Coming as no surprise is an announcement from Bethesda that announces that Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, their highly anticipated next-gen RPG, has sold big, shipping out over 1.7 million units of its PC and Xbox 360 versions since release.

The celebration doesn’t stop there: Oblivion has also become the fastest selling game for the Xbox 360, and its PC version is the best selling PC game, according to the NPD Group. The title is currently the number one selling game in Europe, with NPD Group reporting that Oblivion represented 13% of all PC game sales in the first week of its release in North America!

Seems that Oblivion is far oblivion!

Just to show you how serious Panzer Elite “Action” will be, JoWooD and Deep Silvers today announced that “Tank Babes” will be appearing in the latest issue of FHM magazine.

The company ran a model contest, with the winner getting their dream fulfilled: appearing almost naked in a men’s’ magazine. Sabrina from Austria and Myriell and Diana from Germany got their dreams fulfilled and will appear in the May issue of the German FHM.

Sample photos were also sent out, but they were *ahem* a bit risqué…

The Rage Hard website is online, unveiling an upcoming multiplayer tactical shooter scheduled for release during Q4 2006. As well as offering screenshots and a gameplay movie, the site offers this blurb on the game:

DNS & Titan Computer proudly present their new multiplayer shooter “Rage Hard.” “Rage Hard” is a tactical shooter, which is set in a not so distance future where criminal syndicates and drug lords rule the world. The player has the opportunity to choose a wide range of very different characters, he can play has “criminal” or as “good guy” his choice directly affects the kind of orders he has to fulfill during the multiplayer matches. “Rage Hard” offers a large variety of different locations such as Riot City, Gold Rush or Auqa Park a level which is set in a high-tech underwater research station. The player will be faced with different orders e.g. guarding a drug lord or stealing of top secret research documents out of the AuqaPark laboratories.

Capcom today announced Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded, a retro-compilation pack for the PSP. Featuring more than 15 arcade hits from the yesteryears, Reloaded will also offer select hits from the PS2 and Xbox versions of the title, including Eco Fighters, King of Dragons and Knights of the Round.

Scheduled for release during Q4 2006, the PSP pack will offer wireless multiplayer, including game sharing abilities. It will also feature lots of added bonuses including game history, original artwork, new secret codes, playing tips and more.

What with the revelation of most surely the first Revolution title, Nintendo America’s senior VP George Harrison let out that the next-gen console will launch with twenty (20) titles. Apparently, the company itself will be offering one-thirds of the twenty titles, making it roughly six first-party titles at the product’s release.

More Mario please…

Movies based on games aren’t anything new, but games which pass on to Hollywood are usually best-sellers. So, it is with amazement that Variety reports that Cold Fear, Darkwork’s survival horror game, which failed to set retail stores ablaze, has been optioned for movie rights.

According to the pay-to-read article, Avatar Films and Sekretagent Prods have gotten the rights to the movie. Published by Ubisoft, the game mustered up underwhelming sales and didn’t go over too well with gamers, but producers are betting on the scary atmosphere of the game as well as its story involving mutation experiments and aliens.