Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition spotted, available in June

by Alexander Sliwinski on May 23rd 2011 9:55AM

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will apparently receive a "5th Anniversary Edition" on June 28. First spotted by Nitrobeard on Overstock.com, the $30 bundle also appears on Amazon.com with assets pending for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

The package will allegedly include The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game Of The Year Edition, collector's edition content like a map and DVD extras, along with a $10 coupon for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. We've contacted Bethesda for confirmation of the bundle details.

Skyrim starts its inexhaustible dragon hunt on November 11.

Via: Eurogamer
Source: NitroBeard

Tags: Bethesda, Bethesda-Softworks, microsoft, Oblivion, pc, playstation, ps3, The-Elder-Scrolls-IV, The-Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion, xbox

Reader Comments (64)

I've always heard good things about Oblivion. I'll pick this up. This is one of those games I just never got around to.

@theangryheretic Prepare to lose around 400 hours of your life lol. That's excluding the dlc.

@theangryheretic

It's okay. I got tired of playing through the same environments over and over again. If you get it, get it on the PC. It has stuttering problems on the Xbox and PS3 or it did when I played it maybe they fixed that by now. With the Witcher 2 out now and Skyrim coming out soon I would have to pass on this. The Witcher 2 is the best RPG I have ever played and it looks absolutely Awesome.

@bxgt

I'm going to disagree here. Obliviion was an amazing launch-period game, and I played the crap out of it (160 hours).

But this game has NOT aged well over 5 years.

Skyrim is less than six months away. I'd say sit tight, and let Bethesda iterate over the Elder Scrolls series with lessons learned from Oblivion and Fallout, and a new engine.

@copa I guess to each his own but i did start playing it on the pc. Those bugs and glitches are still there and still annoying lol. Needless to say if it's your first time going through a Bethesda rpg then give it a try atleast.

@copa
Agreed it really hasn't aged to well.
Though I still plan to beat it before skyrim comes out.
I got half way and never finished it then lost my save.

@theangryheretic
This is pretty good timing. I also never got around to playing this, but was recently looking into used pricing etc, just to play it prior to skyrim's release, regardless of aging graphics & such. At $30.00 New complete with extras, I'll gladly pick this up to give the devs a little revenue boost.

@theangryheretic

You'll need this, then.

https://holdmail.usps.com/holdmail/landingView.do

@copa I don't know, I recently started playing Oblivion again and I'm enjoying it just as much as I did when I first bought it.

@Urethra Alfredo

LMAO. Nice.

Pretty neat I guess, though I see this being sold more to people who already played/own Oblivian than newcomers. Funny that we never see fifth anniversary editions of console games, because the generation is usually over by year 5...

@Hoops you do realize that Oblivion was released at the same time on Xbox as it was on PC and there's a 5th anniversary edition for the 360 as well coming.

Include a skyrim demo and im down.

@bxgt Absolutely.

@bxgt

How about if any Skyrim demo is made, let it be available to everyone instead of locking it away for pre-orders or stuff like this.

@iHavePants Ok let me rephrase myself lol, early demo access?
I need skyrim like my mustang needs gas!

@bxgt

Megadeth!! You rule man. Just sayin.

I'd totally buy this if I hadn't already bought Oblivion 3 times. Once for Xbox 360, the retail disc for PC, and a copy on Direct2Drive. As Bxgt said, throw in a Skyrim demo and I'll take it.

Any word on if this version will support saves from the other versions of the game? (Xbox 360)

@NovaXz would like to know this as well - I have an old save from the original disc that I never completed.

@NovaXz

The GOTY edition has the original disk + a second disk which just installs the DLC as if they were downloaded from the market place.

There's most likely a very strong chance that this will just have those same 2 disks in which case it will work fine.

You had me at Oblivion.

Will it add Trophies for the PS3? If thats a yes I would totally buy this amazing game again :-)

@NightElve I totally agree.

@NightElve On the top right corner of the amazon image it says
"TROPHIES - ADD-ON CONTENT"

$30 bucks? This will give me an excuse to get it on PS3..

@JakeAuditore

Its $20 right now, but without trophies.

I think if it has trophies (99% chance it will) I may pick it up just to try it again. Last time I did, I wasnt fond of it. :/

Maybe worth playing again. I already own the PC version but lately I find it hard to play PC games now. Perhaps it is my aging computer or all the bloatware making my computer slower than it actually is.

Has anyone purchased multiple copies of the same game across different platforms?

@joevill

Yup, i sometimes buy multiplayer games on both systems, to play with my friends who only have one of the other. And I almost purchased Mass Effect 2 on PS3, after having purchased it on 360...still might.

@joevill

I own Oblivion GOTY on PC and 360. Fallout 3 on PS3 and the GOTY version on PC and 360. ME1 on PC and 360 and ME2 on 360 and PC (albeit the PC version of ME2 was the free one EA gave out from DA2).

Few other games I own on PC as well as console, but those are the bigger ones I can think of that are also from this gen.

A heads-up to anyone thinking about picking this up. The GOTY edition does not include the Horse Armor DLC so you're not really getting the full game, I guess you could play it without the Armor but hey it's your call...

@oOWallaceOo haha

@oOWallaceOo

Be reasonable, dude. You're not going to throw in Horse Armor for free in a $30 package.

That's like me buying Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits and expecting Bobby Kotick to include his private jet as a bonus.

not bad I guess. All DLC for basically $20 if you're buying Skyrim anyway.

@briscott

The fine print says you get $10 off only if you buy Skyrim AND the strategy guide. I personally don't do strategy guide books since the ones online are free and more up-to-date.

@FlashJS well crap. that's dumb.

Not sure about the console versions (how well they have aged etc.) but if you haven't already tried the PC version it is definitely worth it. The amount of mods out there can cater to your every whim with the game, from just re-balancing the combat to changing the graphics or adding hundreds of new things to do. Brilliant value for money from that perspective and still looks great today (if you ask me).

I assume this is US only? Super-lame if it is, Oblivion is an awesome game but do agree it hasn't aged the best in particular on consoles. Totally worth it for Shivering Isles, fantastic expansion.

@That One Guy

Agreed. From what I can tell it's just a repackaged GOTY edition which seems to only include Shivering Isles & Knights of the Nine. You'd think for a special edition like this they'd throw in all of the DLC content (Horse Armor, Orrery, Wizard's Tower, Thieves' Den, Mehrunes' Razor, Vile Lair, Spell Tomes, Fighter's Stronghold.) Not that they're expensive on their own, but rather getting a "complete" package would be a great draw.

why are they re releasing it again? strange that, if it had trophy support i would buy it in a heartbeat, otherwise no, i have the goty already and yeah shame it's only going to have a american release it seems.

Would be better if they included Morrowind, Bloodmoon, Tribunal, Oblivion, Shivering Isles, and Knights of the Nine in One $30 package for PC.

How many times is Bethesda gonna try and sell this game???

Uh what.

So, the DVD style double dip now comes to gaming. This is going to start a bad trend.

CAN'T WAIT TO SLAY MEH SOM DRAGOONS

Sold my copy a long while back (like 3 years ago) and never finished because my data got wiped. Been wanting to pick up GOTY edition for awhile, but will now wait till this edition. Plus, 10 off Skyrim makes it even better.

I'll re-purchase the game, only because I only bought the original for console and would like all the expansions and what have you.

I bet you won't be able to use the $10 discount along with the future credit on Amazon.

Sounds almost like my collectors edition, except they removed the coin and threw in the dlc. So I guess the dlc they included equals one septim? Damn exchange rate

Wheres my Morrowind anniversary edition?

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