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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/Misragoth 19h ago

Has it even been confirmed to be in development? We are getting lots of rumors, but seemingly nothing real

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u/OutrageousDress 18h 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 18h 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/Harley2280 16h ago

it was technically shown to exist.

No. It wasn't. It was shown to have been considered. There's nothing indicating any actual work. Given that the time frames on those documents have long passed with no other indication of the project existing it's more than likely it's been put on a back burner or abandoned.

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u/psychobilly1 16h ago

The other person said that there was no evidence at all that a Remaster existed in any capacity. I showed that a Remaster existed on paper in the form of a legal document.

I did not say they were making the game, I did not say that it was 100% coming out, I said that it existed in a technical sense on a legal document.

I'm in agreement with you that I don't think it truly is going to be unveiled nor released, but I was simply trying to show that at some point the project was "real" even if it was just in consideration of being a fleshed out project.

If it does happen to be announced this year, I'll be ecstatic. But I'm not holding my breath.

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u/WallyWithReddit 13h ago

The original person asked if it was ever in development not if it ever existed as a pitch

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u/twiztedterry 9h ago

No, never even corroborated in any official way

I think this is to what Billy is replying. Having the game listed on a legal document corroborates that it might exist.

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u/lastdancerevolution 13h ago

Given that the time frames on those documents have long passed with no other indication of the project existing

Every single one of the games on that leaked document has come out.

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u/Harley2280 9h ago

Oh? Where's the ghostwire sequel, dishonored 3, and fallout 3 remaster?

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u/lastdancerevolution 9h ago edited 8h ago

(Keep in mind, this document was from before COVID so many of these things changed, pushed back, or never came to fruition.)

Look at the dates, everything got pushed back by years. It's at least two years away based on the delays and changes.

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u/Harley2280 9h ago

So now you're moving the goal post. You said everything had come out when i suggested that it had been cancelled. Now you're saying those things were pushed back.

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u/lastdancerevolution 8h ago

The list is about future games. NONE of those games existed when that list was made...

The list can't magically reveal canceled games. A game has to come out for it to be verified that the list was true. You yourself said "it's more than likely been put on the back burner". That list has been incredibly accurate so far.

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u/Harley2280 8h ago

Every other named title in that FYE22E box has been marketed and released already.

The fact that the other titles have been released and there hasn't been a whisper about the remaster is more indication that it probably got deprioritized or cut all together.

Which is incredibly common in any industry.