Rumour: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Is Getting an Unreal Engine 5 Remake in 2025

Before the all-encompassing juggernaut that was and still is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, there was The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

A classic open world RPG experience — which has been the source of countless internet memes over the years — Oblivion is still great fun to actually sit down and play, despite its inherent wonkiness. You can quite easily argue that its dodgy progression systems and hilariously voiced NPCs are part of its charm.

Anyway, a new rumour suggests that a full-on remake is coming. As picked up by Insider Gaming, this all started with a supposed leak on Reddit — a post that has since been deleted. However, it's said that the leak was indeed legit, and was verified by those who run the GamingLeaksAndRumours sub.

Reportedly, the information came from someone who had previously worked at Virtuos — a globe-spanning development company that tackles all kinds of stuff, from remasters and remakes to outsourced assets, updates, and DLC for AAA games.

Virtuos is behind Metal Gear Solid Delta, for instance, and very recently, it developed Patch 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077.

According to this anonymous source, the Oblivion remake is happening, and it's running on Unreal Engine 5. They had expected it to release in either late 2024 (obviously not the case), or early 2025 (which also seems somewhat unlikely at this point).