A remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is in development at Virtuos Games
Virtuos Games' former employees can't seem to stop leaking information about its projects. The Singapore-based studio's involvement with the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 was leaked by a former employee's LinkedIn page. It took years before Konami confirmed this with the game's announcement earlier this year. Now, a former employee has deliberately dropped intel about what the studio is working on, which apparently includes a potential remake or remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Many will die on the hill that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the best game in the franchise.
While The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the best-selling game in the franchise (and one of the best-selling single-player titles of all time), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion holds a special place in the hearts of long-time fans. Unfortunately, it hasn't aged too well. Unless heavily modified, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion doesn't hold up compared to Skyrim.
Thankfully, Virtuos Games is working on a way to fix this.
According to a since-deleted post by a since-deleted user, Virtuos Games is working on five different projects, arguably the biggest of which is project "Altar", which they're describing as a "remaster/remake of Oblivion." According to the source, it's still unclear if it's going to be a full remake but the development team uses a pairing system "using both an Unreal Engine 5 project, and the old Oblivion one." The user, who claims to work for Virtuos Games Paris, says that the European studio is in charge of the project but Black Shamrock is helping the studio "for the art."
The user believes that the remaster/remake will be out before next year ends or by early 2025, "depending mostly on if it's a remake or remaster."
Interestingly, fans are working on a remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in Skyrim's in-game engine, which is scheduled to come out in 2025 after spending more than a decade in development.
While we'd recommend that you take most leaks with a grain of salt, a mod for the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit verified the information of the source, proving that he's a former employee of Virtuos Games.
Remakes aren't Bethesda Softworks or Bethesda Game Studios' usual MO. In fact, outside of the multiple re-releases and ports of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda hasn't done a remake of an older title since, well, forever. Then again, it still isn't technically working on one - the development has been outsourced to Virtuos Games.
It's unclear if this project started development before or after Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media since Bethesda would still have to green-light the project since it owns the IP.
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On the off-chance that a remaster or remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is coming, it would go a long way in the tiding audiences over while waiting for The Elder Scrolls VI.
Bethesda is currently hard at work launching Starfield in September. The Elder Scrolls VI, which is in development, might be out as early as 2026 but don't count on Bethesda sticking to this release window too much. Most likely, the next entry in The Elder Scrolls VI will be ready by the time the PlayStation 6 and the next Xbox are out based on the way things are progressing.
Aside from the remake or remaster of The Elder Scrolls VI: Oblivion, the same employee also made bold claims about what they say is an "internal project" that "has the ambition of becoming a big AAA project" that they're comparing to Capcom's Monster Hunter and Asobo Studios' Shadow of the Colossus. The third project, Cobra, is the upcoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, which has since been revealed to be Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta: Snake Eater. Finally, Virtuous Games' two other projects is an expansion for Amazon's New World MMO and a "narrative climbing game."
Based on the source, the two projects closest to completion are the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.
If the former is indeed true, we're expecting an official reveal to happen at next year's Xbox Games Showcase.
Microsoft is putting ZeniMax Media's many subsidiaries to work lately. Aside from Starfield, the studios under its umbrella are working on an unnamed "ambitious project" (Arkane Lyon), an unconfirmed single-player RPG (Arkane Austin), the Indiana Jones game (MachineGames), The Elder Scrolls 6 (Bethesda Game Studios), and Fallout 5 (Bethesda Game Studios).
By the way, since we're on the topic of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the obnoxious fan from the game is making his way to Starfield.
Source: Xfire
