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Elden Ring to release horse armor DLC, because no one ever learns anything
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Elden Ring to release horse armor DLC, because no one ever learns anything

Grant St. Clair
Apr 07, 2025
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Elden Ring's Melina. Image: FromSoftware

Despite the praise heaped on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in retrospect (and certainly also at the time), let us not forget that it also kickstarted the microtransaction craze that continues to drag the industry down to this day. $2.50 Horse Armor, a much-maligned piece of Oblivion DLC widely regarded as the fir…

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