Trivia
As a part of Xbox Live's Deal of The Week, Bethesda Softworks released all Oblivion downloadable content for half the price in April 2009. For Horse Armor however, the price was doubled, proving that Bethesda didn't take the criticism against their first DLC pricing too seriously.
Contributed by
karttu (4476) on Aug 16, 2009.
A PSP version was in development and planned for release in the Spring of 2007, but it was eventually cancelled with no official word.
Contributed by
Sciere 
(119770) on Nov 10, 2007.
Oblivion was named #2 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 25, 2007.
Oblivion was named #1 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Feb 25, 2007.
Oblivion features 1500 NPCs that can be encountered during the course of the game.
The 'Shadow over Hackdirt' quest makes several references to one of the most famous novel by HP Lovecraft: 'The Shadow over Innsmouth'. There are references to the 'Deep Ones', the Brethren, a whole town of suspicious people, caverns underneath the earth and so on.
Contributed by
MDMaster (202) on Jun 29, 2006.
On 05/03/2006, the ESRB re-rated this game from T (Teen) to M (Mature) and added a "Nudity" attribute because of a secret topless skin that is present on the game media and because there is allegedly more blood and gore in the actual game than shown in the video footage that was originally presented to the ESRB for rating.
This is the second Take-Two game that has undergone an ESRB re-rating, the first one being the notorious Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Contributed by
EboMike (2592) on May 03, 2006.
The game has been in development since mid 2002. The long period of development was necessary due to the implementation of a new Radiant AI system and the graphics. A player may encounter while travelling the world of Tamriel: 35.544 shrubs and bushes, 67.730 plants and mushrooms, 94.013 trees and fallen logs and 395,696 rocks.
By highlighting certain letters, it is made clear in the menu menu that it is no coincidence Bethesda chose the title "OblIVion" for the fourth main game in the Elder Scrolls series.
Contributed by
Sciere (119770) on Mar 28, 2006.
