Knights of the Nine To Expand The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

So it's not Knights of the White Stallion, as speculated some time ago, but Knights of the Nine. And it's now official, as Bethesda Softworks announced that they will expand both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with this new content package, to be released on November 21. Knights of the Nine will of course be launched via Xbox Live for the game's Xbox 360 version, while the PC version will be available as a download from OblivionDownloads.com, or as a boxed retail product. Bethesda will spread the Knights of the Nine throughout North American retail stores, and Ubisoft will help them do the same over in Europe.

Although the exact nature of the product (i.e. full-fledged expansion, or just a puny content pack) is still unclear, Bethesda did mention that Knights of the Nine will add a new faction and new quests to their role-playing game. The game's upcoming PS3 version is also expected to include these additions.

"Knights of the Nine features an all-new faction and quests for noble characters and answers many of the questions surrounding the Ayleid ruins found throughout Oblivion. Players can join a new faction and found their own order of holy knights - leading them into battle against a sorcerer-king and his demonic minions while exploring massive dungeons and searching for legendary relics - the holy armor and weapons of the Divine Crusader."

In addition, the retail version of Knights of the Nine is to include all the previously released Oblivion downloadable content: the Horse Armor pack, the Orrery, Wizard's Tower, The Thieves Den, Mehrunes' Razor, The Vile Lair, and Spell Tomes. No pricing details were announced yet, but the extra content released so far (if purchased separately) is worth around $13.5.

Also, let's not forget that, in two weeks from today, Bethesda might return with another announcement, hopefully bigger and better, perhaps even sprinkled with some desert sand and radiation fallout...

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