Oblivion GOTY Edition unveiled News
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Tom Bramwell
Bethesda Softworks has announced The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, which is due for release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC this September.
It incorporates the original game, the downloadable Knights of the Nine expansion, and the full-blown Shivering Isles retail/download expansion.
A Bethesda community manager, responding to queries on the official forum, said we'd have to "stay tuned" for news on whether the Game of the Year Edition also included all the other downloadable content released to date through Xbox Live Marketplace and OblivionDownloads.com.
Anyway, the Game of the Year Edition is so named because, despite being a poor man's Slitherlink/Viva Pinata/etc., Elder Scrolls: Oblivion finished 2006 with more gongs than a Rank Organisation film convention. We even gave it 10/10.
But while it's bound to be welcomed by people who've yet to buy it, and by Bethesda's bank manager, it's likely to provoke consternation among PS3 owners who bought Oblivion, weren't then served the Shivering Isles expansion, and are now seemingly being asked to fork over a fresh stack of notes to do so - all within six months of the PS3 Oblivion's already frustratingly delayed release.
Bethesda could yet release Shivering Isles and other downloads through the PlayStation Network to save people the expense, of course, but there's no word about it in the press release. As one Oblivion forumite complained: "If I knew that this GOTY Edition was coming out when I bought [the game] three months ago, I would have held off!"
We'll let you know how it's all resolved.
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sanctusmortis
09/07/07 @ 18:15
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Shameless attempt to pull those of us who got sick of it and skipped the expansions back in then?
I doubt PS3 players will care anyhow - they didn't even earn achievements... |
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JediMasterMalik
09/07/07 @ 18:21
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It is a bit strange that Shivering Isles has yet to be made available to PS3 owners.
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SeesThroughAll
09/07/07 @ 18:25
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Had they released it there, I would buy Shivering Isles from the PSN... if the price is right, that is.
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Der_tolle_Emil
09/07/07 @ 18:34
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Never played Oblivion but might get this. Seems good value with all the packs and regular retail price.
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Kazzahdrane
09/07/07 @ 18:56
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What I wonder is whether 360/PS3 gamers who already have Oblivion will be able to use their existing saved games with this new version. I'd hope so, since PC gamers could when Shivering Isles came out (as usual for an expansion).
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SniperWolf
09/07/07 @ 18:58
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Morrowind GOTY > Oblivion GOTY
Put it on the 360 backwards compatibility list you bastards. |
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TheJanitor
09/07/07 @ 19:35
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who cares? by the time i finished the game i had my fair share of it...instead of making more content of the same they should concentrate on making a better sequel. cause oblivion sure as hell needs a lot of improvements.
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SeesThroughAll
10/07/07 @ 00:39
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Well, I'd only buy Shivering Isles through PSN anyway, if they don't release it there, they're losing my money. Simple as.
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Dark_Stranger
10/07/07 @ 07:24
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@ ecureuil - and its not like they are spoilt for choice in having loads of games to buy either :o)
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Wonga
"That's a good idea really. I didn't want to buy shivering isles on market place because of the way it's associated with your gamertag and console, and the restrictions that causes if you ever buy a new console (only I would be able to play it with my tag, nobody else). " I hate to break it to you but the GRAW game of the year edition was just GRAW with a code that let you download the extra content from live, I wouldnt be suprised if they did the same for Oblivion. |
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GamesConnoisseur
10/07/07 @ 09:47
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GOTY was always going to be a given!! Bethesda just waited for the right time to milk the franchise especially when expansion packs are over and done with (no more offical expansions after Shivering Island) then pack it all together under GOTY and make more money.
No crimes there, but in PS3 case, seem rather too short a shelf life from offical PS3 release to GOTY in Sept! Good thing for PS3 owners is that they would finally be able to access Shivering Island but question if only via disk and not providing option for DLC which seemed unfair as available to other platforms. |
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I have the 360 version of Oblivion, and I enjoyed it loads, but the further I progressed into the game, the longer the loading times were, and the 360 didnt seem to be able to 'hack it'. Im trading it in for the PS3 version when I get one, and I am glad of this news cos I will then get the expansion packs with it too, which is a bonus.
Plus there will still be people out there that do NOT own this game, and it is good for them too... |
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