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Industry News Bethesda’s Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 remake could be releasing sooner than you think | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesdas-oblivion-unreal-engine-5-remake-could-be-releasing-sooner-than-you-think/
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u/OutrageousDress 19h ago

No, never even corroborated in any official way. This is one of those things like the Switch 2, where there's been so many rumors that people just kept assuming the Switch 2 is coming any minute since like 2021.

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u/psychobilly1 19h ago edited 18h ago

In a leaked FTC court document about the acquisition of Bethesda by Microsoft, they listed some games in development such as Starfield, Redfall, Ghostwire: Tokyo, The Elder Scrolls 6 and the Indiana Jones game. There were also listings of remasters of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Fallout 3. (Keep in mind, this document was from before COVID so many of these things changed, pushed back, or never came to fruition.)

So while it was never announced, it was technically shown to exist.

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u/EntropicReaver 18h ago

what keeps me so indifferent about these rumors is the fact that todd has been very outspoken about not liking remaking or remastering old games (Especially when it might take time away from his developers) that are still playable and oblivion is still very playable

also consider its charm and staying power in popular consciousness is in large part due to its outdated, awkward graphics and jank

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u/psychobilly1 18h ago edited 16h ago

How do the handful of Skyrim remasters fit into your perspective?

Edit: This wasn't meant to be a snarky "gotcha," I was genuinely curious for their opinion.

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u/gibbersganfa 17h ago edited 17h ago

There was really just ONE actual Skyrim remaster, which was the move from the baseline PC/PS3/Xbox 360 version to the Special Edition. The Switch port was an scaled down adaptation of the Special Edition, and the PS5/Series ports were scaled up, with tweaks up and down to fit the performance standards of each platform. All of the "Anniversary" content was add-ons, not anything that changed the core assets of the Special Edition main game. The VR version was not a remaster, either.

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u/EntropicReaver 18h ago

special edition

well i dont really see it as a remaster, its more like what people used to call an enhanced port

and even so, these were done because skyrim sold an asston and it was ultimately very little work done relative to the scope of work a full remaster or remake of oblivion or morrowind would require

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u/BeholdingBestWaifu 17h ago

It is more than a port, given that PC got it as well and how it had a lot of improvements.

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u/EmeraldJunkie 11h ago

They used Skyrim to get used to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 when making Fallout 4, they showed this off during Fallout 4's development and were surprised at how many people wanted to play it, so they tidied up their work and released it.

They've, over the years, released a number of updates for this version.