Oblivion gets Shivering Isles this month

Bethesda Softworks confirms pricing and release date for Xbox 360 and PC expansions to open-ended role-playing game.

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot

It was barely two months ago that word first arrived of Bethesda Softworks' Shivering Isles expansion for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the company hasn't said much about the project in the meantime, but this week it spilled its guts in the game's official forums. Responding to questions pulled from the forum community, the game's developers revealed a number of details about the expansion, from storyline minutiae to a release date and price.

Shivering Isles will be available "everywhere" for the PC and downloadable through Xbox Live on March 27, according to executive producer Todd Howard. The PC edition of the expansion can be purchased at retailers for $30, while Xbox 360 players will have to download it from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 2400 Microsoft Points ($30).

When asked about The Elder Scrolls V, Howard replied, "I wouldn't expect TESV any time soon, I can tell you that. We're very focused on Fallout 3 right now." He also said another download might be in the cards for Oblivion, but added the team has no plans to make another full expansion like Shivering Isles. The interview contained no mention of the PlayStation 3 version of Oblivion (confirmed for a March 20 release) and when--or if--it would receive the Shivering Isles expansion.

That's great news. Thanks for the info.

Your welcome and I don't have oblivion any more but tell me how it is if anyone gets this expansions.

I plan on getting it as soon as it comes out.I hope it meets everyones expectations.

Yeah me to but get back to me on how the expansions is.

I'll post on it as soon as I play it a bit to see if it looks like it'll be cool or not.

On 07-Mar-2007 jeanie72 said:

I'll post on it as soon as I play it a bit to see if it looks like it'll be cool or not.

Thanks and looking forward to it.

I heard someone say that the price for England is still �30, even though it should be like �22 (or somewhere near that) because of the currency values. I this right?

I'm in Scotland and it's only �19.99. I'll add this to the news topic.

2400 points!? That's nearly triple of what the Knights of the Nine cost me!

Thats good then, I don't like the idea of being ripped off (not that I can actually get on Live to buy it though).