Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion remains THE RPG to own on the XBox 360 console. Despite promising titles like Blue Dragon and Two Worlds coming more than a year after it's release there is no comparable RPG experience on the 360!

Until now most of the expansion content has been limited to the XBox Live Marketplace which is both disappointing and annoying. I don't know about anyone else but I tend to avoid downloadable content thanks mostly to the fact that many of the best offerings (including Mehrune's Razor) eventually became free anyway.

The good news for anyone who's been waiting to grab Shivering Isles for the 360 is that it'll be getting a retail release in the near future. Bethesda has announced that Shivering Isles will be hitting retail, packaged with the new Knights of the Nine expansion, in October 2007. Along with the 30 hours of gameplay included in Shivering Isles Knights of the Nine will introduce more story based content concerning the Ayelid ruins throughout the game. It will also feature a new faction as well as new armor and Achievements.

If you're an Elder Scrolls fan be ready to spend a lot of time getting back into the game in the next few months.