BETHESDA
SOFTWORKS AND 2K GAMES ANNOUNCE
THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION FOR MICROSOFT’S
XBOX 360 VIDEO GAME AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
One of the
Most Anticipated Next Generation Role Playing Games to Debut
at E3 with Revolutionary Graphics and Game Play
Monday, May 16, 2005 (Rockville, MD)
- Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two
Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced
that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™, the highly
anticipated and definitive next-generation role playing game,
will be available on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft. 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.
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