Bethesda sends along this press release, announcing that all the hype and critical acclaim for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is translating into big sales. So far 1.7 million units of the game have shipped to stores, and the RPG has become the fastest selling game released on the Xbox 360.

The NPD Group Inc reports Oblivion PC as the best selling PC game, while the Oblivion Collectors Edition is ranked number 2. NPD reports that Oblivion represented approximately 13% of all PC game sales in the first week of its release, more than four times the sales volume of the next best selling title. (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the highly-regarded predecessor to Oblivion, remains one of the top 25 best selling PC games nearly four years after its release, according to NPD). European results have been similarly strong with Oblivion quickly becoming ranked the number one selling title in the UK, Germany and France.