Final week, Xbox and Bethesda shadow-dropped a elaborate remaster of 2006 open-world RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and it promptly took over the world. Nevertheless, it additionally made some folks fearful {that a} long-in-development fan mod which additionally goals to recreate the getting old RPG would face authorized points or be overshadowed when it arrives later this 12 months. That doesn’t appear to be the case as Bethesda themselves appear very excited for the mission.
On Might 1, Bethesda printed a brand new developer highlight video targeted on artwork and growth lead Dan Lee. He’s been at Bethesda for a very long time now, having labored on Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim, and the unique Oblivion in addition to the newly launched remaster. And in his dev highlight video he known as out Skyblivion, a mod that’s been in growth since 2012 and goals to recreate the OG recreation within the Skyrim engine. Bethesda even included gameplay footage of the formidable fan mod within the highlight video.
“Although I labored on Oblivion Remastered, I’m nonetheless excited for Skyblivion,” mentioned Lee on the finish of the highlight. “I believe what they’re doing could be very particular and I’m excited to see their interpretation of what we’ve completed prior to now. And I believe it’s an incredible 12 months for Oblivion followers.”
The group behind the mod replied to the dev highlight video on BlueSky.
“Dan, we’re simply as excited to get Skyblivion into your arms this 12 months as you might be to play it,” posted the Skyblivion devs on social media. “Thanks for the shoutout and type phrases. You mentioned it finest: It’s a nice 12 months for Oblivion followers.”
And this isn’t only one single dev exhibiting their assist for the upcoming mod. On April 22, the devs behind Skyblivion thanked Bethesda for the studio’s continued assist of Skyblivion and revealed that the studio had despatched everybody on the group a duplicate of Oblivion Remastered, too. It’s very nice to see a writer as massive as Bethesda, which is owned by Xbox, not sic the legal professionals on a group of modders or followers for merely modding older video games they love. Nintendo and Take-Two, you may be taught just a few issues.
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