Category Archives: Oblivion

This week in Elder Scrolls modding

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Welcome to another mod update for The Elder Scrolls. Just thought I’d point out some interesting mods that I saw while looking through some fansites over the past few days…

For Morrowind, those of you who can’t get enough of fighting pesky skeletons might want to give Wildman’s Skeleterra mod a try. This mod adds a new dungeon featuring several new skeleton creatures including a Lich Queen (see image above) and a Skeleton Spearme. To use this download, make sure you have both the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions installed.

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Decision ’08: It’s going to be a real horse race

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Since starting up a few months back, MTV’s new gaming blog, MTV Multiplayer, has become one of my favorite sites to check daily. Yesterday, the site kicked off a year long venture to find the “Greatest Animal in Video Game History.” To kick off the event, they’ve created a list of potential candidates for the Greatest Horse in Video Game History — a list that already includes the horses of Oblivion. It should be noted that this isn’t a final list, as they’re always looking to hear from the community on what other memorable horses from gaming should be considered.

It should be interesting to keep an eye on this as the year progresses. Hopefully, the winners will square off in an NCAA Tournament-esque bracket. I for one am eagerly awaiting the Best Gorilla vs. Best Marsupial match-up in the Sweet Sixteen.

If you’d like to see your favorite horse come in first, head over to the Multiplayer blog and speak your mind. If you want to start thinking of other animals in Oblivion that deserve to get some props, you might want to check out the updated Oblivion Bestiary — which was written up by Sinder Velvin over at The Imperial Library.

Lutemoth mod interview

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This week’s Elder Scrolls mod interview is with William DeJeu, otherwise known as Lutemoth. Since joining the Elder Scrolls community, he’s become known for his conceptual drawings working with the Tamriel Rebuilt mod team. William, who lives in the Vancouver area, is a Scorpio, enjoys long walks on the beach, and his favorite color is transparent.

Let’s get to know Lutemoth a little better….

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Elder Scrolls Mod Interview: Princess Stomper

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For this week’s mod interview, we’re talking with Princess Stomper. If you’ve been around the BGS or Oblivion Real Estate forums, at the very least, you’ll probably recognize her as being the one that always has a bunny avatar. For several years now, Princess Stomper has been quite involved with the modding communities for both Morrowind and Oblivion…so we thought it was time to ask her a few questions.

When I see the rabbit on Princess Stomper’s avatar growl, I think of the movie Night of the Lepus and all those attacking rabbits. Maybe that’s Stomper on a bad day??

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Top Xbox Live Downloads of 2007

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2007 marked the release of the official expansion pack, Shivering Isles, Fighter’s Stronghold, and the worldwide release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year. Since Xbox Live was announced, we’ve released downloadable content in ways no other Xbox 360 games have.

Fun Fact: 2% of Oblivion players have successfully earned all the achievements, including Shivering Isles**.

Top Oblivion Xbox Live downloads for 2007*
1. Shivering Isles
2. Fighter’s Stronghold (free promotion)
3. Knights of the Nine
4. Spell Tomes
5. The Wizard’s Tower
6. Vile Lair
7. Thieves Den
8. The Orrery
9. Mehrunes Razor
10. Horse Armor Pack

*ranked by number of times downloaded

**per unique user playing Oblivion while logged onto Xbox Live, worldwide

Welcome to Orc-Blivion

Awhile back, one of our forum members, James Egger (Egger3rd), contacted me about his series of Orc-Blivion videos he’s created using Oblivion and the CS. Originally intended as a project he did for school, it’s grown to have quite a following on YouTube.

Until recently, I only had a chance to watch the first video, but the other day I watched the other four episodes (word is episode six is in the works). There’s really no good way to describe them, but they definitely put a smile on my face. I particularly enjoy the camera cuts used, the music (there’s a few montage moments), and the fact that the videos integrate memorable areas/characters/moments from Oblivion. Also, it helps that I’m a sucker for cheeseball music like Phil Collins (sorry if I’m offending anyone by calling Phil Collins a cheeseball).

Check it out. If you enjoy Orc-Blivion, you might also want to check out RaditzTheRadish’s Argonian series and LordofCorruption’s Bargonian Adventures. You can find all three within this thread in our Oblivion forums.

Oblivion is #7 Xbox Live game of 2007

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Major Nelson reported Oblivion is #7 on the list of top Xbox Live games of 2007. For 2006, Oblivion was #5 on the list. Amazingly, we are the sole single player game in the list. Thanks to all our fans out there who continue to give Oblivion life.

2007 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 Gears of War
3 Call of Duty 4
4 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
5 Call Of Duty 3
6 Crackdown
7 Oblivion
8 Guitar Hero II
9 Forza Motorsport 2
10 Lost Planet

Thanks to Major Nelson.

Oblivion Real Estate Interviews Erik and Megan

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The folks at Oblivion Real Estate put out their most recent newsletter highlighting some things from around the community including the winners of The MORE Homes Challenge, their official holiday mod, and the always-entertaining PrincessStomper interviewing designer Erik J. Caponi and artist Megan Sawyer.

The interview covers a number of things related to what Erik and Megan do for a living, as well as their interests and whatnot and is quite lengthy and entertaining read, particularly the part about Erik being strikingly handsome. I could get maybe “looks like he could be the lead singer in a band at any given moment,” but strikingly handsome? If you were at a party with him and told someone he was in Queens of the Stone Age, they’d totally believe you.

Head on over to check out the interview and the full newsletter.