Oblivion GOTY Edition unveiled

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 July, 2007

Could rile PS3 owners.

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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Comments (35) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Tejstar #1 5 years ago

    Bah, I've still got the game on the 360 unplayed. Looks like I'll have to ebay that and get this instead...

  • ecureuil #2 5 years ago

    I don't think that many PS3 owners will really care. I mean, they must be fairly wealthy to afford a PS3 in the first place, right? :D
    Edited by 1 at 09/07/07 @ 18:56

  • SeesThroughAll #3 5 years ago

    /Trades in furiously.

  • sanctusmortis #4 5 years ago

    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...

  • JediMasterMalik #5 5 years ago

    It is a bit strange that Shivering Isles has yet to be made available to PS3 owners.

  • SeesThroughAll #6 5 years ago

    Had they released it there, I would buy Shivering Isles from the PSN... if the price is right, that is.

  • Steroyd #7 5 years ago

    I think PS3 owners do care, I mean the way the bloody game performed in the charts, it had some damn strong legs for a year old port.

  • SeesThroughAll #8 5 years ago

    @ Fluffy Tucker:

    Naughty. :p

  • Der_tolle_Emil #9 5 years ago

    Never played Oblivion but might get this. Seems good value with all the packs and regular retail price.

  • old_skool #10 5 years ago

    GOTY Editions are normally cheap

  • Mr-Brett #11 5 years ago

    I didn't even get it that long ago, worst thing is I knew they were gonna do this.

  • Kazzahdrane #12 5 years ago

    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).

  • NewYork #13 5 years ago

    Their fault for buying it, though.

  • SniperWolf #14 5 years ago

    Morrowind GOTY > Oblivion GOTY

    Put it on the 360 backwards compatibility list you bastards.

  • Hughes. #15 5 years ago

    I'd think the odds of the expansion showing up on PSN are pretty slim now this has been announced. I've been humming and hah-ing over getting this, as I don't really go for Western RPGs, but it does look nice. I'll definitely hold off buying now though.

  • Overlush #16 5 years ago

    Oblivion would be good if the combat weren't akin to stick fighting with pensioners

  • Dr.Mott #17 5 years ago

    I know what you mean, Kazahdrane. I don't want to play it anymore now, in case I will lose all my saved games when I buy this. (I'm sick of the ridiculous loading times you get after buying the downloadable content)

  • Xerx3s #18 5 years ago

    Wouldn't it be more logical to make this available to the ps3 owners and not the 360 and pc crowd as they already have it? Or why not just make it an expansion disc with all stuff up till now? For half price.

  • TheJanitor #19 5 years ago

    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.

  • Arcadiian #20 5 years ago

    I played Oblivion for 70 hours before losing my game save.

    I realise this is irrelevant to the news story, but it's my mission in life to inform everyone of my experience until my anger is subsides.

  • GitSomE_UK #21 5 years ago

    Poor PS3 owners, that's living eh?

  • Pedrolot #22 5 years ago

    @ GitSomE UK

    erm..we dont care actually..

  • Metalfish #23 5 years ago

    I haven't got shivering isles yet on my pc. Still if this had werewolves in it like the morrowind GOTY -then I'd be sold.

  • SeesThroughAll #24 5 years ago

    Well, I'd only buy Shivering Isles through PSN anyway, if they don't release it there, they're losing my money. Simple as.

  • newt #25 5 years ago

    The expansion and plugins are not worth the money.

    Shivering Isles are worth the money, if only for those butterflies in the beginning.
    Edited by 1 at 10/07/07 @ 02:04

  • Vandrius #26 5 years ago

    I'm sure bethesda will do right by everyone.

    ...maybe. :-)

  • Avaloner #27 5 years ago

    Bah stop complaining. Its just an option. No one is forcing anyone into buying anything. Personally I think Oblivion is big enough and I can do without the bells and whistles.

  • jonnyreb #28 5 years ago

    Damn, I soo wanted to love Oblivion, but the stupid retarded levelling system removed any challenge or feeling of progress for me.

    /sigh

  • Dark_Stranger #29 5 years ago

    @ ecureuil - and its not like they are spoilt for choice in having loads of games to buy either :o)

  • SteveB #30 5 years ago

    Any word on whether the 360 version will have the minor graphical tweaks (framerate in particular) that the PS3 had ?

  • Werti0 #31 5 years ago

    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.

  • viper_h #32 5 years ago

    how did this tripe get voted game of the year? Played it for about an hour before I was bored. (when you get bored with the tutorial dungeon, something's wrong with your game"
    Edited by 1 at 10/07/07 @ 10:34

  • GamesConnoisseur #33 5 years ago

    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.

  • jlaakso #34 5 years ago

    Why they don't just release the stuff as DLC on PSN is beyond me. Then again, GOTY editions continue to sell for a good time I think.

  • DJ-Ants #35 5 years ago

    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...