Good news if you haven’t purchased The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in the last five years since it was released in 2006. Bethesda’s preparing a really special release for you! It’s called The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition and it’s shaping up to be the ultimate Oblivion release…

Bethesda games are generally must-have games, whether they’re fantasy games like Oblivion or grimly humorous futuristic games like Fallout. Most gamers set aside money just in case a hot new Bethesda game might become available. Their next franchise will be Rage, an apocalyptic first person shooter developed with John Carmack and ID software and it’s due out September 13, 2011. To judge by the videos on the official site, anyone who likes shooters should start saving now.

Bethesda has been very tight-lipped about the next Elder Scrolls game. Bethesda has been attached to many projects since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. We always felt that a new game in the series would come eventually. There’s a rumor going around today (November 23, 2010) that Bethesda has been working on a sequel to Oblivion.

Bethesda Softworks seemed to start off pretty excited about the prospect and was working hard on trying to get the game in working order for a release date as early as April 2007.

Slowly the release date kept getting pushed back to the point where some sources had the release date pushed as far back as December 2007.

Eventually, Gamestop removed the entry for the possible game from its catalog. This got different media outlets, including Kotaku, to start wondering and reporting on whether or not the game might be a canceled game.

Lately I’ve heard a debate of which is a better game. Is Fallout 3 better than Far Cry 2 or vice versa? Simply stated, Fallout 3 is the better, more solid game…

The game is a great and worth the money. Sure, it does have its rough spots. However, this is a shining example of what a “next-gen” RPG and FPS should be…

Click through for the full review!

Title: Far Cry 2Price: $59.99 from most retail outletsSystem(s): *Xbox 360, PS3 and PCRelease Date: October, 21, 2008Publisher (Developer): UbisoftESRB Rating: “Mature” for blood, drug references, intense violence, sexual themes and strong languagePros: High replayability, great story, beautiful and realistic graphics, intuitive controls, buddy system is new and it works beautifully.Cons: Environment is too big, enemies are localized in certain areas and don’t leave unless they chase you, search for diamonds is not fun nor is it necessary. Glitches occasionally hinder playability.Overall Score: Two thumbs sideways, 70, C-, * * out of five.

Far Cry was one of the games that made way for large open-world shooters Crysis. Critics met it with skepticism but, in the end, accepted Far Cry as a great game. In some ways Far Cry 2 is very impressive. In every other ways, Far Cry 2 is painfully average at best…

Let’s face it, gaming is expensive. With the economy currently in its poor state, gamers have quite a bit to worry about.

There are, however, are some ways to appease the habit and get more bang for your buck. You can take everything that you’ll read to heart as advice from a fellow poor gamer along with some of the advice given to us by MSNBC. These tips should help ease some of your monetary burdens when it comes to gaming…

Yesterday (February 18, 2008), Fallout 3‘s executive producer, Todd Howard, assured both Joystiq and anxious Playstation 3 owners that the PC, XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game will all ship at exactly the same time. Bethesda’s previous RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, debuted simultaneously only for the PC and 360 in March 2006, leaving PS3 owners to wait an entire year for their port to hit stores. Fallout 3 is due to hit the three platforms Q3 2008.

Since starting up development on the latest chapter of the celebrated RPG series, Bethesda has needed to…

Bethesda Softworks is announcing this morning (July 9, 2007) that it will be releasing a “Game of the Year” edition of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The GOTY version will include the full game plus the “Shivering Isles” and “Knights of the Nine” expansion packs.

The “Nights of Nine” expansion pack was originally available late March 2007 for the Xbox 360 and Windows releases, a year after the core game was released, and included in the PS3 version’s final release.

UPDATE: Click through to see the new box art for the game…