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The remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is real and could arrive as early as 2025, according to insider eXtas1stv

He speculates it could be revealed at The Xbox Direct in January:

According to previous rumors, the game is being developed by Virtuos studio, will use the Unreal Engine 5 and will arrive for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.

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[Buggy Loop]

Creation engine → UE5??

 

[Punished Miku]

I think that would make it 7 games for 2025.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

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[mrqs]

If this remake has a high-budget and is using the Unreal 5, it's possible that it'll look amazing. I hope it looks dope, so when TES6 comes out, people can make jokes about how the remake of Oblivion looks better than the new game.

 

[Inviusx]

If true, RIP the Skyblivion team

 

[simpatico]

Creation engine → UE5??

Bethesda game with an engine known for tough performance and you can't mod it very much. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

 

[Celcius]

If all this is true and we're getting the GOAT elder scrolls game remade using UE5, supporting high refresh rates without the physics going haywire, etc... then they can delay ES6 for as long as they want imho
I really hope this also includes Knights of the Nine and The Shivering Isles

 

[kizito]

UE5 ? God no, which it used IdTech 7. Traversal stutter is gonna be a pain in the ass again.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Day 1 if true but doubtful

 

[Magic Carpet]

Oblivion Rebirth Part 1.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Virtuos studio, will use the Unreal Engine 5

 

[R3TRO]

Ugh I need this and a 5090.

 

[ZehDon]

So, it's no longer a remaster and is a full remake? Or is there confusion on the wording?

 

[jshackles]

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

Dark brotherhood quest line ftw

 

[OctopusBox]

Seriously, why would they skip Morrowind and go for Oblivion? Morrowind is the best game of the 3 most recent ones.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Seriously, why would they skip Morrowind and go for Oblivion? Morrowind is the best game of the 3 most recent ones.

Because Microsoft owns the IP and Microsoft treats their IPs like an abusive husband.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE HIGH ELVES!?

Not really crazy about this, a big part of Oblivion's charm is it's rubbery graphics and hilariously animations/glitches/jank, all we really need is an updated PC version with native controller support and other quality of life fixes.

 

[EDMIX]

I actually thought this reveal would be this year lol

I remember a lot of us thinking they would announce this spring of this year after the whole Starfield release

Day 1 regardless

Seriously, why would they skip Morrowind and go for Oblivion? Morrowind is the best game of the 3 most recent ones.

Popularity.

Thats like asking why GTAV got remastered before GTAIV or why MGS3 got remade before MGS1

Sir...your feelings on that game is irrelevant lol "best" is subjective. We have people that think RE Code Veronica is the best, folks that think GTAIV is the best....

When have you seen a company remake based on cult status or feelings vs actual, objective sales? This being remade before the first 2 should never shock anyone, that is like acting shocked that Persona 3 was remade before 1 and 2.

You know why its happening man lol I think a good majority of us know why Oblivion would be remade first.

 

[Fahdis]

If I don't get this game now or an announcement of it. I'm going to become an American.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Looking forward to that Lumen and Nanite. The future is now.

 

[Mayar]

"According to previous rumors, the game is being developed by Virtuos studio, will use the Unreal Engine 5"
And here is where they lost me. "Ideal" choice of engine for an open world game. Bets are accepted on "Traversal Stuterring" and other of our favorite diseases, this will also negatively affect mods for the game, since their development for Unreal 5 is much more difficult, and most importantly, they are much more demanding of hardware.

 

[swaffles23]

Please don't change the music

 

[adamsapple]

Can't wait to see this fucker in UE5 4K

 

[Mayar]

Can't wait to see this fucker in UE5 4K

Starfield...

 

[March Climber]

Please don't change the music

Considering what Virtuous has been working on, it would be too much effort for them to go that far.

They will simply make sure it sounds good on modern audio systems and call it a day.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Watch it look better than Starfield.

 

[Mayar]

Watch it look better than Starfield.

Well, you don't even need to put in much effort for this, it's enough to just throw free assets from the Unreal Store into the game and it will already look better than Starfield. The question here is not how it will look, but how it will work.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Well, you don't even need to put in much effort for this, it's enough to just throw free assets from the Unreal Store into the game and it will already look better than Starfield. The question here is not how it will look, but how it will work.

If your PC can run Stalker 2 fine then you will be okay. If you're on console then get used to playing at 30fps.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I'd much rather it just be a modern Creation Engine remake. I don't have a problem with the graphics of a game like Starfield, especially with the better art direction in general of Elder Scrolls.

 

[digital_ghost]

UE5 ? God no, which it used IdTech 7. Traversal stutter is gonna be a pain in the ass again.

I took my pc to speech therapy . Now no more stutters.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I just hope they fix the leveling

 

[bitbydeath]

Creation engine → UE5??

Friday GAF here already?

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

This will require too much work to bring to ue5.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Oblivion is my favourite in the franchise. Hopefully this ends up being true and we get an announcement for it.

 

[VanCityGamer]

I guess you could say I’m shallow when it comes to games; I don’t like playing many old games because I think they look like shit graphically by today’s standards.

I watched some videos of Oblivion and yeah…it looks terrible. So my interest will depend entirely on how much of a graphical glow up the 2025 version receives compared to the original. I’m not interested in exploring an open world if it’s ugly.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

If this remake has a high-budget and is using the Unreal 5, it's possible that it'll look amazing. I hope it looks dope, so when TES6 comes out, people can make jokes about how the remake of Oblivion looks better than the new game.

Too bad new coat of paint cannot change the fact Oblivion is a vastly inferior ES game to Morrowind.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Day 1 if true.

 

[playXray]

I've accepted the fact that Morrowind is too weird for Bethesda to remake, so this is the next best thing - day one for sure!

 

[Bernardougf]

Watch it look better than Starfield.

Oawwww... lets not set this crazy high bar bro...

 

[Paasei]

That’s the wrong game.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Oawwww... lets not set this crazy high bar bro...

With Lumen you already know the lighting will look better. With Nanite the environment will be more detailed.



Stalker the current best open world example of what UE5 can provide.

 

[Mayar]

Oawwww... lets not set this crazy high bar bro...

There is nowhere higher to go...

Spoiler

 

[Laptop1991]

Hope the rumour is true, Oblivion, while not my first Elder Scroll game, it was the game that made me a fan of old Bethesda and when i started using mods for the 1st time, great game.

 

[Bernardougf]

With Lumen you already know the lighting will look better. With Nanite the environment will be more detailed.



Stalker the current best open world example of what UE5 can provide.

I was jk by the way

 

[playXray]

I just hope they fix the leveling

This is the big question! Is the levelling system seen as too fundamental to the game for them to change it, or could they fix this but retain all the other core elements? Man, if they implemented a proper levelling system it would be incredible.

 

[Clintizzle]

I've never played oblivion so will keep an eye on this.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Might double-dip on PS5 Pro.

Edit:

Depends on if the game will be €40. Wouldn't pay more than that.