The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Achieves
Xbox Platinum Hits Status, Again
Top 10 Selling Xbox
game of all time accomplishes a first for any Xbox game
(Rockville, MD) November 10, 2004 --
Bethesda Softworks® today announced that it will release
its award-winning RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind®
Game of the Year (GotY) edition later this month
as part of the Xbox Platinum Hits series. This is the second
time Morrowind has been released as a Platinum Hits
title, the first game ever to accomplish this feat. (The original
version of Morrowind was released as part of the Platinum
Hits program in 2003.) The Morrowind GotY edition allows
gamers to continue their existing games of Morrowind and experience
the new quests and areas offered by the Tribunal®
and Bloodmoon® expansions.
Platinum Hits games are generally available
for an estimated retail price of $19.99* (U.S.) at most retailers.
Only a select few games for the Xbox® video game system
from Microsoft that have enjoyed the greatest popularity and
highest sales volumes are being selected for the Platinum
Hits program.
Morrowind was the best-selling and
most highly acclaimed RPG for Xbox in 2002, earning Game of
the Year and Best RPG awards from numerous publications and
sites, including Official Xbox Magazine, Gamespot, Team Xbox,
and Xbox Evolved. It was one of the top 10 best-selling games
on Xbox from May through October 2003, a full year after its
initial launch (Source: The NPD Group / NPD Funworld®
/ TRSTS®). The only other game to accomplish this feat
was Halo.
In Tribunal, you journey to the capital
city of Morrowind, called Mournhold, to meet the other two
god-kings of Morrowind, Almalexia and Sotha Sil. Your journey
will lead you to the Clockwork City of Sotha Sil and massive,
epic-sized dungeons, where strange and deadly creatures await
you, including goblins, lich lords, and the mysterious Fabricants.
Bloodmoon takes you to the frozen Island
of Solstheim where you'll experience snow, blizzards, and
new creatures, including frost trolls, ice minions, and wolves…just
to name a few. You'll have a choice of stories to follow and
have the opportunity to defend the colony, take control over
how the colony is built up, and eliminate the werewolves.
Or, you can decide to join the werewolves and become one of
them, opening up a whole new style of gameplay.
For more information on Morrowind and
The Elder Scrolls® series, including the recently
announced game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™,
visit the official web site at www.elderscrolls.com.
About Xbox®
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is Microsoft's future-generation
video game system that delivers the most powerful gaming experiences
ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology
to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating
games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox
is now available in the continents of North America, Europe,
Asia and Australia.
Bethesda Softworks LLC is a ZeniMax Media
company. The Elder Scrolls, Morrowind, Bethesda Softworks,
ZeniMax and their respective logos are registered trademarks
of ZeniMax Media Inc. Xbox and Microsoft are registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corp. Other product and company names referenced
herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. All rights
reserved.
* Actual retail prices may vary
depending on location, retailer and game.
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