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VGC Corroborates:

EDIT (a few minutes after posting): It's about Oblivion. I'm stupid and didn't include it in the title.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com...ake-could-be-releasing-sooner-than-you-think/
"Now, according to noted insider NatetheHate, the Oblivion remake is set for reveal in the coming weeks – a claim VGC has corroborated with our own sources. Nate claims the game will likely release before June, while sources have told VGC it could arrive as soon as next month."
So uhh... April then. Cool.
Previous Rumor: Link

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According to insider NatheTheHate2, Bethesda could reveal the new version of Oblivion between March and April 2025, with a scheduled release before June.

The insider claims that the announcement was scheduled for mid-year, but everything points to it being moved up. If this is true, we could be seeing the remake of one of the most iconic RPGs in history very soon.

Are you ready to revisit this classic?

 

[Catphish]

 

[LectureMaster]

Can't wait to see how this will be remade. Deluxe edition pre-order bonus incoming!

 

[HRK69]

Get ready for a nostalgia trip, with extra marketing

 

[Punished Miku]

MS .... cease this. Too many.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Jokes on us, there is no month between March and April.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Remake or Remaster? This better not be a paid 4K texture mod.

 

[Zacfoldor]

YES! Give me THAT on PS5. These are the types of games Xbox needed for the console war.

 

[Diseased Yak]

*finger hovering over the 'buy horse armor' button*

 

[GermanZepp]

This I would

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[cormack12]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Can't wait to run around causing town-wide brawls with the Touch of Rage spell and making ladders with floating paintbrushes while I make literally zero progress in the main story.

 

[Windle Poons]

 

[intbal]

I hated Oblivion.
Maybe if they completely removed the Oblivion Gates, I'd think more highly of it.
But I doubt they will do that for a remake, since it's integral to the story.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Jokes on us, there is no month between March and April.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Salivating at the thought of 4K Jumbo potatoes...

 

[Puscifer]

Wish they gave Morrowind this treatment instead

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I just think the shortened cycle is to avoid too much hype because it's not a full-on remake, it's a light remaster that just let's the game work easier on modern platforms. I'd love to be wrong but it just seems like the most realistic prospect. Oh well. I'll still play it.

 

[Braag]

Is that the Windows XP background there?

 

[HRK69]

Imagine creating a mock-up and using THAT as your guiding compass

 

[Hookshot]

What a nice surprise that would have been.

 

[Little Chicken]

 

[adamsapple]

 

[R3TRO]

Classic game; Day one

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I hated Oblivion.
Maybe if they completely removed the Oblivion Gates, I'd think more highly of it.
But I doubt they will do that for a remake, since it's integral to the story.

If they fixed the Oblivion gates and the leveling system, despite the lackluster main story I think it would be the GOAT Elder Scrolls game. The questlines, the art direction, the world itself were better than Skyrim.

 

[Impotaku]

Unpopular opinion but I personally rate oblivion way above Skyrim. The shivering isle expansion was the cherry on the top.

Sure the combat and magic were less refined but the beautiful world made up for it.

 

[Quasicat]

Awesome! My summer is all set!

 

[bitbydeath]

Remake or Remaster? This better not be a paid 4K texture mod.

Rumoured to be a remake, rebuilt in UE5.
I hope that's true because I really want them to step away from their god awful engine for ES6.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Rumoured to be a remake, rebuilt in UE5.
I hope that's true because I really want them to step away from their god awful engine for ES6.

I can't see that being anything other than a buggy mess. Do any Bethesda employees know how to use UE?

 

[Beechos]

Thank God it's a remake and not another remaster

 

[Pagusas]

So... Skyblivion and a remake all this year.... hows that going to work

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Still really worried about this project, how it will turn out, and what it could mean for Bethesda going forward (I know Bethesda is not developing this) if it really is using Unreal engine. But perhaps Oblivion is old enough ("small enough") that everything can be modeled correctly in terms of physics and item permanence.. ?

 

[adamsapple]

I can't see that being anything other than a buggy mess. Do any Bethesda employees know how to use UE?

It's being made by Virtuous, the same studio making MGS Delta, supposedly.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

If this was a legit full on remake, like RE2, it would have been at the developers direct In January, imo. I think this remake will be on par with Ninja Gaiden 2 Black remake. Some nice graphics improvements with a few additional gameplay features. I wouldn't expect anything more. I bet it sells for 50$

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Oblivion remake and Death Stranding 2 in the same month, wow.

 

[thefool]

Hopefully they don't forget to retouch my boy

 

[semiconscious]

is natethehate2 natethehate's successor?...

 

[panda-zebra]

Oblivion was great at the time but from a remake I'd want a lot more than what a modded version of the game could offer otherwise what's the point?

If it was just an exercise in porting the game framework to UE5 for future use then fine, learn from it, price it accordingly and take that forward into future games... but make the fuck sure to avoid all the obvious potential pitfalls of that engine even when just reframing a 2 decade old game.

 

[Rush2112]

Remember, full magic run in oblivion = stealth archer run in skyrim

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I rather they not spend time making this and just let Skyobivion be the official Oblivion Remake just like how Black Mesa ended up being for Half Life.

If a Elder Scroll game remake were to happen, it should be about Arena, Battlespire, or Cyrus the Redguard.

 

[SirKicksalot]

But can I import my 2006 character? I'm still using my original save. Playing it for like 20 hours every year I didn't even finish the main quest lmao

 

[March Climber]

If this rumor ends up fake, that means they have pinpointed the internal worker who has been leaking details.

All those threads last year from so many people here about 'having nothing to play'...

 

[bender]

I rather they not spend time making this and just let Skyobivion be the official Oblivion Remake just like how Black Mesa ended up being for Half Life.

If a Elder Scroll game remake were to happen, it should be about Arena, Battlespire, or Cyrus the Redguard.

I'd rather not see Bethesda's modern design philosophies applied to pre-Oblivion TES titles.

 

[ValiantInstance]

It's being made by Virtuous, the same studio making MGS Delta, supposedly.

That gives me slightly more hope, the MGS3 remake looks excellent.

 

[Zathalus]

Oblivion is the weakest out of all the Elder Scrolls game. Still fun though.

 

[Nonehxc]

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Whelp, guess we can say that after 14 years BethSoft finally releases a good game again.

 

[pudel]

It's being made by Virtuous, the same studio making MGS Delta, supposedly.

So they are doing two remakes simultaneously?

 

[nani17]

 

[RagnarokIV]

Hopefully they don't forget to retouch my boy

Legend. I had a friend who looked just like him. Same 'piggy' face and weird eyebrows. Just the hair was different.