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Bethesda announces The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles expansion pack (1/18/07)
Bethesda has announced the first full expansion pack for Oblivion. It will contain an entire new region of the realm of Sheogorath, the Shivering Isles. New weapons, armor, flora, fauna, and locations will be included. The game will add over 30 hours of quests, both primary quests and side quests. The game will be available in Spring 2007 as a retail package for PC users and as a downloadable-only expansion from Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 users. It is also intended to be made available for the PlayStation 3 later this year.
 * Official announcement and overview

Bethesda allows Xbox Live users to download Mehrunes' Razor for free (12/22/06 to 12/31/06)
Bethesda Softworks is allowing Xbox Live users to download Mehrunes' Razor official mod for free from December 22, 2006 to December 31, 2006. The mod normally costs 250 Microsoft Points ($3.13).
 * See official news item on 12.21.06.

Oblivion patches for Italian and Spanish version (10/25/06)
Bethesda has released final v1.1 patches for the Italian and Spanish versions of Oblivion. The patch is not compatible with direct2drive or other localized versions of Oblivion. Updates for the Xbox 360 version in these countries should already be available through Xbox Live.
 * Visit the Oblivion patches page at Elderscrolls.com

Bethesda announces Knights of the Nine for PC and Xbox 360 (10/17/06)
Bethesda has officially announced that it will make the new content of Knights of the Nine available for the PC and Xbox 360 via download from OblivionDownloads.com or Xbox Live, respectively. A Windows retail version will also be available on November 21st, which will also include all the previous official Oblivion downloadable content (Horse Armor, The Orrery, Wizard's Tower, Vile Lair, Thieves Den, Mehrunes' Razor, and Spell Tomes).

The Knights of the Nine pack will also feature an all-new faction and new quests for noble characters. New weapons and armor of the Divine Crusader will also be available.
 * Read the full press release here

Bethesda officially announces Oblivion for PS3, PSP (9/28/06)
Bethesda confirms that Oblivion will indeed be released for PS3 this coming November as a launch title and the PSP in Spring 2007. Complete details are in the Official Playstation Magazine.


 * Elderscrolls.com press release

Oblivion to come to PS3, PSP (9/28/06)
Citing it's sister magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, 1up.com reports that Oblivion will be heading to the PlayStation 3. A new faction named Knights of the Nine will be included, as well as various other new characters, items, and locations. Whether this new content will be made available to PC and Xbox 360 owners of the game is unknown. A PSP version of Oblivion, titled The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion, is also in the works.
 * 1up.com article
 * GameSpot's report of the report

Pete Hines denies "Knights of the White Stallion" expansion (9/12/06)

 * ''For the main news report, see the Gamers Reports article

Today, Pete Hines, V.P. of Marketing and Public Relations Bethesda Softworks, denied the existence of an expansion titled "Knights of the White Stallion." Here's what he had to say:


 * "There’s no expansion in development called Knights of the White Stallion. That’s the name of a quest in Oblivion. Right now we have no announced plans for any new content, add-ons, or expansions. If that changes, we’ll let folks know."

Rumors of new Oblivion expansion: Knights of the White Stallion expansion pack (9/11/06)

 * For the main news report, see GameSpot's article.

A temporary listing at GameStop.com showed a listing for an expansion pack titled: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Knights of the White Stallion Expansion Pack. It was listed at $19.99 with a estimated ship date of November 21, 2006. Shortly after GameSpot inquired at Bethesda, the listing was removed.


 * Note: The Knights of the White Stallion is currently a minor faction joinable in Leyawiin, headed by Count Marius Caro.

Bethesda releases new mini plug-in: Spell Tomes (8/29/06)
Bethesda released a new plug-in called Spell Tomes (DLC4). It adds hundreds of new spell giving books with many new and powerful spells of multiple effects. The Spell Tomes can be found in dungeons all over Cyrodiil and in randomly generated loot. It costs $0.99 for PC and Xbox 360.


 * Spell Tomes product information