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Take-Two has confirmed to Eurogamer that PC and Xbox 360 RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been delayed and won't now be hitting the shops until next year.

A spokesperson told us that the game is now down for a release in Q2 of the company's financial year, and should be out in Europe in February.

In a statement, Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler said: "We are moving the launch of Elder Scrolls IV to our second [financial] quarter, based on the Bethesda Softworks requiring additional development time to ensure the title meets gamers' high expectations for this popular franchise."

So much for Bethesda's statement just a few weeks ago, then, which said that the game's release date was "still holidays this year." "Holidays" meaning "Christmas" in American, of course.

Elder Scrolls IV was on show at X05 last month and looking very pretty indeed - as you'll know if you've seen the screenshots. Let's just hope it's worth the wait...

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jimmyjimbob #1 6 years ago

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bastards!!
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AssassiN Verified Owner/Editor, Computers N Stuff #2 6 years ago

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Is the 360 actually going to have any Launch Titles left?
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mattigan #3 6 years ago

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I will definately be selling mine the week before Christmas now if anyones interested, this was the only game making me have second thoughts. Still, at least they'll have more time to make it even prettier now.
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Ulgen #4 6 years ago

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... sob...
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Blerk #5 6 years ago

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Looks like that Halo/Halo 2 backwards compatibility is going to be more important than anyone ever imagined come launch day.
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Hicksy #6 6 years ago

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/cries

/re-installs Morrowind

/melts during title music

/is happy again

as long as it's not buggy \o/
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groovychainsaw #7 6 years ago

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noooooooooooo!
/hovers finger over 'cancel xbox360' button
/decides to sleep on it first
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Artemus #8 6 years ago

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Nooooooooooooooooo.

I saw this one coming. What's the betting they're holding the PC version back due to 360...
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Fatfish #9 6 years ago

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Oh...bugger.
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Bill-Lumberg #10 6 years ago

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Ha ha ha ha ha!!

Sorry. So Call of Duty 2 it is then. And that's it. Perhaps.
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alpha-0ne #11 6 years ago

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"groovychainsaw
01-Nov-05 11:57:14
noooooooooooo!
/hovers finger over 'cancel xbox360' button
/decides to sleep on it first "

Do it can i have your pre order? i cant wait to play PGR3, PDZ, kameo, condemned, madden, fifa, COD2

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onyxbox #12 6 years ago

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That's it, that was the final straw. I'm gonna forgett about the 360 until next year now.
There really is f*ck all worth buying one for... everything worth getting exited about is for the current gen IMO.
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symmetry #13 6 years ago

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And the next news item is:-

XBOX 360 - Delayed until Febuary '06
Microsoft blames developers
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Jmog #14 6 years ago

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What's the betting they're holding the PC version back due to 360...

More likely the other way around. The X360 version should be much easier to optimize properly than a version supposed to run on all kinds of PC configurations.
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Artemus #15 6 years ago

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More likely the other way around. The X360 version should be much easier to optimize properly than a version supposed to run on all kinds of PC configurations.

There's no way they'd miss the 360 launch window due to PC. Why not just delay the PC version if that was the case? Despite starting development as a PC title, the 360 is more than likely priority now.
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MrAtheist #16 6 years ago

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I bet it didnt get a 'pass' at the final Microsoft QA stage. Pretty much all the previews from the Amsterdam thing mentioned problems with the framerate.

The PC version is probably ready for release if they wanted to.
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kangarootoo #17 6 years ago

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"A trolling remark at lazy PC-developers not optimizing enough"

EDIT: Hmmm, it would seem if you put chevrons either side of a word, it buggers off when the comment is posted. Needless to say I had posted something stupendously insightful and witty, but now it is lost forever.

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Gurgeh #18 6 years ago

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I bet it failed the QA process too, given the past history of the Elder Scrolls games. The XBox Morrowind wasn't bug free and that came out months after they'd had the chance to patch the PC version.
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Bitkari #19 6 years ago

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bugger.
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groovychainsaw #20 6 years ago

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sorry alpha-one, will probably keep the pre-order, just to see how much i could make on ebay if any of the other launch titles do not measure up for me....
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Stickman #21 6 years ago

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Meh. I'd rather they finished it properly first.
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nightsparkle #22 6 years ago

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gald i haven't preordered anything. this game is almost worth the whole x360 ofcourse the graphics are gorgeous, but the gameplay is unlike anything i ever played. it's just so big. so much is possible. and i love the first person view. i realy feel like some sort of middle-age wanderer and i love slashing things and using my shield and sneeking around
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apolloscollapse #23 6 years ago

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Er you could do all that in Morrowind, you sure its not that you was playing lol
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Scimarad #24 6 years ago

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Yay! The pain of having no money is suddenly much decreased
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brombeer #25 6 years ago

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Told you so.
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Bru-Man #26 6 years ago

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aaw
Still, lots of DS games coming out to keep me busy
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yagisencho #27 6 years ago

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This is the first game I'd pre-ordered since Zelda: The Wind Waker. Le sigh.

/visits Amazon and cancels order
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