Fans have been remaking Oblivion in Skyrim's engine for 11 years, so of course there are now rumors of an official remake
New rumors claim that an official remaster-turned-remake of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is in the works, some 11 years after fans began remaking the storied RPG on their own.
That's according to a now-deleted Reddit post first flagged by Xfire, in which a self-described ex-employee of remake specialist Virtuos Games alleges multiple unannounced games due in the next few years. The list includes an internal project purportedly codenamed Ominous and billed as a "narrative climbing game," as well as the now-official Metal Gear Solid 3 remake. There's also word of a "Monster Hunter x Shadow of the Colossus" action game, but the headliner is codenamed Altar, said to be "a remaster/remake of Oblivion."
The source, which has now deleted both this post and their account, claims that "the discussions for it being a full remake are still ongoing," which is among this rumor's most glaring red flags. This source claims the remake would be released in late 2024 or early 2025 depending on how big the project ultimately becomes, with the bulk of development handled by the Paris branch and Virtuos studio Blackshamrock supporting the art side. Development pipelines are famously temperamental, but if this thing was actually targeting a late 2024 release, I'd imagine the production team would've decided what it is by now.
On top of the scope of the changes apparently being undecided, this source claims the new Oblivion would be a two-engine project by way of a "pairing system," with the new graphics handled by Unreal Engine 5 but behavioral and baseline things like physics and gameplay "still done in Oblivion." The technical specifics here are a little fuzzy, but on paper this sounds similar to the setup used by the Halo Master Chief
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