Oblivion expansion revealed

Shivering Isles due for release in Spring 2007 will feature new lands, quests, foes, and 30 hours of gameplay.

The first official expansion pack is on its way for the hugely popular The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, report British gaming magazines PC Gamer and PC Zone. The title has already spawned one add-on big enough to be sold on its own in The Knights of the Nine.

Titled The Shivering Isles, the first full Oblivion expansion will add a whole new land to explore. The Isles, which are also known as the Realm of Madness, will be divided into a northern area (Mania) and a Southern area (Dementia). A town called Split on the Mania-Dementia border has two of every citizen, and one of the quests will be to solve this doppelganger mystery.

The Shivering Isles are reachable through a door set in a strange statue and located on a small island that appears in the water in Niben Bay near Bravil. Players will be able to move between Cyrodiil--the realm of the original Oblivion--and the Shivering Isles freely.

The expansion will contain more than 30 hours of new gameplay with branching quest storylines, and the landscape itself will change according to the decisions players make during their adventures. There will also be new creatures, dungeons, and quests. Two of the new monsters include a Gatekeeper, a golem-style creature made up of stitched together body parts, and the Knights of the Order, which are made from tree roots.

Released in November, the boxed PC edition of Knights of the Nine featured a new multipart quest, as well as all of the game's previous pay-per-download updates. The Knights of the Nine was also released on the Xbox 360 as a download available through the Xbox Live Marketplace and will be included in the PlayStation 3 edition of Oblivion when it releases later this year. Neither magazine mentioned whether or not the expansion pack content would be available on other platforms.

A spokesperson for Bethesda Softworks confirmed the expansion's existence but declined to reveal further details at this time.

373 Comments

  • lordoakwind

    Posted Dec 9, 2007 9:12 pm PT

    If everyone says Oblivion is the best . Than Why can't I cross the Border Zones like its morrowind. Please show me the way across all zones and I will say it is the best. Thank you , Lordoakwind

  • chechak7

    Posted Aug 4, 2007 3:42 pm PT

    OBLIVION IS THE BEST and it have expansion this is great lets move on guys ..goooooooooooo

  • Velazkid

    Posted Mar 23, 2007 10:33 pm PT

    i agree with gamemaster OBLIVION IS THE BEST!! (they censored the s word) and no knights of the nine was not an expansion duuuuuuhhhhh!!! no offense but that was pretty dumb lunar dragoon WOOT!

  • andrew_ribbons

    Posted Jan 29, 2007 11:32 am PT

    Who cares if it doesn't come to the 360? You guys are getting Halo 3 early, you can't have EVERYTHING.

  • PaverPopPC

    Posted Jan 27, 2007 9:07 pm PT

    Okay, this is very annoying. "I HOPE IT COMES FOR THE 360!.!.!." This deserves the just shut up award. Yeah, I'm excited, Knights of the Nine was a sweet "quest" basically and I hope SI can add on that. But seriously, why would Bethesda screw the 360, it came out for both the PC and 360, so just stop. Geez

  • doom527

    Posted Jan 26, 2007 7:22 pm PT

    Just Wondering But Did Anyone Read Anything The Bethesda Said About Knights Of The Nine ? It Is Not An Expansion, But A Large Plug-In The Shivering Islands Is Too Be The Fist Expansion.

  • gamemaster1707

    Posted Jan 22, 2007 10:25 am PT

    I love Oblivion its my favorite game... I have it for the Xbox360

  • Lunar_Dragoon

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 7:04 pm PT

    Knights of The Nine was indeed an expansion, but was more of a sample to tide us over until this was ready(At least in my opinion). We can expect this to indeed be a truly interesting expansion if their claims about our actions affecting the world are true.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 3:45 pm PT

    I thought that The Knights of the Nine was the expansion

  • zarkia

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 1:37 pm PT

    ooh, this looks good. i had wondered if there would be a real expansion, and it seems there is. woo!!

  • Chef_Bretz

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 5:45 am PT

    Great news. Please put this fantastic new expansion on retail for the 360.

  • masterobi90

    Posted Jan 16, 2007 10:21 am PT

    Why couldn't they release it EARLIER?!

  • AceCometh

    Posted Jan 10, 2007 3:18 pm PT

    I received my latest Xbox magazine and it had an interview with Bethesda reps stating on the demo disk that it WILL be on the Xbox 360. That's all I'm concerned about. The screen shots they showed looked awesome. I'll be getting it the moment it becomes available.

  • reckeweg

    Posted Jan 10, 2007 10:10 am PT

    This is quite possibly the greatest game I have ever played. I can't ever seem to pull myself away from it. I've logged easily over 7o hours on the game so far and I have barley touched the main quest. Keep all the expansions and new material coming Bethesda, you have a loyal and dedicated follower here.

  • racerx737

    Posted Jan 9, 2007 8:35 am PT

    I love this game, I loved Morrowind before it and I love Oblivion now! I just wish you could design your own houses and own/design your own ships, that would be awesome!

  • Snake_shayan

    Posted Jan 9, 2007 8:01 am PT

    I love this game! but if you look deeply! you'll find the game too boring!
    They gotta add something that improves the gameplay! not only new quests and foes and maps... know what I mean!?

  • grantd77

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 9:50 pm PT

    Im so excited for this game. I cant wait and I just ordered Knights of the Nine so I will something to occupy me while I wait.

  • duck_watson

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 9:26 pm PT

    i will be really upset if this expansion is only for the pc! please bethesda make it an xbox 360 download!

  • Ice-Cube

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:00 pm PT

    Awsome! I'm still playing the Original and still deciding to get Knights of the Nine but this just might make me get both.

    Oblivion has great replay value, i have started over twice now and having soo much fun.

    Hope they add some decent stuff to this EP.

  • Dante565

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 7:41 pm PT

    Nice cant even wait for the new material.

  • nocoolnamejim Site moderator

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 7:40 pm PT

    Best news for the video game industry this year. The Next Gen's ONLY decent roleplaying game gets an expansion.

  • swordsman464

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:19 pm PT

    hooray another expansion i see one problem with being able to download on the 360: i suspect it will be very large, i might have to upgrade my computer and get oblivion and knights of the nine just for this expansion

  • ICEFALCON

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 2:42 pm PT

    Me Like-, Me Want!

  • Dspan

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 10:17 am PT

    This is gonna be one of the roughest waits ever. I havent been this excited about a game since I was a kid.

  • blacktorn

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:52 am PT

    This game is going to get as many expansions as the sims at this rate,although the previous downloadable content hasn't been big,it all add's up...

  • bobreturns

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:49 am PT

    sounds gd im getting it

  • zeigzero

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:33 am PT

    ok , i think i may wait for a GOTY. I know I want them all , but my 360 is acting up on me, so i'm hesitant to pay for any more downloads that I'll just lose when i inevitably have to replace it.

  • mark_c_128

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:17 am PT

    depends how much it costs and what other games i am playing

  • Tom1243

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 8:05 am PT

    Nice, sounds good.

  • paradyme777

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 7:25 am PT

    Awesome, I wonder if it'll have achievements. Sounds cool though

  • WestSideAzn

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 6:18 am PT

    Sweet! I'm still playing the original game, and I'm thinking about getting 'Nine' but yeah, this expansion should be very interesting.

  • BlackdogGT

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 6:10 am PT

    More... need... MORE..

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 6:07 am PT

    cool.... will probably skip this due to playing other games tho

  • blackadderthe8t

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:57 am PT

    This will come built into the PS3 version

  • Sanguis_Malus

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:57 am PT

    Oblivion is cool but I never have time to play it, one day I will finish it fully.

    For now I must play my other games, maybe in the future I will have time to devote to completing Oblivion.

  • ftjx

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:50 am PT

    sounds cool..........

  • dalestorry

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:48 am PT

    Sweeet, cant wait to get it,

  • ParisSun

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:40 am PT

    They will probably come out with a Game of The Year edition that will include all of the expansion packs.

  • S0DA_POPINSKI

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:37 am PT

    Im sorry but with a game like oblivion who cares if you already have the 1000 points? I'll play this game for years. However I really hope that we can get all content downloadable In one download for like 20 bucks. I paid $70 + tax for collections edition and $20 for the book. Thats like $100 for one game. Of course Oblivion is long enough to make the $100 worth while hehe.

  • Eclipse83Lives

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:11 am PT

    PS3 gets it all of it and the add ons in one game?? Is that what they ment?

  • Darius_Dante

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:05 am PT

    Achievements are for idiots who want to whine about having more points than others... *hides behind anti-flame shield* :3

  • KyanMehwulfe

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 4:24 am PT

    Looking forward to it.

  • lobobizarro

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 4:20 am PT

    Sweet! I hope it can be downloaded like Knights was. Can't wait!

  • Kraygohr

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 3:57 am PT

    My hands are shaking.

  • dennis8

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 3:34 am PT

    cant wait for this

  • linkme

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 3:15 am PT

    I am just looking forward to getting my hands on the expansion so i can continue playing Oblivion.

  • AtomicEdge

    Posted Jan 8, 2007 12:56 am PT

    Ronniexie: There probably will be achievements, the Kameo expansion gave a further 200 (?) achievement points, and seeing as this expansion will be sold in a box, I expect it will carry 1000 further gamer points.

  • judge__judy

    Posted Jan 7, 2007 11:48 pm PT

    I mostly care about achievements. It adds to the gameplay and give you a motive.

  • ronniexie

    Posted Jan 7, 2007 11:12 pm PT

    there will not be achievements for it. becuz all games are given 1000 achievement points and no more than that.

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