Oblivion makes PS3 Launch

Yes, the rumors are true: Oblivion is heading to PlayStation 3, and an upcoming cover story in Official PlayStation Magazine has the exclusive first look.

Here' s what we know so far. The game will introduce a new faction to the Oblivion world, one that' s available right at the beginning called Knights of the Nine and described by the developers as " the good Dark Brotherhood." The goal here is to become the Divine Crusader (think part warrior, part priest), and the quest features new locations, characters, armor and weapons.

" Oblivion has these really good character archetypes for evil," says executive producer Todd Howard. " It has the Dark Brotherhood: You get your outfit, you feel like an assassin, you feel like an evil guy, [and] you role-play like an evil guy. We [didn' t] have the opposite end of that. There [was] very little reward for being a goody two-shoes."

" As opposed to adding content that allowed your character to just experience new quests, we wanted to create something that allowed your character to become something new," he continues.

Fans may also be excited to hear that the series is heading to PSP in Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion, a game that plays very similarly to its big brother but takes place in a completely different setting.

For more information on both games, check out the cover story in the November issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, on store shelves soon.

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We knew it was coming and it' ll be interesting to see what visual upgrades the attitional development time has made possible.

Yeah, I' ve known about this since before it came out. I also had the lead guys at Bethesda basically tell me out right that it was coming to the PS3... sadly I had to keep my lips sealed. Damn NDA agreements.

I think it' s a good thing though. Bethesda needs the sales since they are actually loosing money on every copy of the PC version they sell (I was told this directly from a Bethesda employee). Everyone deserves to play this game. It' s incredible. The PS3 guys deserve to get their hands on it.

I wonder how people will react to the next one. Wait... I' ve said too much.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

I almost decided to care about this game today when I saw it used at a local game shop. But then I came to my senses and bought a few games for the Saturn, Genesis and DS instead.

Those Sony people will love it. Its simply the game that everyone has to play...

Although, I' d miss the force-feedback from when I' m getting slapped by 3 enenimes at a time...

In defense though...I could see them doing something cool for the lock picking.

...Random Madness, Forward...

I wont miss the rumble as rumble is a useless feature only homosexuals are fond of, like to violently thrust the controller up their ass when it vibrates apparently.

Anyway, I am selling Oblivion for Xbox360 and Echanted Arms tommorow for sure.

I hope the PS3 version will have better loading, the loading in open areas on the x360 version pissed me off.

Evil man we all know you lended a 360,about those ps3 screenies,it doesn' t seem to use HDR.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I wont miss the rumble as rumble is a useless feature only homosexuals are fond of, like to violently thrust the controller up their ass when it vibrates apparently.

Had it been the 360 which hadnt had rumble and the PS3 had had it, it would have been the best thing in the world now wouldnt it little Evil Man (said with a patronishing voice, like talking to a toddler, maybe a few pats on the head to make him feel a little proud)

I almost decided to care about this game today when I saw it used at a local game shop. But then I came to my senses and bought a few games for the Saturn, Genesis and DS instead.

For Some reason I still don' t feel like playing this game.

Where did you get those Saturn and Genesis games from?
If you don' t mind telling me.

I hope the PS3 version will have better loading, the loading in open areas on the x360 version pissed me off.

PS3 uses a 2x BD drive, which is 72Mbits/second or 9MB/second. 360 uses a 12x DVD drive, which gives it about 16MB/second.

The complication comes when you look at the differences between CAV (360) and CLV (PS3) drives. 360' s 12x CAV is 12x for around 15% of the outer disc, and thats peak performance. The closer to the inner ring it gets the slower accesses get (5x on the inner ring) with a probable average of around 8x speed.

While that' s still faster than PS3' s 2x Blu-Ray drive, 360' s 12x DVD drive only reads dual layer discs at a maximum of 8x, and that again is peak performance. In comparison, PS3' s 2x Blu-Ray drive reading a single layer Blu-Ray disc fares pretty well, it falls just short.

360' s drive is marginally faster and both consoles can use the HDD as a buffer, but PS3' s memory and bandwidth bottlenecks may prove troublesome, especially when rendering a completely new scene.

Well,the day OB came out,for PC/xbox360,there was a lot of people who had some " bad ass" pc' s and still had frame drop problems,with for ex dual sli 7800 gts 256mb,basically two RSX.

So i think they optimized the game a lot better now for ps3...or atleast they should do.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Oblivion when it first came out needed another 6 months of Optimization, it was [is] slow and buggy.

Hopefully with the ps3 version, updated code will result in better fps and less bugs. I am sure they arent sitting on their hands. Those crazy guys.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Still,ps3 is getting a awesome epic RPG,and this might actually make some sony fanboys finally admit its a awesome game instead of attacking it over some boards.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

I am sure they arent sitting on their hands. Those crazy guys.

Heh, you' d be surprised. No comment on what I mean by that.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

The port to PS3 will have been an absolute bitch. The differences in the architecture are huge and the PC/360 code (which is very similar) will have been extremely exotic to Sony' s machine. I don' t doubt the team one bit but i wouldn' t get my hopes up for PS3 having the definitive version of the game and i would almost certainly expect it to require patching as issues crop up.

I don' t doubt the team one bit but i wouldn' t get my hopes up for PS3 having the definitive version of the game and i would almost certainly expect it to require patching as issues crop up.

...that' s very likely.... ...i' m surprised that it was ported in the first place to be honest... ...a western fps-rpg is probably the last thing that anyone buying a PS3 would want....

....i wouldn' t expect much more than a typical sloppy console port, unless the makers are supremely confident that they' ll be able to achieve something that we have not seen yet...

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I don' t doubt the team one bit but i wouldn' t get my hopes up for PS3 having the definitive version of the game and i would almost certainly expect it to require patching as issues crop up.

...that' s very likely.... ...i' m surprised that it was ported in the first place to be honest... ...a western fps-rpg is probably the last thing that anyone buying a PS3 would want....

That' s a really good point. Can they be sure it' ll sell?!

Too be honest, I am bored of Oblivion and I am about 20 hours in.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Silentbomber its not a suprise that some people like you get bored by Oblivion,name me one game that hasn' t sold millions and got insane good score by the critics and still has had people at forums saying they get bored by those games?

We have diffrent taste,the gaming media+me and millions of others just really dig OB for what it is.

I for ex like medival time,and " fantasy" i also wanted a open ended world where i could play around and build what cjaracter i wanted to become and do.

And Ob let me do that,so it fit into my creteria,the sound/graphic is also so amazing that i cant say anything else then that it deserves 94/100 from me.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Its a cool game like, I would give it a 7/10.

But the whole world feels, dull and boring. Maybe its the whole Western rpg thing I dont much like.

Thought Neverwinter Nights in parts was better.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Hmmm...

Well it might feel slow,but its more like," come and explore" then delivering something like linear Japanese rpgs,here they invite you to their world but you make your own play time.

While Japanes egames handle that for you,but it may be things you don' t find funny at all.

Btw,have you joined right guild yet?

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

yeah, I joined the magic guild.

The game is huge, I guess if you played it for a a year straight you would not have finished it.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

You got a 360?

thats on the pc.


And My room mate has a 360. And only has Saints Row.

I dont play it much.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

thats on the pc.


And My room mate has a 360. And only has Saints Row.

I dont play it much.

I wouldn' t either as it' s rubbish!

I guess you' ve played the demos available on Xbox Live?!

No, we dont have it hooked up to Xbox Live.

there is broadband in our place but its down and I cant even get the bloody Laptop to connect to it. I have to wait a while untill they fix it.

Ill probably never be on xbox Live.


Nevermind, At least I have a chance to play Gears and Alan wake.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

coolnews, made my day, THE PS3 RULES

It' s funny how the Sony fans can' t express themselves as good as the Microsoft fans

ORIGINAL: ginjirou

It' s funny how the Sony fans can' t express themselves as good as the Microsoft fans

Probably because they' re younger in general.

ORIGINAL: ginjirou

It' s funny how the Sony fans can' t express themselves as good as the Microsoft fans

sorry man but i dont speak einglish quite well, i cant be blamed since i can speak japanese, portugese, spanish little inglish and little italian maybe i could make good arguments in this lenguaje but it takes alot of me and rigth now i dont have the time or the energy, besides none of u seem to make alot of sence to me when u pick MS over SONY

actualy i can talk very well but my spelling its just horrid, i varely can say anithing in italian and im 19years old so im not that joung, who old are u???

No need to apologise. I took the opportunity to make fun of your post.
If anyone should be apologising it' s me.

If anyone should be apologising it' s me

Damn straight.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

If anyone should be apologising it' s me.

Get on your Knees you Dirty dirty Dog.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

If anyone should be apologising it' s me.

There' s a big difference between what you should do and what you actually do

i should be on my knees because of my spelling, its just fucking aweful and im very ashamed of it, i should grab a fucking einglish spellbook sit in my ass and start studing and i swear to god i will but not until october or something like that

Studying can never be bad.
There are lots of english dictionaries on the Internet.
It' s not perfect but you can always use Bablefish at Altavista if you can' t find anything else.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

ORIGINAL: ginjirou

Studying can never be bad.
There are lots of english dictionaries on the Internet.
It' s not perfect but you can always use Bablefish at Altavista if you can' t find anything else.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

thanks mate, i will make use of this, i already have an spell and work book but anything i can lay my hands on is useful

thanks mate, i will make use of this, i already have an spell and work book but anything i can lay my hands on is useful

Trust me mate, you make much more sense to me than some other people here.



.. their English is just awful.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

thanks mate, i will make use of this, i already have an spell and work book but anything i can lay my hands on is useful

Trust me mate, you make much more sense to me than some other people here.



.. their English is just awful.

Me?

ORIGINAL: Majikdra6on
Me?

Remember those spelling mistakes I pointed out in your blog...

ORIGINAL: ginjirou

ORIGINAL: Majikdra6on
Me?

Remember those spelling mistakes I pointed out in your blog...

Only like one was mine. They' re fixed now though.