Azura, author: Azura, author: Azura – Rumors were true. Yesterday Bethesda set fire to the internet, finally pulling out the veil to the Virtua remaster (or maybe it’s really a remake?) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The culmination of the unexpected drop of shadow “older scrolls”, which almost introduced into hundreds of thousands of co -creating players. This moment of global noise and ceremony seems to be a very needed port in the current storm of Bethesda Game Studios in recent years. From conducting long -term injuries to straightening Misfire Fallout 76, to destitute reception of the novel universe science fiction, Starfield, the latest results of the studio were the same question: did Bethesda lose magic? Currently, there is a fierce competition in the RPG space, with the Baldur Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios and Obsidian’s the Outer Worlds series, both gaining the recognition of critics as older turns and the successors of the spirit of Fallout. But although Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 can be for years after recovering their crowns, re-release of oblivion can be a step in the right direction-just not in the direction that you can expect.
At the top of Bethesda Game Studios he was the Yuggernaut RPG. Microsoft in 2020 FTC documents leakage He revealed that Fallout 4 sold 25 million units for a date. The game changed over 5 million pieces in the first week VGCHARTZ. Similarly, in 2023, Todd Howard announced that Skyrim had crossed 60 million sales (Although it is worth noting that the re -statement probably helped). What about Starfield? Estimates place it right Three million units A year and a half premiere of the post. Considering the Game Pass subscribers (which would augment players, if not sales) and the lack of PlayStation Starfield, it must be Bethesd’s disappointment. And there Is Starfield fans, it is much smaller than those enjoying scrolls or older rainfall, and even expressed dissatisfaction with the first expansion of the game, Shatted Space.
All this leaves the programmer a large problem. With older turns 6 “For years” And Fallout 5 only a whisper in the sanctified halls of the studio corridors, how can this RPG developer once charm your fans base again? The answer lies in the past.
The rumors about older scrolls IV: Remaster Oblivion began in September 2023, when the leaking Microsoft documents revealed a number of unannounced Bethesd titles, including a remaster of a breakthrough trip to Tamriel (also includes another compelling remaster – we will reach it). Everything was serene until January 2025, when a former Virtua employee who let more details, dividing older fans of scrolls as to their authenticity, such as Stormcloaks vs. The Imperials. Finally, last week, the dam burst (though early), setting Ablase on the internet – there were over 6.4 million Google searches “The Elder Scrolls VI: Oblivion”, rising 713% in the week alone. At the top of Bethesd, he reveals live live, which was watched by over half a million viewers. Despite leaks (or maybe of them), Over 600,000 people I tuned to see a 19-year-old game repeated to them. The intense passionate demand for playing in the remaster meant that the sites with discounts Cdkeys to failureAnd he slowed down a fanatic game and a green man to creep. Yesterday, parallel Steam players were 125,000, and the game is by far the best seller No. 1. Enthusiasm Bethesda fans have as clear as flames for Oblivion Burns, which spill from the gates of Oblivion.
The news from the players is clear: if you (again) build it, it will come. Is there a better way to involve and invest fans in these long development periods than to invite them to travel back to the mysterious Morrowind Islands or a hollow scales to the east coast? From a commercial point of view, it makes a clear sense. While the main development staff of Bethesda is working on the shave of novel projects, trusted partners such as Wirtua can employ historical plans to create remasters in shorter time frames. Such remasters are based on games with a built -in audience, and for many they are the first real RPGS players in which they sunk their teeth during their generations. Restoring these works also encourages the entire novel generation to obsession with Tamriel’s internal functions or crawling with post -apocalyptic precipitation in Las Vegas and DC
Bethesda has already strategically raised its own catalog. Fallout 4 was discounted by up to 75% during the first season of Fallout TV Show in Prime Video, along with a cleverly planned update of the next generation, which brought some tribute to the series. As a result, the sales of Fallout 4 increased by over 7500% in Europe itself, even though it had almost a decade.
Looking back at the Microsoft Bethesda Roadmap leakage, many noticed that two years later the Remaster Fallout 3 was replaced. It is vital to notice that the schedules from this original presentation have changed – Omonking was originally quoted as a tax year 2022. However, assuming that these original gaps remain true, it seems that the Remake Fallout 2026 – just in time at Fallout Season 2, accidentally. While the Remaster Fallout seems to be inevitable now, taking into account the “transition of the second series to New Vegas, whether it can be possible for Bethesda’s early conversations with showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworetre means that the new remake of Vegas may be unexpected? Does Bethesda equalize her craft even more in the upcoming new second season-oriented season.
However, if there is one game in the Bethesda directory, which deserves the most transformation, it is undeniably older Scrolls III: Morrowind. Many Elder Scrolls fans spent years at the top of the mountain, and one group of superfani went to Morrowind remake with Skyrim toolsAla Skyblivion. However, Morrowind is not as easy to process as forgetting. He sits on a gap between Bethesda’s evolution as a studio – it is literally built differently than our modern understanding of the game of older scrolls. This is only partially expressed, most of the stories are told by the text, there are no task markers (players must literally save the directions given by the NPC, except for excellent memories), and combat physics does not exist. While virtui were able to view some of the more demanding systems of oblivion, the whole Morrowind Is A good system. That is why many love the game, but that’s why it’s difficult to convert. MORROWIND modification is a dangerous line. It is too modernized and you risk the loss of magic, which was originally saturated. Leave too many outdated systems on the spot, and it will be worse than the hangover of the Almighty Skoma.
When the studio becomes an icon of the subspecies of games, the challenge is as follows: how do you introduce innovations and evolve while sticking to the recipients? Rockstar Games maintained that Auto Grand Theft players have been satisfied for over a decade thanks to the increasingly developing world of multi -person GTA Online mode, which in turn drives the obvious road budget for GTA 6. Bethesda to bread and butter is richly detailed, expansive worlds. However, what is clear thanks to the overwhelming response to the virty remaster is that players are more than on board to immerse themselves in the historical annals of Elder Scrolls of Year-Gone-by. This does not mean that no remaster is a crack – this specific is a clear product of careful consideration and qualified development, and the smaller game could get a completely different answer, its own editions of GTA Rockstar – but is there a better way for the former King of modern RPG to return on the track than breathe new life in some old classics?
Sab Astley is an independent writer who wrote for IGN, Polygon, Totalfilm, Rolling Stone, Radio Times and Metro UK.
