TES IV: Oblivion - Knights of the White Stallion Expansion

Gamespot picked up some interesting bleeps on their retail radar yesterday. While scanning through GameStop's product listings, they came across what seems to be the first expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, titled Knights of the White Stallion. They even took a picture of it, and they were quite inspired to do so, because their appealing to Bethesda for comments only resulted in the removal of said expansion from the GameStop website.

Now, it doesn't take a genius to put two and two together. Judging by the series previous installment Morrowind, which was followed by two expansions (Tribunal and Bloodmoon), we can expect something along those lines to happen with Oblivion as well. After all, they can only do so much those tiny content packs (you know, horse armors, side quests, new dungeons...), and a full-fledged expansion is likely to follow soon.

When exactly? Well, according to GameStop's former listing, Knights of the White Stallion was galloping for a November 21 release on the PC (no new Xbox 360 version was listed), at a suggested retail price of $19.99. So that would leave Bethesda with just a couple of months to make an announcement and get the thing ready for launch. Which I'm not saying is unlikely; but it would be quite a stunt on their behalf!

In any case, this wouldn't be the first time we heard about a TES IV expansion, and I bet it's not going to be the last time either. Not by a long shot!

P.S. In case you didn't notice, there's a (relatively) new content pack available on OblivionDownloads.com, called Spell Tomes. Word is "these books grant you wondrous and powerful magic spells, just by reading them! Now Mages will also gain instant benefits by treasure hunting. Friend and foe alike will bow in awe before your power". New spells included, for just $0.99.

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