Bethesda talks up Oblivion expansion

January 18th, 2007, 19:12 Posted By: wraggster

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Bethesda's Oblivion expansion Shivering Isles - which we broke first word on earlier this month - is due out this spring on Xbox 360 and PC.

As revealed previously, the expansion packs 30-plus hours of new Elder Scrolls adventuring and presents players with a new plane of Oblivion to explore - the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness.

"Within the Realm of Sheogorath, players can explore the two extreme sides of the god's madness - the sublimely creative and the completely psychotic. Something is happening to the Shivering Isles and Sheogorath himself looks to you to be his champion and defend his realm and its inhabitants from destruction. Do you have the strength to survive his trials, tame a realm fraught with paranoia and despair, and wear the mantle of a God?", says Bethesda.

The developer's additionally explained that Shivering Isles "features a bizarre landscape split between the two sides - Mania and Dementia -filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within." Players can expect to encounter plenty of new creatures "including hideous insects, Flesh Atronachs, skeletal Shambles, amphibious Grummites" and the dev's also stuffing in the likes of new items, ingredients and spells - "and have the talented craftsmen of Crucible and Bliss forge new armor and weapons just for you."

Apparently, the Xbox 360 version of Shivering Isles is only going to be released through Xbox Live, while the PC version will be your vanilla retail release.

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