Video Gaming News - May 2005
Rockville, MD (May 16, 2005) - Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games today
announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be available on the Xbox 360.
From Bethesda Softworks:
Oblivion, the long awaited fourth installment in the award-winning Elder
Scrolls series, will make its public debut at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
in Los Angeles on May 18. With revolutionary technology powered by Xbox 360 and
Bethesda’s powerful development engine and groundbreaking Radiant AI system,
Oblivion provides gamers with the most life-like gaming experience to date. The
powerful combination of unprecedented graphics and freeform game play allows
gamers to unravel the main quest or explore the vast world at their own pace.
“Oblivion is by far one of the most graphically captivating games ever made,
but the technology powering this game is doing so much more than just making it
look good," said Todd Howard, executive producer for Oblivion. "The Xbox 360
gives us the freedom to build a game that is not only visually unsurpassed, but
also completely customizable to the player’s desire. Technology has finally
caught up to our vision of creating a fully immersive fantasy world that looks
as amazing as it is fun to play.”
Played from a first or third person perspective, Oblivion opens with the
mysterious death of the Emperor of Tamriel, tasking the gamer with finding the
lost heir to the throne while combating the demons loosed from the gates of
Oblivion, or hell. Pioneering technology makes Oblivion’s combat more bloody and
visceral, as the gamer navigates his way through lifelike towns, dungeons, and
the most realistic forests ever created. Oblivion has already received a wealth
of pre-launch attention, and has been recognized as one of this year’s most
highly-anticipated games.
“The team at Bethesda has pushed the RPG genre forward exponentially with
Oblivion and it makes for a stunning example of what the next generation Xbox is
capable of,” said Christoph Hartmann, Managing Director for 2K Games. “The power
of this new technology coupled with the talented developers at Bethesda, ensure
that the Xbox 360 release from 2K Games and Bethesda Softworks will undoubtedly
be an unforgettable gaming experience.”
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has not yet been rated by the ESRB and is
slated to ship for PC and Xbox 360 in winter 2005. For more information on
Oblivion and the Elder Scrolls series, please visit the official web site at
www.elderscrolls.com.
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