While Bethesda celebrates The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's 19th birthday with a "Happy Anniversary" post, fans of the RPG had more in mind: "It would be perfect to... announce something"

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Despite the supposed Oblivion remake leaks circulating recently, Bethesda Game Studios still has yet to confirm a new release of its now 19-year-old Elder Scrolls gem.

Oblivion first launched on March 20, 2006, nearly two decades ago. Its 19th birthday fell just one day ago, as celebrated by Bethesda in an online post. "Happy Anniversary to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion," writes the studio, "thank you for sharing in our worlds." While the company clearly isn't ignoring the important date itself and is commemorating Oblivion's big birthday with the Elder Scrolls series' community, fans were expecting more.

With rumors of an Oblivion remake being in the works spreading this past month, it's safe to say longtime Elder Scrolls players were expecting the fourth entry's 19th birthday to bring news of a remaster or re-release. Comments underneath Bethesda's celebratory post prove as much, with fans gathering to discuss the potential remake. "It would be perfect to... announce something," reads one such reply accompanied by a gif of a suspicious expression.

"Remake incoming," writes another commenter, followed by a side-eye emoji. "Today would be a great day to announce the remaster," a fan writes elsewhere. Bethesda hasn't responded to anyone itself, however, nor has any word of a remake arisen since the birthday post went up yesterday – much to many an Elder Scrolls stan's dismay (it's me, I'm the disappointed stan). If the studio does reveal one, though, it's safe to say that it'll be massive.

An Oblivion remake would mark the first of its kind for the Elder Scrolls series, after all – and no, I'm not counting Skyrim's re-release (any of them). For now, the community can look forward to Skyblivion, a fan-created project bringing Oblivion to Skyrim. While I'd personally prefer a Morrowind remaster myself, I at least have Skywind, a mod merging Morrowind and Skyrim similar to Skyblivion, to hold me over until then.

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Anna Koselke
Anna Koselke
Staff Writer

After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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