.

Xbox 360 owners, on the other hand, can get their hands on a retail copy of Shivering Isles soon, which also has the Knights of the Nine content bundled in.

Fighter's Stronghold is the sixth downloadable content addition to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. So far we have been treated to Horse Armour, the Orrery, Frostcrag Spire (Wizard's Tower), the Thieves Den, Mehrune's Razor and the Vile Lair. New Spell Tomes were also added recently for a small price.

Bethesda also brought out an official mini-expansion called Knights of the Nine, which saw you restore an old religious order to its former glory by undertaking a series of quest.

Fighter's Stronghold will be free to download for PC from the official website for one week. No price has yet been mentioned for it on Live Marketplace, although we expect it will be similar to Vile Lair and Thieves Den and cost 150 points (GBP 1.28 / EUR 1.74).

Head over to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion gamepage for much more information.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (29) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • andromeda #1 4 years ago

    goodbye friend.
    Nice parting gift i think.

  • DanWhitehead #2 4 years ago

    Knights of the True Horn sounds like it should be stenciled on home-made stag night t-shirts.

  • Xerx3s #3 4 years ago

    So how about fixing some of those MASSIVE - storyline stopping - bugs you have known about since the launch of the game but refuse to fix it? Still too busy counting money?

    If this was a telly, you would have a massive lawsuit on hands but this is a game, here it is accepted to release a product with so many bugs. >:|

  • SIDEARM #4 4 years ago

    Awesome game. Awesome times. Hopefully a TES V announcement isnt too far off.

  • Lutz #5 4 years ago

    If only they could fix the controls so you can edit them to other joystick layouts too.

    Gits.

  • IAmBatman #6 4 years ago

    I'll give _you_ a night of the true horn.

  • PearOfAnguish #7 4 years ago

    "Fighter's Stronghold will be free to download for PC from the official website for one week."

    Why one week? Everyone who misses it will just find a torrent.
    Edited by 1 at 11/10/07 @ 10:31

  • bioreit #8 4 years ago

    "No price has yet been mentioned for it on Live Marketplace, although we expect it will be similar to Vile Lair and Thieves Den and cost 150 points (GBP 1.28 / EUR 1.74)."

    'Tis free for one week on 360 too - exactly the same as for PC. Linky:

    [link url=http://www.bethblog.com/
    ]http://www.bethblog.com/
    [/link]

    No word yet on PS3 though.

  • Darren #9 4 years ago

    I think Oblivion is one of the best games ever made, if not the best game, and still the best game on the Xbox 360 by far (and PS3/PC for that matter). I've had some 500 hours of joyous gameplay out of it, and apart from early freezing issues with the 360 version, haven't encountered any fatal or groundbreaking bugs or glitches. As far as I'm concerned it's one of the most glitch-free games I've ever played and even that ID bug never affected me. I'm still not bored of the game so I welcome another download with open arms. Can't wait as it gives me an excuse to play it again... not that I need an excuse mind! LOL

  • Bulbatron #10 4 years ago

    Excellant news. Played it to death when I first got it and again when new DLC comes out. Its the game I always go back to between other games. Can't wait for this new content.

  • bengray66 #11 4 years ago

    "500 hours"

    You sir, are actually a hermit, that equates to 20 whole days.....

  • Darren #12 4 years ago

    That's across three versions as well... Xbox 360, 350 hours, PS3, 100 hours and PC, 50 hours. /blush

    Yeah, I did say that I love the game and I guess that's the proof. However, it's a game I still play regularly and thoroughly enjoy on one or more of those formats so that's how I've accumulated that much time on them. Most single player games you play for a couple of weeks and then shelf, only to play now and then. Oblivion's open world structure means that there is hundreds of hours of gameplay there for you if you want it. In that respect, it's almost as addictive as an MMORPG like World of Warcraft which people also play for hundreds of hours.

    P.S. I bought the PC version for the mods, the 360 version to play on a large HDTV with a controller and the PS3 version was bought out of curiosity, to see how it compared with the 360.

  • TonyCocaCola #13 4 years ago

    Oblivion is still the game i always go back to, although i dont like inheriting all these massive properties. I think i'd prefer it if they made so you had to buy it in the game, like 100 grand or something.

  • Bonus #14 4 years ago

    I liked Oblivion until I had to work on it every day for months.

    Then it made me cry.

  • TonyCocaCola #15 4 years ago

    QA?

  • decibel #16 4 years ago

    Still one of the few current games I keep going back to. I absolutely LOVE IT.

    Shame that this is the last DLC :(

  • neuroniky #17 4 years ago

    @Bengray: "You sir, are actually a hermit, that equates to 20 whole days..... "

    Well, it's a below average playing time for your standard WoW player...

  • PearOfAnguish #18 4 years ago

    Er, what? Not like it's a lot of work to make the DLC available on all three platforms, it's the same engine. And just because we can download mods that's not a good excuse for withholding extra content. By that reasoning nobody should ever make a game for the Playstation 2 ever again because there's tons of games out for that.

  • GamesConnoisseur #19 4 years ago

    Ditto Darren! I bought 3 versions and did not mention it as did think people would thought it excessive. So now know I am not the only hermit in the village!

    Yeah a great farewell to TES IV but would find it difficult for Bethedsa to do a radically new TES V with current gen hardware. If going to do one for current gen, great but woud believe we wouldl not see as much leap as there was from Morrowind to Oblivion (I know some people prefer Morrowind to Oblivion but referring to SD to HD).

  • smelly #20 4 years ago

    Still no patch then?

    .. meh...

  • smelly #21 4 years ago

    "I liked Oblivion until I had to work on it every day for months. "


    See, the fact you used the word "work" there is a good highlight as to why i dont like this game. Games should be ENJOYABLE and FUN not "WORK".

  • Caimbeul #22 4 years ago

    f'ing hell Darren...500hrs!

  • jonnyreb #23 4 years ago

    So no expansion that does away with the retarded levelling system then?

    I'll pass.

  • PearOfAnguish #24 4 years ago

    Jonny, I assume you're playing on a console, because there are more than a few mods that do away with that particular 'feature'.

  • kangarootoo #25 4 years ago

    @smelly

    Um, I think Bonus meant he worked on it as in, for a living.

  • TedMoseby #26 4 years ago

    If the PC version is free for a week, the same had better be true of the Xbox 360 version.

  • Antwandemarco #27 4 years ago

    Darren is waht bethesda would call an "optimal" customer.

    Bought it just for comparison on PS3? That is taking it not too far enough!

  • kangarootoo #28 4 years ago

    On the subject of the levelling feature, my initial take was that everyone was making a fuss over nothing. However, after piling in a few hours (about 100, so nothing on a scale with many players here) I have to say I also think it was a real mistake.

    Not a game killer by a long stretch, not even close (and I would recommend anyone put off playing by that feature to actually give the game a shot anyway), but something that becomes more of an issue as the game progresses. In other words, the more progress you make, the more that particular design choice makes you feel like you aren't progressing... if that makes sense.

    I'm sure Bethesda have learned though.

  • Les #29 4 years ago

    "In other words, the more progress you make, the more that particular design choice makes you feel like you aren't progressing... if that makes sense. "

    It definitely makes sense to me. For me however, it's a major dealbreaker. Worst game I got for my PS3 so far.