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.
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