Oblivion remaster live coverage: Launch info and latest news

After years of rumor, leaks, and frenzied prophecy, the time has finally come: The Oblivion remaster is happening. The Elder Scrolls has come a long way since we last walked the Imperial heartland, spinning off MMOs, mobile games, digital CCGs, and more renditions of Skyrim than anyone could count.

Given all that, one can't help but wonder: What does a 2025 remaster of Oblivion actually entail? How will it hold up? Will it still have the baffling persuasion minigame? And are we actually going to be playing it as soon as this week?

The Oblivion remaster's getting its proper reveal later today. Once Bethesda rips open the Oblivion gate, we'll be posting remaster details, launch information, and our own reactions right here in our liveblog throughout the day and beyond. Keep checking in!

We've been expecting an Oblivion remaster since 2023 thanks to Microsoft leaks

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While Morrowind and Oblivion fans have been squabbling for over well over a decade about which Elder Scrolls game is more deserving of a remaster, signs have pointed towards an imminent Oblivion refresh since 2023.

During the FTC v Microsoft hearings, which ended with the US government deciding it was fine for Microsoft to march on with its Activision Blizzard acquisition and someday the entirety of the universe beyond, an internal Microsoft report from July 2020 was accidentally leaked. That report confirmed that Zenimax, Bethesda's parent company, had been working on an Oblivion remaster. It also mentioned a Fallout 3 remaster, the current fate of which is unclear.

The reality of the Oblivion remaster was confirmed last week when the developer accidentally left the backdoor open

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All the years' worth of manic speculation was validated last week when redditors spotted that Virtuos Games, a studio that's co-developed games with major developers and publishers, left images of the incoming Oblivion remaster visible on its website for those who knew where to poke around.

Here's a few of the glimpses we caught last week:

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Here's where to watch the Oblivion remaster reveal

We're just minutes away from seeing Oblivion's glowup for ourselves. To watch the reveal live, head over to the livestream at Bethesda's YouTube channel, or simply check out the embed below:

My question: Whither mods, Todd?

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19 years on, and OG Oblivion is still a thriving scene of weirdos. It's thanks to mods, of course, the same thing that keeps Morrowind, Skyrim, and the post-3 Fallouts fresh and bizarre so long after their respective launches. I've covered a lot of them here at PCG, so my question going into this is: What about the mods, Todd?

If the rumours are true and this thing is a glaze of UE5 smeared over a Gamebryo base, I've gotta wonder what that means for the huge library of pre-existing Oblivion mods that already exists out there online. Will they be easy to port over? Will they port over at all? Will a whole new mod scene have to spring up for the remaster? Will mods be possible at all?

I'm hoping Bethesda takes the time to chat about this in between the shots of 4K Nirnroot and what-have-you. The studio's games just aren't the same without mods, and if I can't order a real-life Domino's, import and fight my Morrowind character, or turn all of Cyrodiil into a massive gang-war, I'm gonna be sad about it.