If you've recently gotten into gaming on the PC or Xbox 360, a recently announced bundle from 2K Games should give you dozens of hours of great single-player adventure for $40.

An upcoming retail package, announced this week, will pair Bethesda Softworks' "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" with 2K's "BioShock." Though its visuals and non-player characters' wooden dialogue delivery can make it seem a bit dated, "Oblivion" was arguably the first truly great game of this console generation when it was released in early 2006. The main game was fairly typical swords-and-sorcery fare, but the cool thing about "Oblivion" was all its concurrent storylines you could follow. The Thieves Guild quests stand right up there with any of Bethesda's work on "Fallout 3."

I can't say enough good things about "BioShock," unless you're talking about its lame final battle. Warts aside, it remains my favorite first-person shooter of this console generation. With the sequel due out this fall (albeit from a different creative director), this summer's a great time to go back and play the original if you haven't already.

The bundle of games will be out July 7 on Xbox 360 ($40) and PC ($30). Both games are rated M. The only downside is that it doesn't appear that "Oblivion" will be the Game of the Year edition that includes the majority of the game's downloadable content. Still, there's between 50 and 100 hours of gameplay in the core title alone, provided you're not one of those players who's always in a rush. I have an e-mail out to 2K about whether this bundle will include any of the downloadable content and will update this post once I hear back.