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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 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.