You thought you were done with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion didn’t you? If you did, then you would be wrong because Bethesda is set to deliver more downloadable content on October 15. That’s when the Fighter’s Stronghold download will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It’ll be a free download for both PC and Xbox 360.
Defeat the attacking marauders and become lord of Battlehorn Castle. Located in the Colovian Highlands west of Chorrol, this expansive castle will allow you to live the life of a noble warrior, with private quarters, grand dining hall, wine cellar, barracks, training room and more. And what castle would be complete without a few hidden passages and dark secrets?
Features:
- A fully detailed castle for you to explore
- Knights of the True Horn patrol the castle and do your bidding
- Secret treasure vault
- Upgrade the furnishings in every area of the castle
- Hire a vintner to create special wines to enhance your fighting abilities
- Hire a combat trainer to spar with
- Hire a taxidermist to craft lifelike trophies for your great hall
- Purchase an ancient Dwemer Forge that buffs your Armorer skill
For more information on the Fighter’s Stronghold, visit the download section on The Elder Scrolls official site.
Here’s a review of the Shivering Isles expansion pack by one of Unscripted 360’s listeners and readers. I thought I’d share it with all of you Oblivion fans out there since I couldn’t review it myself. The guidelines are roughly the same as I use when reviewing so I included my Rating Guide as well.
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Screenshots: Available Here
Rating Guide: How I Review Games
Review:
Part of what makes Oblivion so great is the power of personal choice given to the players to control their own game experience. These choices impact almost every aspect of the experience. It first starts with the creation of your character and choice of its birth sign. These options impact the skillset your character will possess from that point on. Additionally, you are also offered the option of selecting your class of character, which also impacts how it will develop. For the purposes of clarification, my main Oblivion character is a Norde, birth sign Warrior, class Knight. Essentially, what this means is my character is set up as a good (as in non-evil) brute force, melee combat person that attacks fast, loud, hard and manually. There is little ability to use magic, stealth or engage in criminal activity. Based on that, my experience may differ considerably from what you may discover. It is important to note that as I review this I am speaking mainly from my own experience and you could likely find your gameplay different.
Oblivion fans rejoice as Bethesda has released the Shivering Isles expansion pack a day early. This means you can get it before the scheduled maintenance tomorrow! I’m hoping this is a planned early release and not one where it’ll be pulled. But just in case, you need to be quick on the active download.
The download comes in at 993.75MB. It’s a whopper indeed. Remember it will cost you 2400 Microsoft Points.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles expansion just became the first game to implement the new Achievement policy set forth by Microsoft a month ago. Those of you with Oblivion on your Gamercard can now see the additional Achievements for the Shivering Isles expansion which will produce an additional 250 Gamerscore points.
I have a list of them from 360Achievements.org for your viewing pleasure.
- Tourist, 20 Entered the Shivering Isles
- Aspirant, 20 Reached Aspirant Rank in the Court of Madness
- Citizen, 20 Reached Citizen Rank in the Court of Madness
- Madman, 20 Reached Madman Rank in the Court of Madness
- Honored Madman, 20 Reached Honored Madman Rank in the Court of Madness
- Duke Dementia, 30 Reached Duke of Dementia Rank in the Court of Madness
- Duke Mania, 30 Reached Duke of Mania Rank in the Court of Madness
- Regent, 20 Reached Regent Rank in the Court of Madness
- Defender, 20 Reached Defender of the Realm Rank in the Court of Madness
- Madgod, 50 Stopped the Greymarch
Also, be sure to check the Xbox Live Marketplace for a new theme (150 Microsoft Points) and picture pack (80 Microsoft Points) for Shivering Isles.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles has already been priced and a date has already been set for when Xbox 360 fans can download it. Today Bethesda released a trailer showcasing a bit of what to expect in the new expansion pack.
Also, a new theme and picture pack for Shivering Isles should be making its way to the Xbox Live Marketplace later today. I’m sure the typical price of 150 Microsoft Points will apply for the theme and 60-100 Microsoft Points for the picture pack. Watch the Marketplace for the delivery! I’ll update this when they become available.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles just might make you shiver after all especially when you look at your Microsoft Points balance after you opt to download it when it’s released. In an interview posted a few days ago on the official forums for Elder Scrolls, Todd Howard, Executive Producer, spoke about the release date and price for this new expansion saga.
PC gamers and Xbox 360 owners alike will have Shivering Isles on March 27. It’ll cost $30 for PC players or 2400 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 owners to download it. I suppose with so much being done to this expansion, this price shouldn’t be received too harshly. It’s a little too rich for my blood but what about yours? What say you?
Boy how time flies when you’re playing great games, getting dashboard updates and logging in millions of sessions over Xbox Live huh? Do you remember camping and the Best Buy 360 locators that were spreading around in the community during launch? I sure do.
It’s been a long, fun ride this past year and I’d like you all to join me in giving a big WOOT! to the Xbox 360 for a great first year! It’s been an amazing year with a lot of surprises and announcements. I can’t wait to see what the coming year(s) will bring.
You’d think that a console would take its birthday off but nope…not the Xbox 360. Today you can head out to the Xbox Live Marketplace and download Small Arms, new Obilivion content in Knights of the Nine and the Xbox Live Video Marketplace comes alive today as well! And I won’t even mention that tomorrow the Lost Planet multiplayer demo hits. (ok so I just did)
And if those weren’t enough reasons to sit down this holiday weekend with the Xbox 360, then how about 360+ more reasons to love it! Xbox.com’s TriXie, came up with over 360 reasons for you to settle down with the Xbox 360. I love #317 the best! I was informed that the list isn’t in order of importance but who cares…#317 ROCKS BABY!
Happy Birthday Xbox 360!
Fans of the smash RGP hit on Xbox 360 will be able to download this new addition to Oblivion from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 80 (.99 cents equivalent) Microsoft points on August 31. The download will also be availabe at OblivionDownloads.com for PC users.
This pack adds “Spell Tomes” to the world’s random treasure. These books grant you wondrous and powerful magic spells, just by reading them! Now Mages will also gain instant benefits by treasure hunting. Friend and foe alike will bow in awe before your power.
Read more from Bethesda on the new download
Features:
- Hundreds of new spell-giving books
- All the most useful basic spells covered
- Low level and high level spells available
- Many new powerful spells with multiple effects added
- Extremely powerful new spells that are balanced with slightly detrimental effects to lower the cost in Magicka
- Find Spell Tomes in dungeons all over Cyrodiil
- Spend less time and money arming yourself with the spells you want and need
The latest download for Oblivion for PC and Xbox 360 — the Vile Lair — will be out this Thursday. This underwater hideout provides your infamous character with safe haven. Those willingly inflicted (or shall we say graced?) with vampirism will find
a means to feed, and if necessary, a means to cure their infliction. Hire evil minions, pray to the dark god Sithis, and a host of other functions await.
You can find full details and screenshots here:
http://obliviondownloads.com/Coming_Soon_DLC5.aspx
*edit - Available in (150 points): US, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand.
