Bethesda sister developer bringing mobile sports pair to DS originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Dead Head Fred (PSP)

Though he may have been on a small screen, Dead Head Fred (voiced by Scrubs' John C. McGinley), had more character than 90 percent of the leads in this year's crop of console games. If you haven't played it, do yourself a favor and track it down. It's excellent stuff.

Continue reading Best of the Rest: Justin's Picks of 2007

Best of the Rest: Justin's Picks of 2007 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rumor: Elder Scrolls Online in the works originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Elder Scrolls going online? Maybe originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles headed to PS3 on Nov. 20 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion to get free, final DLC: Fighter's Stronghold originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles to get retail disc on 360 in October originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion producer predicts breakout hit in Japan originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion heads to Japan, scores big originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion GotY edition announced originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion Game of the Year Edition coming in September originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

ESRB's censorship wound re-opened, user-made content to break the ratings system originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Fallout 3 set for Fall 2008 release originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

THQ & Big Huge Games announce RPG led by Ken Rolston ... for 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 03 May 2007 10:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Will Oblivion ever come out? originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles patched for PC, no info on Xbox 360 version originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shiver me timbers! Oblivion expansion has critical bug originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion

Shivering Isles may be feeling buggy originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles now on Xbox Live -- grab it before the downtime originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion PS3 vs. Xbox 360 comparison originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles on March 27, $30 (2400 Microsoft Points) originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion gets a huge delay originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

No more Oblivion after Shivering Isles originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Elder Scrolls lead designer joins Big Huge Games, developing "console RPG" originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Pete Hines, VP of Public Relations, took the helm and decided to answer another set of questions regarding not only Oblivion, but Bethesda as a whole. We'll go ahead and make a fantastic list.

• Shivering Isles isn't a standalone game because they want you to keep the character you've worked so hard on... they want you to be able to trek back and forth between the main game and the expansion with that character.
• Bethesda is sticking to the first-person view of their RPGs and think JRPGs are all the same, too linear, etc. Obviously, they haven't played that many JRPGs or they probably wouldn't say that. For the most part, it's true, but there are some amazing non-linear titles from Japan. The Romancing SaGa games are fantastic non-linear JRPGs.
• There is a slight desire to create an MMO, but only if Bethesda can find a way to move the genre as a whole forward. They've been very focused on single-player interaction, making the world alive and not so "get this quest to get the items certain monsters may drop but probably won't so you can get an item to activate another quest to get more items that, in the end, amount to you accomplishing nothing at all." That's me quoting myself, not Pete Hines.
• About the PS3 and 360 versions, now Hines says this: "Sometimes folks see stuff there that's real, and oftentimes it's imagined. The PS3 and 360 versions are for all intents and purposes identical." What? Stop flip-flopping.
• Last but not least, Pete Hines says that "right now there are no plans internally for us to do anything other than role-playing."

Bethesda is going to go with those answers and we're gonna take them. But if he said before that the PS3 had some differences to the 360 version and now he says they're the same... which is true? Why the doublespeak, Mr. Public Relations? If they're the exact same, that's perfectly fine - just say so and stick to it. Anyone else want to offer up non-linear JRPGs also?

Bethesda is sticking to RPGs for now originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles adds 250 Gamerscore points to Oblivion originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

IGN got some hands-on time with the long-awaited PS3 port of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and came away with some quite favorable comparisons to the Xbox 360 version. Load times that were seven to ten seconds on the 360 have been reduced to three to five seconds on the PS3, according to IGN. What's more, the frame rate drops that accompanied entrances to detailed areas have been eliminated, and the graphics have been improved with higher resolution textures, improved shading and an increased draw distance (to minimize far off object popping up suddenly). Amazing what newer hardware and an extra year of development time will do, isn't it?

Still, it's not all wine and roses for PS3 owners. While the "Knights of the Nine" side-quest will be preloaded on the PS3 disc, the rest of the downloadable content available to Xbox 360 and PC players will not be available, though the content packs "may find their way to the PlayStation Store at some point in time in the future." Hopefully PS3 adventurers will be too busy playing the massive main quest to notice the omission when the game comes out in March.

[Thanks, Phranctoast]

IGN: PS3 Oblivion loads quicker, looks nicer than 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Bethesda talks Shivering Isles download and price originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rumor: Fallout 3 bound for 360? originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Bethesda (finally) confirms Shivering Isles Oblivion expansion originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

PS3's Blu-ray drive speed could be reason for Oblivion delay originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The number of RPGs scheduled to come out this year on PSP would not be able to be counted on two hands. In fact, you'd need more than three hands to count them and then you're in Goro territory. Point is, if you're an RPG fan, PSP is the system to own this year. Don't believe me? Well here's the list of RPGs coming out in 2007 according to IGN's release list:

January
Legend of the Heroes III: Song of the Ocean

February
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner

March
Valhalla Knights
Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics

April
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion
Riviera

Quarter 2
Alien Syndrome

Quarter 4
DC Universe RPG

TBA 2007
Legend of the River King
Far East of Eden: The Fourth Apocalypse
Landstalker
Harvest Moon Boy & Girl
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Jeanne d'Arc
Final Fantasy Tactics

I don't even want to know what the collective amount of hours all these RPGs would take to beat. Which of these are you looking forward to playing most?

2007 year of the PSP RPG? originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Bethesda mum about Oblivion expansion originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Discovery Channel giving away 2mil MS points [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shivering Isles: first full-length Oblivion expansion originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Tis the season for giving, and gaming companies are starting to get festive about it. THQ has released a Christmas theme pack for Saint's Row ... completely free. How Bethesda is getting into the spirit. Mehrunes' Razor, a 250 point Xbox Live Marketplace add-on, is being offered for absolutely free starting tomorrow through December 31. The quest, which was big jump in quality compared to the infamous horse armor (which we're sure they should have packed in as a freebie as well), is a wonderful way to thank all the loyal customers who purchased Oblivion. We just hope more companies do this next year, since all the new consoles now have some kind of online option available out-of-the-box.

Bethesda's Christmas present to all originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony ignored among 2006 Spike TV major awards winners originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion Knights of the Nine add-on reviewed originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oblivion gets Nine Knights, expansion set on Nov 21 [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

PS3 Oblivion content will hit 360 too originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.