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As ex-Blizzard boss says Oblivion Remastered "will never hold up" despite acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 dev reckons "AAA is feeling more and more disconnected from the audience zeitgeist"
News Oblivion is the game of the moment, here in 2025
Oblivion Remastered has been in the works for 4 years, and despite big changes Bethesda says it's definitely not a remake: "We never wanted to remake it"
News Bethesda wanted Oblivion Remastered to be "as you remember playing" the 2006 RPG
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director throws support behind JRPG Clair Obscur as Oblivion Remastered threatens to bury it: "This game was made by a team that has fewer people than I have years"
News "It's so brilliantly attuned"
Oblivion Remastered is just as janky as Bethesda's original 2006 RPG it seems, with Elder Scrolls stans lovingly welcoming the random crashes: "It's just like I remember it"
News 19 years have passed, but not much has changed
Over 182,000 people were playing Oblivion Remastered on Steam within hours of its sudden launch on a random Tuesday
News That's not counting all the players on Xbox Series X and PS5
On Oblivion Remastered day, former Blizzard boss says he's "skeptical about 20 year old remasters" because "the bar has simply moved from safe open world RPGs to what Elden Ring brought us all"
News "What was once fantastic, now remastered, will never hold up against modern masterpieces like Elden Ring," says Mike Ybarra, but fans sure seem to be digging Oblivion Remastered
Bethesda was right – Elder Scrolls fans wanted Oblivion Remastered, but I'm less sure about the 2,006 units of its $155 lamp: "Beware its inviting flame"
News Okay, I guess
Thanks, Todd: Bethesda gave the whole Skyblivion mod team keys to Oblivion Remastered, and "made it clear that they have no intention of shutting down our project"
News I love happy endings
