The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (22nd April 2025)

[Julius]

Well, after months if not years of leaks - and whatever was going on last week - the game seems to be getting announced tomorrow at 11:00 EST (that's 16:00 BST for us Brits). 

Reminder that this has been heavily rumoured to be getting shadow-dropped. 

Excited for this, going to be my first Elder Scrolls/Bethesda game when I get to this! Had been thinking about it for my Pledge this year but it wasn't easily accessible – this will do the job just fine 

Edited Tuesday at 03:28 PM by Julius

[Cube]

If it has a new soundtrack, I'm in. If not, I'll wait for mods to replace the soundtrack.

[Julius]

Starting very, very shortly...

Excited for this 

[Julius]

The stream has just barely started and the Steam page got the drop on them: releasing today, and £49.99!

Deluxe Edition includes Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine and additional DLC, as well as new quests for new armour, weapons and horse armour. 

[Julius]

There you have it: available today! 

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Explore Cyrodiil like never before in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, available now on Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass, PlayStation 5 and PC.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered modernizes the 2006 Game of the Year with all new stunning visuals and refined gameplay. Explore the vast landscape of Cyrodiil like never before and stop the forces of Oblivion from overtaking the land in one of the greatest RPGS ever from the award-winning Bethesda Game Studios.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Oblivion Remastered is here! Experience the beloved classic with a modern look and refined suite of features and updates.

Bethesda Game Studios' foundational open world role-playing game set the stage for nearly everything they have accomplished in the years since. Now Remastered, returning players and newcomers alike can experience the iconic RPG with a breathtaking new look. Get an in-depth look at all of the refinements in Oblivion Remastered, from visuals to gameplay and more.

Waiting to see that PS Store price...but yeah, I'm in for this 

Edited Tuesday at 03:41 PM by Julius

[Julius]

22 minutes ago, Julius said:

Deluxe Edition includes Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine and additional DLC, as well as new quests for new armour, weapons and horse armour. 

Correction: standard edition includes the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine expansions along with the additional DLC, but the new quests with new armour/weapons/horse armour and the digital artbook and OST are locked behind the Deluxe Edition. 

[Cube]

43 minutes ago, Julius said:

The stream has just barely started and the Steam page got the drop on them: releasing today, and £49.99!

Wow, that's expensive, and it's not even the full verison.

[Julius]

Just now, Cube said:

Wow, that's expensive, and it's not even the full verison.

It includes all the expansions/DLC and is only missing the newly added quests/armour/weapons? 

Which thankfully makes it a pretty easy skip for me on the Digital Deluxe edition, so I'll gladly save that £10 and spend it elsewhere 

[Happenstance]

Just bought the PS5 version and am downloading it now. 

[Happenstance]

Bit disappointed to see some stuttering while wandering around in Oblivion. Hope they do some work to smooth it out quickly.

[Hero-of-Time]

Here's an interesting piece by IGN.

https://www.ign.com/articles/indie-publisher-boss-feels-the-pain-for-our-team-after-the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-shadow-drop-sucks-the-air-out-of-the-room

The indie developer they talk to explains how much damage these kind of drops can do to smaller games. 

[Happenstance]

One of those things where I feel sorry for them but don’t really have much else to say. Games can be released whenever they want and I don’t think publishers need to consider other titles however they want to release their game, planned or surprise.

[Hero-of-Time]

14 minutes ago, Happenstance said:

One of those things where I feel sorry for them but don’t really have much else to say. Games can be released whenever they want and I don’t think publishers need to consider other titles however they want to release their game, planned or surprise.

Absolutely. 

I think it comes back to the issue that there are simply far too many games being made. People only have so much free time and money and the big hitters are always going to come first for the majority of gamers.

[Glen-i]

40 minutes ago, Happenstance said:

Games can be released whenever they want and I don’t think publishers need to consider other titles however they want to release their game, planned or surprise.

Sega probably should though.
Still baffles me that Sonic Superstars was released so close to Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

[Happenstance]

Anyone heard anything on how well Oblivion is running on pc? The stuttering is getting so distracting on PS5 that I’m thinking about just rebuying it before I get too far in.

[Cube]

23 minutes ago, Happenstance said:

Anyone heard anything on how well Oblivion is running on pc? The stuttering is getting so distracting on PS5 that I’m thinking about just rebuying it before I get too far in.

I've heard that the stuttering is also a big issue on PC, but fixable with specific settings, edition ini files and messing with DLLs.