BETHESDA SOFTWORKS AND 2K GAMES
ANNOUNCE
THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION FOR MICROSOFTS
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 Bethesdas 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 players 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 Oblivions 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 years 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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