The Elder Scrolls Nexus

As some of you may know, Dark0ne, the person who made the Elder Scrolls modsite, The Elder Scrolls Source, a success, recently decided he wanted to go his own way and have full control of the site. He started up The Elder Scrolls Database to that end, but, due to legal issues, it had to be taken down.

Dark0ne has, however, announced a new modsite-- The Elder Scrolls Nexus-- is in the works. So far the site is looking pretty good. And, with Dark0ne in charge, I have no doubt it will be a fan favorite in no time.

In a recent meeting with his ex-partner they've came to an agreement that Dark0ne can legally use the entire file database. This is great news as, normally, when a mod site goes down some mods are lost forever. Now Nexus will have all the files that the Source once had.

Wish Dark0ne luck and read more about it here.

UPDATE

Just minutes ago Dark0ne made this announcement on the Bethesda Game Studios Forums:

"I have big news ... but I'm going to go to bed now. So tune in tomorrow ;)"

What does this mean? We'll all have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles to be Available in Stores

As of September 6th, Bethesda Softworks has announced that The Elder Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, the official expansion to the award-winning Oblivion, will be available as a retail disc for Xbox 360.

Shivering Isles includes 30 more hours of gameplay with its own main quest and a host of colorful side quests taking place in Shivering Isles- the plane of Oblivion belonging to Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madness.

The Shivering Isles retail disc also includes the Knights of the Nine downloadable content. Knights of the Nine allows players to take on the role of the Divine Crusader and banish a great evil from Tamriel once more.

All other DLC for Xbox 360 will remain to be available only via Xbox Live, Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles will remain accessible through Xbox Live. The only way to access Shivering Isles for PS3 users, at this time, is via the upcoming The Elder Scrolls IV: Game of the Year Edition, all other DLC are not available to PS3 users at this time. PC users can access all DLC via the retail disc: The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine - Downloadable Content Collection and through Bethesda's official store. Shivering Isles for PC can be purchased in stores.

Oblivion Mod- Hashshashin Armor

If you know me, you knew this was coming. I'm a huge fan of the upcoming Assassin's Creed, so the chance to wear the Hashshashin armor in Oblivion is something I could not pass up.

The Hashshashin Armor mod is a mod by a modder by the name of Dimitri Mazieres that adds three sets of Altair's armor from Assassin's Creed to the game- the original white, a red set, and a black set. To get the original set of armor look in the abandoned house in Cheydinhal, come prepared...

This mod also adds a face mask and a scimitar and dagger like you can see Altair wielding in the videos of the game. There is a set of gauntlets like Altair wears as well as cloth gloves.

The coolest part of this mod? A working wristblade! When you have no weapons equipped you can use the wristblade. While its not exactly in the same position as Altair's, I'm sure not complaining, because, hey, it works exactly like Altair's. When you punch the blade extends, and lets face it, that is just plain cool.

Even if you aren't a fan of Assassin's Creed this mod is worth checking out!

Download the Hashsashin Armor mod and see screenshots at Planet Elder Scrolls.