Topic: Elder Scrolls 4 -- An Expansion Pack Listed on GameStop.com REMOVED!

[MysterD]

Interesting news here.

GameStop.com had a listing for Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the White Stallion (an expansion to Oblivion) for the PC, to buy for $19.99 on pre-order. Hmmm....I wonder if Oblivion's expansion Knights of the White Stallion will be a pay-to-download plug-in, a retail expansion, or possibly even both. Heck -- I wonder if this thing even exists, since it has been removed from their site!

Link:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157428.html

Retail Radar: Oblivion expansion, Bully and Splinter Cell collector's editions
Online retailer lists Knights of the White Stallion expansion for popular PC role-playing game, premium packages for two anticipated releases.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Sep 11, 2006 4:01 pm PT

Bethesda Softworks' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been one of the most popular games thus far to embrace micropayments, selling additional game content to players for small sums of money after the initial purchase. The company has already released seven content packs for its PC and Xbox 360 role-playing game, charging $.99 to $2.99 for add-ons that range from horse armor to new dungeons, locations, and side quests.

In addition to being somewhat controversial among gamers, the add-ons have raised questions about how Bethesda would handle possible expansion packs to its game. With The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the company released a pair of expansion packs for the PC version of the game, Tribunal and Bloodmoon, and later on compiled them with the original game for the Morrowind Game of the Year edition on Xbox.

A product listing spotted on GameStop.com today (pictured above) only raises more questions, as the online retailer is accepting preorders for the Knights of the White Stallion Expansion Pack for the PC version of the game. Or was, at any rate. Shortly after GameSpot sent a request for comment to Bethesda, the listing disappeared from the retailer's site. GameStop was asking $19.99 for the expansion, and listed it with a November 21 shipping date. The page included no other information on the pack, and a search for an Xbox 360 counterpart page yielded no results.

[PyroMenace]

Werent you guys talking about Oblivion not getting any expansions?

[MysterD]

Werent you guys talking about Oblivion not getting any expansions?

On the official ES boards, one of BethSoft's reps on there said there aren't any expansions planned for Oblivion.

Though, Pete (of BethSoft) has recently stated somewhere on there that they haven't began work on an expansion, but are thinking about if they should or shouldn't do one....

[Quemaqua]

Well, here's hoping!

[MysterD]

Interesting enough, there's a thread going on about the so-called expansion all on ES's boards:
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=557359&st=0

It seems Zenimax has got a patten for "Knights of the Nine" and "Shivering Isles," according to one user:
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=557031

[MysterD]

More on this. Pete Hines of BethSoft speaks:
http://www.gamersreports.com/news/3817/

2006/09/12 14:28:14: Posted by DM
   
It is being widely reported around the web that there is an expansion in the works for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion called " Knights of the White Stallion." This stems from a cryptic Gamestop website listing. Well, not being satisfied with rumor, we went directly to the source, Pete Hines V.P. of Marketing and Public Relations Bethesda Softworks, to ask about this expansion. Here is what he had to say:

There’s no expansion in development called Knights of the White Stallion. That’s the name of a quest in Oblivion.

"Right now we have no announced plans for any new content, add-ons, or expansions. If that changes, we’ll let folks know."

So there you have it folks, it seems that the listing was an honest mistake. While we have no doubt there will eventually be an expansion, Bethesda is far from ready to announce it.