Bethesda Softworks Announces Oblivion for PS3 System Now Shipping
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on March 19, 2007 1:50:10 PM
Award-Winning, Best-Selling Role Playing Game Available This Week
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that the
latest version of its blockbuster role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls
IV: Oblivion, for PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system has
begun shipping to retail stores throughout North America and will be in
stores as early as Tuesday, March 20.
Released in March 2006 for
Windows and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft, Oblivion has already earned countless awards from
publications around the world and won numerous Game of the Year and RPG
of the Year awards. Gamerankings.com and MetaCritic.com list Oblivion
as the highest rated game of all time on Xbox 360.
Oblivion
features a powerful combination of free-form gameplay, unprecedented
graphics, cutting edge AI, character voices by acting legends Patrick
Stewart, Sean Bean, Terrance Stamp, and Lynda Carter, and an
award-winning soundtrack. Gamers can choose to unravel Oblivion's epic
narrative at their own pace or explore the vast world in search of
their own unique challenges.
After the mysterious and untimely
death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty. With the Empire
ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the
land - laying waste to everything in their path. To turn the tide of
darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the
sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.
The
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB and is
being published in North America by Bethesda Softworks.