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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered has had a spectacular launch, and despite there being no official marketing for the RPG right until its release, it quickly surged beyond 182,000 concurrent players on Steam.
While the remastered RPG had been rumored for some time, yesterday's big reveal stream marked the first public acknowledgement of it from developers Bethesda and Virtuos. Plans for the game to be shadowdropped were included amongst the prevalent rumors, to the point that its sudden launch yesterday wasn't an enormous shock, but its player count still proves how popular it is when it has the power to make fans everywhere drop everything in order to play.
With no official buildup, Oblivion Remastered launched on a random Tuesday when a lot of people were still at work, and despite that, it surpassed 70,000 concurrent players in its first hour according to SteamDB – something which also makes me rather envious of some people's internet speeds. This thing is a whopping 125GB, after all.
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In the hours since, the RPG hit a concurrent player peak of 182,298, which is seriously impressive. It seems pretty likely that this could increase further when we get to the weekend and fans have more time to play, too, but the fact that it's maintaining over 72,000 concurrent players as we speak shows just how hungry people are for this thing.
It's also worth noting that these figures only account for players on Steam. Oblivion Remastered is also available on PS5, as well as Xbox Series X|S, and as a day one Game Pass release, there's no doubt going to be a lot of people diving in on there, and this is only the start.
I'm GamesRadar+'s Deputy News Editor, working alongside the rest of the news team to deliver cool gaming stories that we love. After spending more hours than I can count filling The University of Sheffield's student newspaper with Pokemon and indie game content, and picking up a degree in Journalism Studies, I started my career at GAMINGbible where I worked as a journalist for over a year and a half. I then became TechRadar Gaming's news writer, where I sourced stories and wrote about all sorts of intriguing topics. In my spare time, you're sure to find me on my Nintendo Switch or PS5 playing through story-driven RPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona 5 Royal, nuzlocking old Pokemon games, or going for a Victory Royale in Fortnite.
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